Western Railway will soon increase passenger capacity of slow lines on the Andheri-Virar section. In the era of social distancing, when there is limited capacity per train, a longer train will prove to be of help. WR will hence add 25 per cent capacity, via more coaches, per train on the stretch by the year-end. The work on extending platforms to accommodate these longer 15-car trains has now been speeded up on the slow lines.

The project of extending platforms to enable 15-car trains to stop in the crowded Andheri and Virar section on the slow line had been sanctioned in 2017-18, and work has been progressing well with the targeted date of completion of December 2020," Western Railway Mumbai Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) GVL Satya Kumar said.