Central Railway to operate mega block on Sunday, several Mumbai local train services to be affected

The Central Railway will operate a mega block on Sunday on the Mumbai suburban railway network to undertake various engineering and maintenance worksMatungaMulund Up and Down routeOn the Down line the fast train services departing Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus CSMT from 1025 am to 245 pm will be diverted to the Down slow line at Matunga stopping at their respective halts between Matunga and Mulund stations and will arrive the destination 15 minutes after the scheduleThe fast trains beyond Thane will be rediverted on the Down fast line at MulundThe Up fastline services departing Thane from 1050 am to 300 pm will be diverted on the Up slow line at Mulund halting at their respective schedule halts between Mulund and Matunga and further rediverted on the Up fast line at Matunga station These trains will also arrive their destination 15 minutes after scheduleOn the Down fast line the last train before the block will be the Badlapur local which leave CSMT at 1020 am The first train after the block will be Badlapur local which will depart CSMT at 303 pmOn the Up fast line the last train before the block will be the Ambarnath local which will arrive at CSMT at 1110 am and the first service after the block will be the Kasara local arriving CSMT at 0349 pmPanvelVashi Up and Down Harbour linesThe Up Harbour line trains towards CSMT leaving Panvel from 1033 am to 349 pm and the Down Harbour line services to PanvelBelapur from CSMT from 945 am to 312 pm will remain suspended owing to the blockThe Up TransHarbour line services towards Thane which leave Panvel from 1102 am to 353 pm and the Down TransHarbour line services towards Panvel leaving Thane from 1001 am to 320 pm will remain suspendedOn the Down Harbour line the last train before the block will leave CSMT at 930 am and arrive at Panvel at 1050 am while the first local after the block to leave CSMT will be at 316 pm and will arrive Panvel at 436 pmThe last local for CSMT on the Up Harbour line before the block will leave Panvel at 1017 am and arrive at CSMT at 1136 am The first local for CSMT after the block to leave Panvel will be at 410 pm and will arrive CSMT at 530 pmOn the Down Transharbour line the last local towards Panvel before the block will leave Thane at 939 am and arrive Panvel at 1031 am while the first train after the block towards Panvel to leave Thane will be at 4 pm and will arrive Panvel at 0452 pmThe last local towards Thane on the UP Transharbour line before the block will leave Panvel at 1041 am and will arrive at Thane at 1133 am and the first local towards Thane after the block to leave Panvel will be at 426 pm and will arrive Thane at 520 pmMeanwhile special local trains will run on the CSMTndashVashi section during the block periodThe Transharbour line services will be available between ThaneVashiNerul stations during the mega blockPort line services will also be available between BelapurNerul and Uran stations during the block periodThe Central Railway in a press release has requested passengers to bear with the railway administration over the inconvenience caused owing to the block These maintenance mega blocks are essential for infrastructure upkeep and safety the press release stated