A day after the railway budget was announced, Central Railways’ general manager Subodh Jain, in tandem with divisional manager Rahul Jain, personally visited Sandhurst Road station last
A day after the railway budget was announced, Central Railways’ general manager Subodh Jain, in tandem with divisional manager Rahul Jain, personally visited Sandhurst Road station last
Thursday to examine the feasibility of extending platforms to run 12-car trains on the Harbour line.
Officials said they would convert the section between Mankhurd and Wadala before running the trains.
“Cash to the tune of Rs5 crore has been allocated in last week’s railway budget for the conversion of nine-car trains to 12-car trains on the Harbour line. This will be enough to increase the length of platforms and build infrastructure,” a senior official said.
A senior official said there would be engineering problems on the existing elevated stations of Sandhurst Road, Cotton Green etc, but no physical problem till Wadala.
“It will take time to lengthen platforms and build the subsequent infrastructure for the entire Harbour line stretch from CST, but it is practically possible to do so between Wadala and Mankhurd stations. There seem to be no major hurdles in increasing the length of the platforms between these stations. Beyond Mankhurd, all the stations have been upgraded to 12-car ones,” a top official said.
Stations such as King’s Circle and the WR stations beyond can easily be converted into 12-car ones. The only section that would remain to be converted is the Wadala-CST section, which would require major changes as some stations are elevated.
There is an urgent need to run 12-car trains on the Harbour line, since the commuter population has grown rapidly after the formation of Navi Mumbai and the shifting of the city’s wholesale market there.
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