Central Railway looks to widen Dadar platform 5, decongest platform 4 through double discharge

The Central Railway is looking to widen platform 5 at the Dadar station in a bid to provide commuters with a double discharge facility so that they can alight at both platform 4 and platform 5.

When Kalyan-bound fast local trains from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) reach Dadar, commuters at present can alight only at platform 4 as there is a metal fencing between the track and platform 5. The railway also plans to remove the fencing enabling the double discharge of passengers.

The railway hopes that the move would help decongest platform 4, where several long-distance trains also halt when local train arrivals are not scheduled, said a CR official.