Walls that shudder with every passing train, and the noise that they make, along with their deafening horns, is what office means for the staff of the Government Railway Police station at Wadala. Located between platform two and three at the station, the policemen have been living in a nightmare for several years now. The station is infamously known to be worse than punishment postings among GRP personnel, as a train almost shakes them up every three minutes.

Established in 2000, the Wadala GRP keeps a check on anti-social elements and commuter safety across 13 stations on the Harbour line. "It is very irritating when we literally shake in our seats every few minutes. If it's a fast train, the vibrations are worse. The sound is so deafening that we have to use earplugs inside the police station," complained Rajendra Pal, senior inspector of Wadala GRP.