Thanks for the update, Vijay! This is exciting news - lots of parallel action in the LTT-Thane section. Hopefully, on my HWH-CSTM Duronto trip on Aug. 24-25, I will get to experience some thrilling parallel action in this section.

Mani - just day before yesterday, while returning from office at night from Kanjurmarg towards Thane, I happened to see a WCAM3 hauled train to LTT, at Bhandup, immediately, being overtaken by Udyan hauled by WDP4. It was a beautiful race between an Electrifying Electric Loco and Mighty Diesel Loco ;-)

Now you have such AC type OHE, right from LTT till Thane and from Thane till Vashi/Nerul on T-HB lines ;-)

Yes Mani. As of now - Compulsorily all LTT bound trains and trains from LTT use 5th 6th new lines, till Thane. And as of today-April-22,2011, YArd linking of VVH freight yard with 5th 6th lines are also complete and OHE linking is in progress. Tonight and tommorow night, we have megablocks at Vidyavihar for this linking. And perhaps, from Sunday, freighters will also start using the new lines till Thane. Rest all trains from / To DR and CSTM are still on 3rd 4th lines, and wont be diverted into new lines. So the bonus is - You get to see wonderful overtakes, between 2 expresses, and also between 2 EMUs, 1 Exp on all 3 lines headed to either direction. Especially the stretch from Kanjurmarg till Mulund is good stretch to see the trains zipping till 80/85 on new lines, as these new lines have been opened up right at 90kmph MPS.

Mani you should visit this place and I hope you should be lucky to get parallel action at same time. Chaitanya, come on 01JUN i.e. Deccan Queen birthday and capture the birthday girl at this point. If you want company, there is Deep Soni.

AC-type OHE all over the place - hurray!

Have to see this live to believe that my 25-yr old dream of seeing AC-type masts in and around Ghatkopar-Kurla has finally come true! So, can we expect to have parallel action between long-distance trains in the Thane-LTT section?

Does this mean that all LTT trains will be using the 5th and 6th lines between Thane and LTT? Or will some of them actually use the 3rd/4th lines for a short while in the Thane-LTT section? How about trains from Dadar/CSTM - will they be employing the 5th/6th lines - especially during rush hours to free up tracks for the fast locals?

So nostalgic for me...my very own Ghatkopar station with AC OHE masts.... the bonus being an ICF Rajdhani-liveried rake. Bana de! Will definitely be visiting this place in August.

Dear Srinivas, Definitely NO. They are still under 150V DC. Its not possible to convert them as of now.