With an increased number of lady commuters taking to the Mumbai's lifeline on Thursday, scenes of crowds and long queues were witnessed at most of the stations on Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR). A majority of this crowd was witnessed at the ticketing counters.

"Compared to Wednesday, Thursday saw a huge surge in the number of women travellers," Aksha Shah, who works for an NGO at Andheri said. Varsha Ghadai from Diva village said that there were long queues at the booking counter because less number of ticket windows were open. "The ticket queue climbed up the foot over bridge and beyond," she added.