Work to convert Dadar station platform 4 into a double-discharge platform, has finally begun with the Central Railway inviting work orders for the project aimed  to decongest it in a big way. The idea is to ensure the crowd—where Kalyan-bound fast local trains and express trains leaving Mumbai halt—gets equally distributed, decongesting it. Once the closed side of the platform is opened up for the people, commuters can board trains from either side of it.

The work involves shifting the overhead wires and tracks, realigning platforms 4 and 5  and shifting a few existing utilities like bridge landings and other amenities. The cost of the project so far is Rs 1.88 crore. mid-day has been highlighting the issue of decongestion of crowds at Dadar station on Central Railway. A comprehensive master plan of Dadar station has been prepared in which more space is being created for passengers. There is also a plan to widen platforms 1 and 2 at Dadar by two metres and to install escalators there.