Mega Block on Sunday, October 21, 2018: Mumbai Local Train Services to be Affected on Western, Central, Harbour Lines; Check Schedule Here
As per the statement issued by the Mumbai Division of the Railways, the mega block would be imposed tomorrow on all three lines - Central, Western and Harbour.
Mumbai, October 20: A mega block would be imposed on Sunday (October 21, 2018) on all three lines of the Mumbai local railway grid - Central, Western and Harbour. City residents travelling tomorrow will need to plan their commute in advance as the trains will remain partially suspended till the evening hours.
On the Western line, both up and down routes will be suspended between Borivali and Andheri stations from 10:35 am to 2:35 pm. On the Central line, the crucial Thane-Kalyan down route will remain dysfunctional for five hours -- from 10:30am to 3:30pm. On the harbour line, up and down lines from Panvel-Vashi will be suspended from 11:30am to 4:30pm. Mumbai Local Trains Claimed Over 400 Lives So Far In 2018, 871 People Suffered Serious Injuries Due to Falling Off From Crowded Trains.
Check Full Details of Mumbai Mega Block on October 21, 2018:
WESTERN LINE
• During the block all Up & Down fast line trains will run on Up & Down slow lines between Borivali & Andheri stations.
CENTRAL LINE
• Down fast/semi fast services leaving CSMT from 9:25 am to 2:54 pm will halt at Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Bhandup & Mulund stations in addition to their respective scheduled halts. Down fast services beyond Thane will be diverted on Down slow line between Thane & Kalyan stations halting at all stations & will arrive destination 20 minutes behind schedule.
• Up fast line services leaving Kalyan station from 10:37 am to 3:06 pm will halt at Diva, Mulund, Bhandup, Vikhroli, Ghatkopar & Kurla stations in addition to their respective scheduled halts & will arrive destination 15 minutes behind schedule.
• All Down & Up slow services leaving/arriving Mumbai between 11:00 am to 5:00 pm will arrive destination 10 minutes behind schedule.
HARBOUR LINE
• Up harbour line services for CSMT leaving Panvel/belapur/Vashi from 11:06 am to 4:34 pm & Down harbour line services to Panvel/Belapur/Vashi leaving CSMT from 10:03 am to 3:39 pm will remain suspended.
• Up Trans-harbour line services for Thane leaving Panvel from 10:12 am to 4:26 pm & Down Trans-harbour line services to Panvel leaving Thane from 11:14 am to 4:00 pm will remain suspended.
• Panvel-Andheri services will remain cancelled during the block period.
• However, special local trains will run on CSMT-Vashi section & services will be available on Thane-Vashi/Nerul during the block period.
Trains on all three lines are scheduled to function as per the routine schedule after the mega block is lifted by Sunday evening. The suspension for maintenance purpose is necessitated as the local trains collectively ferry nearly 2.5 crore people on each weekday.
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