It was back to work for commuters at Elphinstone Road station, a day after a stampede there killed 23 people. There was, however, heavy police bandobast on the station premises and outside. As a provisional measure, there were also police officers in plainclothes deployed at the station. When mid-day visited the spot around 9.30 am on Saturday, the usually bustling station inside and outside was devoid of hawkers. People had lit candles and lain bunches of flowers on the bridge and staircase. As the trains spilled commuters out at the station, people could be seen taking the same bridge. "We were requesting commuters to use the other FOB that is just opposite, but they continued to use this one as they would have to walk an extra 50 metres to get to the other one," said a constable.

A commuter's photo of the stampede at Elphinstone Road station on Friday. Pic/Twitter