India, March 28 -- Commuters on Western Railway's suburban network are set to face major disruption this weekend, with 299 local train services cancelled on account of a 21-hour mega block for infrastructure upgrades between Kandivali and Borivali.

Railway authorities on Friday announced the block which will be in place from 10.30pm on Saturday to 7.30pm on Sunday on slow lines, while the down fast line will be affected on Sunday from 1am to 4.30am.

Railway officials said 45 trains will be cancelled on Saturday and 254 on Sunday. Several services will be short-terminated at Andheri and Goregaon, while Borivali platforms 1 and 2 will not be operational.

The work includes strengthening Bridge 61 over a nullah and launching PSC slabs on B...