Navigating Dadar station can be a nightmare during peak hours, and Central Railway (CR) authorities have only made it worse. Work is on at the station to build a two-way escalator from platforms 3 and 4 to the 12-metre foot overbridge (FOB). The problem is the contractor has stacked escalator building material right on the platform, leaving very little space for commuters to walk on.

Platforms three and four are among the most crowded platforms at Dadar station — thousands of commuters board and alight from CSMT-bound slow trains (platform three) and Kalyan-bound fast trains and express trains (platform four) on either side of the island platform. Now, more than half the concourse has been taken over by the escalator construction and boxes containing the parts.