The new foot over bridge (FOB) at the south end of Vikhroli station inaugurated on July 1 seems to have been made in haste with a few essentials, like staircases onto platforms and tiles along the bridge, missing. The Central Railway commissioned the FOB on the CST side or south end of the station after protests by residents, passengers, and local MLA Ram Kadam, in October 2010.


The FOB opens on to platform 1 instead of the main road outside
Vikhroli station pic/Shrikant Khuperkar

Due to encroachments near LBS Road on the west side of the station, the FOB opens onto platform 1, instead of leading out onto the road. As a result, non-commuters can not use the FOB since they don't possess tickets. Thousands of residents and office goers from adjoining areas such as Tagore Nagar and Kannamwar Nagar, have been pushed to cross tracks again. Last year, nearly 300 people were killed while crossing tracks at the station.