MUMBAI: Central Railway’s Mumbai Division will operate a megablock today to undertake essential engineering and maintenance works on its suburban network, affecting services on both the Main and Harbour lines.There will be no day block on Western Railway suburban section and this will be relief for those catching local trains today.On the Main Line, slow services between Thane and Kalyan will be blocked from 11am to 4pm.During the period, DOWN slow and semi-fast trains leaving Mulund between 10.43am and 3.53pm will be diverted to the fast corridor between Mulund and Kalyan, halting at Thane, Kalva, Mumbra, Diva and Dombivli stations.Similarly, UP slow and semi-fast services departing Kalyan between 10.36am and 3.51pm will run on the fast line up to Mulund before reverting to the slow corridor. These trains are expected to run around 10 minutes behind schedule.All slow services arriving at or departing from CSMT between 11am and 5pm are also likely to be delayed by about 10 minutes. Thane locals, however, will continue to operate on the designated slow line.On the Harbour Line, services between Panvel and Vashi will remain suspended from 11.05am to 4.05pm.Several Harbour and Trans-Harbour services between CSMT, Panvel and Thane will remain cancelled during the block period.CR chief spokesperson Swapnil Nila said that to minimise inconvenience, Central Railway will operate special local services between CSMT and Vashi, while services on the Port Line and between Thane-Vashi/Nerul will continue to run.
