Absent without leave: The staircase to a foot-over-bridge that connects Kurla East to West has been missing despite the FOB being ready three months ago. The reason for the delay in building the stairs is pending permission from the BMC's tree authority. In the absence of the bridge, many tend to jump over the fence and crossover the tracks with Kurla ranking number two in the list of stations that record maximum deaths due to accidents on tracks. While there have been 344 deaths at Kalyan, Kurla has recorded 313 deaths and Thane has seen 295.

A Kurla resident Mofid Khan recently questioned authorities regarding the delay in inaugurating the bridge built towards the Kalyan end of Kurla station. A CR spokesperson said that the railways had been waiting for permissions and that they had received them this week. "The work cannot begin till the BMC's permissions are in place. Now that the BMC's tree authority has given permission, the Central Railway can finish the work in two weeks and throw open the bridge for the public."