Mudgerikar said the CR forwarded the proposal for the harbour Line to the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd (MRVC) a few days back. "We are waiting for the MVRC's nod," he added.

He, however, warned that the results wouldn't be instantaneous. "If the proposal is accepted, it will take almost two years to make it happen," he said. CR will need the time to increase the length of the platforms on the harbour line.

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Meanwhile, CR is re-spacing the distance between signals on the harbour line (from CST to Panvel), so that they can run a train every 3.5 minutes on the route. "The work has begun and is expected to be completed by the end of 2009," said Mudgerikar.

Harbour line commuters get a train every 4.5 to 5 minutes currently.