In 1873 one of the oldest rail tunnels in Asia connecting Mumbai with its distant suburbs — Parsik tunnel — was created. Now its condition has deteriorated to the extent that there are multiple leakages inside the tunnel where water spurts onto the passing train and its ceiling is cracked right beneath the rocky hill. The Central Railway (CR) plans to repair it.

Trains play between Thane and Dombivli, and Kalwa and Mumbra stations through the tunnel. Pic/Sameer Markande