Harbour line trains between Kurla and Vashi stopped for five hours on Sunday, July 13, 2025, while Central Railway crews worked on the tracks. The block ran from 11.10 am to 4.10 pm.
Services on the Central and Western lines kept to their normal weekday timetables that day, with no block announced on either.
Central Railway said the Sunday block was needed for essential maintenance, including track alignment and overhead wire installation.
Harbour line cancellations
Down trains from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) toward Vashi, Belapur and Panvel were cancelled if they were due to leave between 10.34 am and 3.36 pm. In the other direction, trains toward CSMT from Panvel, Belapur and Vashi were suspended for departures between 10.16 am and 3.47 pm.
Special suburban trains ran on the CSMT, Kurla, Panvel and Vashi sections during the block. Harbour line passengers could also travel between Thane and Vashi or Nerul from 10 am to 6 pm.
Western Railway’s overnight work
The Mumbai division of Western Railway planned its own work, a 3.30-hour “jumbo block” between Santacruz and Goregaon. It covered the up fast line and the fifth line from 12.30 am to 4 am, in the night between Saturday, July 12, and Sunday, July 13.
