Western Railway to operate major night block between Mumbai Central and Mahim on May 15-16, check details here

Western Railway will operate a major night block during the intervening night of May 15 and 16 2026 officials said on ThursdayThey said that the block will be undertaken for commissioning work related to electronic interlocking at Dadar Railway StationAccording to a press release issued by Chief Public Relations Officer Vineet Abhishek the block will take place from 12 midnight to 5 amSlow line trains diverted to fast linesDuring the block period all slow line suburban trains will operate on fast lines between Mumbai Central Railway Station and Mahim Railway StationAs a result trains will not stop at the following stations due to platform limitations Mahalaxmi Lower Parel PrabhadeviMatunga Road and MahimWestern Railway said the temporary arrangement is necessary because of nonavailability and inadequate platform length on the fast corridor for slow line servicesLast trains for affected stationsFor passengers travelling to the affected stations Train No BA91021 ChurchgateBandra local departing from Churchgate at 1131 pm will be the last down direction train and will be extended up to VirarSimilarly Train No BO90982 departing from Borivali at 1103 pm will be the last up direction train serving the affected stations before the block beginsSome services to remain cancelledWestern Railway has also announced that some suburban train services will remain cancelled during the block periodDetailed information about cancelled and affected services will be available with station masters across the suburban sectionPassengers advised to plan journeyRailway officials have requested commuters to take note of the temporary changes and plan their journeys accordingly to avoid inconvenience during the overnight blockCR to operate block between KurlaBhandup from May 15 to 18The Central Railway on Wednesday announced a special traffic and power block between Kurla and Bhandup stations in Mumbai from May 15 night to May 18The block will be operated at Vidyavihar railway station for the launching of girders for a new middle Foot Over Bridge FOB officials saidThe special traffic block will take place in the KurlaBhandup section over three nights they saidRailway officials said the maintenance work is necessary for infrastructure development and passenger safetyDates and timings of the blockThe block will be carried out during the following periods 115 am to 415 am on May 1516 2026 FridaySaturday night 1210 am to 440 am on May 1617 2026 SaturdaySunday night 115 am to 305 am on May 1718 2026 SundayMonday nightThe affected section will be between Kurla railway station and Bhandup railway stationRailway lines affectedThe following railway lines will be affected during the block UP and Down slow lines on May 1516 UP and Down slow lines fast lines and 5th and 6th lines on May 1617 Railway officials said that there will be no impact on train services during the nights of May 1516 and May 1718Several suburban train services will be diverted cancelled short terminated or short originated during the SaturdaySunday night blockDiversion of train servicesDown slow services to Karjat departing Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus between 1130 pm and 1212 am will run on the Down fast line between Matunga and Mulund stations These trains will not halt at Vidyavihar Kanjurmarg and Nahur stationsUP slow services to CSMT departing Kasara from 10 pm onwards and Karjat services between 230 am and 343 am will run on the Up fast line between Mulund and Matunga stations These trains will skip Nahur Kanjurmarg and Vidyavihar stationsTrains cancelled during the blockThe following local trains will remain cancelled ThaneKurla local departing Thane at 1140 pm ThaneCSMT local departing Thane at 404 am CSMTThane locals departing CSMT at 1138 pm and 1224 amTrains schedulesThe following trains will terminate before their scheduled destination CSMTThane locals departing at 11 pm 1146 pm 1155 pm and 1112 pm AC local will terminate at Kurla station DombivliCSMT local departing Dombivli at 1018 pm will terminate at Thane stationThe following trains will start from different stations KurlaTitwala local scheduled from Vidyavihar at 445 am will begin from Thane at 509 am ThaneCSMT local scheduled at 416 am will begin from Kurla at 442 amOfficials stated that there will be no impact on Mail and Express train services during the block on May 1617