The Harbour Line is a branch line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway operated by Central Railway. It was named so because it catered to the eastern neighbourhoods along the city's natural harbour. Its termini are Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Goregaon and Panvel on the CSMT-Goregaon, CSMT-Panvel and Panvel-Goregaon routes.
The line is a double line and does not have any fast trains on it. The line runs parallel to the Central line till just before Sandhurst Road where the line turns eastward and runs elevated up till Sewri. At Wadala Road, the line branches into two. The first line goes towards King's Circle and then joins with the Western line at Mahim where it runs parallel with the Western Line on the right side. It then switches sides via an elevated bridge between Bandra and Khar Road where it runs on the left side and finally terminates at Goregaon. The second line follows through Mankhurd into the city of Navi Mumbai, where it again branches out into two lines, one going to Thane (Trans-Harbour line) and the other to Panvel. The first stop outside Mumbai is the township of Vashi.
The stations in Navi Mumbai are designed by CIDCO. There are corporate offices above some of the stations. The rail bridge connecting Vashi and Mankhurd railway stations running over Thane creek, parallel to the road bridge has connected Navi Mumbai to Mumbai by rail.
About 608 services run daily on the Harbour Line. Approximately 172 of those run on the CSMT-Goregaon route. Total of 41 Rakes ply on this line.
History The first section of the Harbour line, between Kurla and Reay Road, opened on 12 December 1910. In 1925, the line was connected to the then Victoria Terminus via an elevated rail corridor between Dockyard Road and Sandhurst Road. Suburban services to Mankhurd began in 1951.
Later, the line was extended from Mankhurd to serve most of Navi Mumbai through the suburban rail network via the Mankhurd–Belapur–Panvel rail corridor was commissioned in phases in the 1990s. The line was extended to Vashi, with the inaugural suburban service being flagged off by President Ramaswamy Venkataraman on 9 May 1992. The Harbour line was further extended to Nerul in February 1993, Belapur in June 1993 and Panvel in June 1998. The corridor was converted to a double line in April 2000.
In 2004, the Trans-Harbour line was opened to the public. The line directly connected Vashi to Thane. This proved to be a boon for commuters of the two stations, who, until then, had to take a circuitous route via Mumbai city and had to change trains at Kurla.
The last direct current (DC) suburban local train ran on the Harbour line on 10 April 2016. The special train left Kurla at 11:30 pm and reached CSMT at 12:15 am. The iconic yellow-and-maroon DC local trains had their first service on 3 February 1925, when the first electric local ran between CSMT and Kurla ran on the Harbour line. The tickets for the last service were priced at , with the proceeds to be donated to drought-affected regions of Maharashtra. The Indian Express reported that not a single ticket was sold. After the last DC service ran, Central Railway officially announced the completion of DC to AC conversion on the Harbour line.
On 4 September 2016, the last 9 car train was put into a sunset as all the trains were converted to 12 coach, which increases the carrying capacity of the line by 33%. Harbor line services were extended up to Goregaon on 29 March 2018. Work is underway to extend the line up to Borivali. Work is expected to be complete by 2028, and Western Railway has cleared out enroachments for this project.
Stations (All Harbour line services are slow, which means they halt at all passing by stations.) Harbour Main Line (CSMT–Wadala Road)#Station NameMarathiStation CodeConnections 1Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminusछत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज टर्मिनस ST/CSMT 2मशीद MSD 3सॅंडहर्स्ट रोड SNRD 4डॉकयार्ड रोड DKRD None5रे रोड RRD None6कॉटन ग्रीन CTGN None7शिवडी SVE None8वडाळा रोड VD/VDLR To or , Wadala Bridge
At Wadala Road, the Harbour line splits into two corridors, one going to Panvel and the other to Goregaon. The exact split occurs 800 metres north of Wadala Road station, at a location known as Ravli (variously spelled as Raoli, Ravali or Rawli) corresponding to the nearby Ravli slum. There is no railway station at Ravli Junction. However, due to the critical Ravli Junction Yard signal box, there are various public references to this name in news articles and other sources.
