The last remaining train coach that was blown in the 11/7 Mumbai train blasts in 2006 — 864-A — restored and used on the Trans-Harbour Line of Central Railway (CR) till 2020, is awaiting its fate at the Kalwa car shed.

The CR had in 2020 decided to display the coach at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) open-air heritage gully museum as a matter of pride and as a fitting reply to terrorism, but the museum (heritage gully) itself was shut down recently. Terrorism memorials are a common phenomenon across the world to pay homage to the departed and take ahead the war against terror.

The coach, damaged in the Matunga Road blast, completed its codal life and finally retired from service in 2020. It was used as the CSMT-end first class coach with a few general compartments in it, too, till the end. mid-day has regularly been reporting about the coach. “No decision has been taken on the coach yet,” said Dr Swapnil Nila, chief public relations officer, CR.