Western Railways (WR) has successfully undertaken various infrastructural upgradation and augmentation works for the convenience of passengers. In continuation to this, a new Foot Over Bridge (FoB) has been commissioned at Charni Road station, for the convenience as well as safety of passengers.
In an official statement issued by Sumit Thakur, Chief Public Relations Officer, Western Railway shared that the new middle FOB at Charni Road is 38.3 m long and 6 m wide. It connects PF Nos. 1 & 4 with MCGM skywalk on the east side. The new Middle FOB has been commissioned on replacement account and has been constructed at a cost of INR 4.5 crores.
The old FOB was closed for public for dismantling in October, 2021. The relaunching of old FOB was done on February 24, 2022, while the new FOB has been commissioned for public on February 27, 2023.
With this new FOB, total 13 FOBs have been commissioned in the financial year 2022-23 between Churchgate and Dahanu Road, taking the total to 146 FOBs, Thakur exclaimed.
The FOBs commissioned this year are at Virar, Nallasopara, Naigaon, Bhayandar, Andheri, Santacruz, Khar Road, Dadar, Grant Road, Matunga Road and Charni Road stations, including two skywalks viz. Andheri Skywalk and another one connecting Bandra Terminus to suburban network at Khar Road station. These efforts will go a long way to control the menace of trespassing as well as combat the problems such as overcrowding on bridges, etc.
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