Mumbai Local News: Mira Road station to get city's one of the widest FOB-cum-elevated deck

In a significant development, Western Railway (WR)’s Mira road station is set to get one of the city's widest foot over bridges (FOB) and an elevated deck connecting east and west with a width of 23 meters. The Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) is working on the project, Midday reports stated.

It is pertinent to note that Mira road station has one of the highest growing passenger traffic with a footfall of 1,31,764 commuters daily.

An official noted that the FOB cum elevated deck is wider than traditional ones as it connects east to west.

The work is currently in full swing and is expected to be completed by December 2025.

Through this project, selected suburban stations will be upgraded to increase passenger handling capacity and enhance overall safety and experience. These upgrades will help decongest overcrowded stations and reduce the number of fatalities and injuries, an official added.

Upgradation plans:

• Replacement of the existing elevated booking office and other railway offices on a 23.7-m-wide FOB connecting with the elevated booking office at the north end.
• This will be an elevated east-west deck with a booking office and other such amenities, along with a 9-11m wide deck space connecting to all foot overbridges at the west side.
• Proposed 10-m-wide bridge connecting to the skywalk and deck space with triple discharge.

Of the existing wide foot overbridges on both, CR and WR, the widest are of 12 m. Stations with these wide bridges include Dadar, Ghatkopar, Thane, Prabhadevi, Dadar, Kandivali and Borivali.

The station improvement plan focuses on upgrading 17 stations in Mumbai, with 10 on the Central Railway (CR) and 7 on the WR. The revamp includes wider foot overbridges, additional escalators, lifts, and broader platforms.