Towards Panvel Harbour Navi Mumbai Branch Line (Wadala Road–Panvel)#Station NameMarathi Station CodeConnections8वडाळा रोड VD/VDLR To Wadala Bridge9गुरु तेग बहादुर नगर GTBN Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar10चुनाभट्टी CHF None11कुर्ला C/CLA 12टिळक नगर TKNG Lokmanya Tilak Terminus13चेंबूर CM/CMBR Chembur14गोवंडी GV None15मानखुर्द MK/MNKD 16वाशी VA/VSH 17सानपाडा SNCR 18जुईनगर JNJ 19नेरूळ NU/NEU 20सीवूड्स-दारावे-करावे SWDK 21सीबीडी बेलापूर BR/BEPR CBD Belapur 22खारघर KHAG Kharghar 23मानसरोवर MANR 24खांदेश्वर KNDS Khandeshwar 25पनवेल PL/PNVL
Towards Goregaon Harbour Salsette Branch Line (Wadala Road–Bandra–Goregaon)#Station NameMarathiStation CodeConnections8वडाळा रोड VD/VDLR To Wadala Bridge9किंग्ज सर्कल KCE None10माहिम जंक्शन MM 11वांद्रे B/BA 12खार रोड KHAR 13सांताक्रुझ STC 14विलेपार्ले VLP 15अंधेरी AD/ADH 16जोगेश्वरी JOS 17राम मंदिर RMAR 18गोरेगाव GO/GMN 19मालाड M/MDD (Under construction)20कांदिवली KILE (Under construction)21बोरीवली BO/BVI (Under construction)
Future development Kurla–Shivaji Nagar service CR has sought permission from the Railway Board to run EMUs on the Harbour line between Kurla and Shivaji Nagar in Pune. The service would provide direct connectivity between Navi Mumbai and Pune, which is currently not available. EMUs will be modified to include six motor cars.
CR plans to use 16 coach mail/express trains to cover the 170 km distance in approximately 2 hours and 50 minutes. Stations on the line will be Kurla, Vashi, Nerul, CBD Belapur, Panvel, Karjat, Lonavala and Shivaji Nagar. Work on extending Harbour Line branch from Goregaon to Borivali is underway since March 2024.
AC Local Services Days Started from Ref.14Mon-Sat26 January 202614Mon-Sat1 May 202628Total
Up services Train No. Departure Origin Arrival Destination 98506 4:15 Vashi 4:46 Wadala Road 98020 6:17 Panvel 7:36 CSMT 98520 6:23 Vashi 7:13 CSMT 98052 8:45 Panvel 10:06 CSMT 98058 9:09 Panvel 10:30 CSMT 98092 11:43 Panvel 13:02 CSMT 98096 12:03 Panvel 13:04 Wadala Road 98356 14:28 Belapur 15:32 CSMT 98128 14:31 Panvel 15:50 CSMT 98558 16:55 Vashi 17:26 Wadala Road 98166 17:07 Panvel 18:26 CSMT 98184 18:37 Panvel 19:56 CSMT 98204 20:07 Panvel 21:26 CSMT 98242 22:58 Panvel 0:17 CSMT
Down services Train No. Departure Origin Arrival Destination 98009 5:06 Wadala Road 6:08 Panvel 98045 7:17 CSMT 8:37 Panvel 98051 7:40 CSMT 9:00 Panvel 98083 10:10 CSMT 11:30 Panvel 98089 10:34 CSMT 11:54 Panvel 98339 13:07 CSMT 14:13 Belapur 98119 13:17 Wadala Road 14:20 Panvel 98157 15:36 CSMT 16:56 Panvel 98533 15:54 CSMT 16:43 Vashi 98181 17:30 Wadala Road 18:32 Panvel 98201 18:33 CSMT 19:54 Panvel 98221 20:00 CSMT 21:21 Panvel 98239 21:30 CSMT 22:50 Panvel 98003 0:24 CSMT 1:13 Vashi
Goregaon-Panvel Local Up services Train No. Departure Origin Arrival Destination 98901 5:57 Panvel 7:39 Goregaon 98903 6:53 Panvel 8:43 Goregaon 98905 7:39 Panvel 9:22 Goregaon 98907 10:37 Panvel 12:19 Goregaon 98909 16:34 Panvel 18:18 Goregaon 98911 17:01 Panvel 18:45 Goregaon 98913 17:29 Panvel 19:14 Goregaon 98915 18:33 Panvel 20:16 Goregaon 98917 19:35 Panvel 21:20 Goregaon
Down services Train No. Departure Origin Arrival Destination 98902 7:30 Goregaon 9:12 Panvel 98904 8:39 Goregaon 10:22 Panvel 98906 9:30 Goregaon 11:16 Panvel 98908 12:14 Goregaon 14:04 Panvel 98910 18:27 Goregaon 20:13 Panvel 98912 18:55 Goregaon 20:46 Panvel 98914 19:40 Goregaon 21:29 Panvel 98916 20:12 Goregaon 22:05 Panvel 98918 21:28 Goregaon 23:22 Panvel
WR Special Local Up services Train No. Departure Origin Arrival Destination 91392 11:34 Goregaon 12:28 CSMT 91394 13:38 Goregaon 14:32 CSMT 91396 19:45 Goregaon 20:39 CSMT
Down services Train No. Departure Origin Arrival Destination 91393 12:36 CSMT 13:29 Goregaon 91395 14:40 CSMT 15:35 Goregaon 91491 20:46 CSMT 21:53 Borivali
See also Mumbai Suburban Railway List of Mumbai Suburban Railway stations CST–Panvel fast corridor Central Railway zone
References
External links Harbour line timetable (November 2016) All about Travelling in Mumbai, including Harbour Railway, Local Train Timetable HARBOUR Railway local Train Timetable