Mumbaikars who frequently use Konkan Railway have threatened to protest outside the Belapur head office on January 26, Republic Day, and stage a one-day hunger strike to press their demands which include: north-south bound trains passing through the Konkan region should have minimum three halts in every district, popular trains should have more halts like Janshatabdi at Vaibhavwadi, among other demands.

A delegation will meet Konkan Railway representatives on January 23 with the demands. Earlier this months, passengers said the main problem was lack of connectivity from the western suburbs to the Konkan Railway, especially the Virar-Vasai belt, as all those passengers have to come to Dadar or other Central Railway stations to board Konkan Railway trains.