Overview
- Western Railway took a 1:00–7:00 am block at Borivali on December 27 to commission an electronic interlocking panel, with platforms 8 and 9 shut through December 29.
- Day-wise local cancellations total 629 over the weekend: 296 on December 27, 235 on December 28, and 98 on December 29.
- Several Mail and Express timetables were revised for the works, with some services skipping Borivali, and certain locals from Borivali and Andheri curtailed to terminate at Goregaon.
- The ongoing 30-day traffic block, in force from December 20 to January 18, supports final-phase sixth-line tasks between Kandivali and Borivali under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project.
- Commuters reported overcrowded platforms and long waits on Saturday morning as reduced services strained peak-hour travel despite plans to concentrate major blocks on weekends.