Harbour line native prepare. Picture used for consultant goal solely.
| Photograph Credit score: Vijay Bate
Native prepare providers on the Central Railway’s Harbour line have been totally restored on Monday (July 7, 2025) morning, practically 13 hours after a monitor relaying prepare (TRT) derailed close to Nerul station, officers mentioned.
The TRT derailed close to Nerul station at 4.20 p.m. on Sunday, resulting in suspension of providers on each the Up (in direction of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in south Mumbai) and Down (away from CSMT) traces between Vashi and Panvel.
1000’s of commuters have been left stranded throughout the peak night hours.
After the in a single day work, the primary native prepare from CSMT in direction of Panvel handed the restored part at 5.06 am on Monday, whereas the primary native from Panvel to CSMT departed at 6.02 a.m., marking full resumption of the Harbour line providers, the officers mentioned.
“The restoration work on harbour line was accomplished, and providers resumed between Vashi and Belapur from 6.09 a.m. Trains are actually operating usually on the CSMT-Panvel and Thane-Panvel routes,” a Central Railway spokesperson mentioned.
The derailment occurred on Sunday between Seawoods Darave and Nerul on the Up Harbour Line when the TRT machine was returning to Kurla after routine monitor upkeep throughout a scheduled mega block.
The Central Railway initially attributed the suspension to a “technical downside,” but it surely was later confirmed {that a} monitor upkeep machine had derailed.
An accident aid prepare reached the positioning round 5.30 p.m. on Sunday, however the re-railing course of was hampered as a consequence of heavy rainfall in Navi Mumbai, railway officers mentioned.
Companies on different stretches of the Harbour line, together with CSMT-Vashi-CSMT, Thane-Nerul-Thane, and Belapur-Panvel-Belapur, remained operational throughout the disruption.
The Harbour line supplies rail connectivity to western suburbs of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai from CSMT.
Practically 10 lakh commuters journey every day on the hall, which stretches from CSMT to Goregaon (in Mumbai) and Panvel (Navi Mumbai).
Revealed – July 07, 2025 09:42 am IST
