Sucheta Dalal :Can Railways raise platform levels in Mumbai by 31st March? -Part I
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Can Railways raise platform levels in Mumbai by 31st March? -Part I  

July 23, 2014

The Bombay High Court, while rejecting the action plan for raising of suburban railway station platforms as submitted by Central as well as Western Railway, has set a deadline of 31 March 2015. The Railways do not seem to be making enough efforts to devise ways to meet the challenge. This two part article suggests how it can be done

 

Sudhir Badami

 

About 75 lakh rail trips are completed daily on the Mumbai Suburban Railway System. The peak hour densities are most un-envious, reaching 16 people per square meter, as recently as three years ago.

 

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