Following an escalator, the Thane station is all set to add a few more infrastructural incentives to facilitate commuting. Tagged Mumbai’s most crowded railway station, the Thane station is going to get another escalator, the construction work for which has already begun.
According to officials, the initial work of installation of another escalator at platform no. 5 and 6 has started. The previous escalator that is 1.7-metre wide, constructed between platform no. 3 and 4, is almost ready to provide its service to 100 commuters per minute.
Mukesh Nigam, DRM, Central Railway, Mumbai, said, “Apart from this, the extension of platforms no. 5 and 6 has also been almost completed. Now, the trains will not have to halt twice.” The existing platforms are unable to accommodate 24-coach trains and hence, nearly 18 services resort to the double-halt system by first accommodating the initial twenty coaches on the platform.
“Also, this station will benefit immensely when the outer area of the bus station at Thane (west) will be connected with the 12-metre wide foot overbridge under the Station Area Traffic Improvement Scheme (Satis), shortly. The Satis platform has been built as part of an urban planning initiative, whereby commuters would be able to walk to the Satis platform and take a bus to their
destination.” Mr Nigam said, adding that, a renovated booking office is going to open very soon with a new look.