Central Railway officials this week temporarily shut down the goods line to speed up the construction work on the upcoming multi-crore elevated Kurla terminus. Sources on Tuesday revealed that the design for the station has been locked along the lines of the Parel suburban mid-terminus, which started functioning in March. When it is ready in three years, the elevated terminus will boost services to Navi Mumbai, with trains originating from Kurla.

mid-day was first to report about the Rs 125 crore elevated harbour line station in October 2017. When ready, the terminus will aid CR to revive Kurla-originating trains to Navi Mumbai after two decades. Till the late 1990s, CR used to run trains between Kurla and Mankhurd. But Navi Mumbai's boom and increased traffic meant the Kurla trains became a hindrance to Harbour trains originating from CSMT and CR stopped these services.