India, July 7 -- After a track relaying train (TRT) derailed near the Nerul station on the Central Railway's Harbour line at 4:20pm on Sunday, train services on the Vashi-Belapur route-a crucial rail corridor connecting Navi Mumbai to Mumbai-were suspended from 4:30pm onwards, said CR authorities. At 9:15pm, the issue remained unsolved and a 140 tonne crane was being moved to the site.

The CR had scheduled one of its regular Sunday mega blocks from 11:05am to 4:05pm between Panvel and Vashi for various engineering and maintenance works aimed at strengthening the rail system. However, officials said that they encountered a technical problem between Seawoods Darave and Nerul.

CR officials said an accident relief train reached the site, be...