The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) wants to know if commuters have benefited from the new rail facilities from the World Band-funded projects.
The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) wants to know if commuters have benefited from the new rail facilities from the World Band-funded projects.
The MRVC is the implementing agency for Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) and also the think tank for the city’s railway projects.
Under the phase one of MUTP, the agency has implemented many facilities to improve suburban railway travel — most crucial is the introduction of 130 better quality AC-DC Siemens rakes. And now MRVC wants to know how these facilities have benefited commuters.
It recently started a study to find the number of passengers travelling at some of the highly patronised railway stations, how adequate are the foot overbridges and the crucial entry and exit points at the stations.
A senior railway official said that about eight to 10 stations each on the Western, Central and Harbour lines have been selected for the study.
“All stations have been carefully chosen so as to provide us with a representative sample of the number of passengers and their movements in a particular area. For example, under the big stations, Dadar will give us an idea about the approximate number of commuters during rush hours for other stations nearby such as Elphinstone Road, Parel and others,” the official said.
The official said MRVC wanted a feedback considering the increasing number of passengers in recent years and the congestion during rush hours on platforms.
With an aim to decongest platforms, the agency wants to know the requirement of passenger utilities or the improvement of the present ones.
“We have taken care of the design issue in new trains. A lot of thinking had gone into deciding various elements inside the trains before the new Siemens rakes were purchased. Now, we want to know the adequacy of amenities such as foot overbridge, entry and exit points and circulating areas at stations,” said the official.
Prakash Vazalwar Rao, chief operations manager of the MRVC, confirmed the details of the study and stressed the idea behind the study is to address the problem of overcrowding. “We have done a preliminary study. The main study will begin by early October and conclude after four months,” Rao said.
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