The construction of the new platform and station is on at Parel. Pic/Bipin Kokate

Six months after the stampede at Elphinstone Road station as work paces ahead on the Parel local train terminus, Central Railway has decided to split the crowd on the existing Parel platform by almost 50 per cent. At Elphinstone station too, the crowd and clutter outside will go away, as the staff quarters’ colony will be demolished to make space for the station’s circulating area.