16 October,2026 10:50 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Services towards Panvel departing Thane between 10.01 am and 3.20 pm will be cancelled. File Pic
Central Railway will operate a mega block on its suburban network on Sunday to carry out engineering and maintenance work, affecting services on the Thane-Kalyan, Panvel-Vashi Harbour and Trans-Harbour sections, Central Railway said in its Mumbai local train updates.
The block on the fifth and sixth lines between Thane and Kalyan will be in force from 9 am to 1 pm. On the Harbour and Trans-Harbour lines, services between Panvel and Vashi will be affected from 11.05 am to 4.05 pm, excluding the Port line.
During the block, several up and down Mail and Express trains will be diverted onto the fast lines between Thane and Kalyan and are expected to reach their destinations 10 to 15 minutes behind schedule.
Affected up trains include the Solapur-CSMT Vande Bharat Express, Pune-CSMT Sinhagad Express, Deccan Queen, Pragati Express, Mangaluru-CSMT Express, Rajgir-LTT Janta Express, Kakinada Port-LTT Express, Banaras-LTT Superfast Express, Howrah-CSMT Mumbai Mail, Hatia-LTT Express, Coimbatore-LTT Express, Nanded-CSMT Rajyarani Express and Chennai-CSMT Superfast Express.
Down services affected include the CSMT-Kolhapur Koyna Express, LTT-Gorakhpur Godan Express, LTT-Jaynagar Express and LTT-Thiruvananthapuram Netravati Express.
The block will also affect two MEMU services between Vasai Road and Diva. The 61003 Vasai Road-Diva MEMU, departing Vasai Road at 9.50 am, will terminate at Kopar. The 61004 Diva-Vasai Road MEMU, scheduled to depart Diva at 11.30 am, will instead originate from Kopar at 11.45 am.
The MEMU service between Diva and Kopar will remain cancelled during the block.
On the Harbour line, services towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) departing Panvel between 10.33 am and 3.49 pm will remain cancelled. Down Harbour line services from CSMT towards Belapur and Panvel departing between 9.45 am and 3.12 pm will also be cancelled.
Central Railway will run special local trains between CSMT and Vashi during the block period.
On the Trans-Harbour line, services towards Thane departing Panvel between 11.02 am and 3.53 pm will remain cancelled. Services towards Panvel departing Thane between 10.01 am and 3.20 pm will also be cancelled.
Trans-Harbour services will remain available between Thane and Vashi/Nerul. Port line services will continue to operate during the block.
