As work on new double-discharge platforms at Dadar moves ahead, commuters have started debating the pros and cons of the move and how it will change the dynamics of commuting. While a few commuters welcomed the better experience it will afford while boarding trains, others said alighting the fast trains at Dadar will be a battle zone with passengers now getting in from both sides and blocking gates.

Fast train platforms 10/11 at Dadar are being turned into double-discharge ones. This will ensure that platform no. 10—where Kalyan-bound fast local trains and express trains leaving Mumbai currently halt—gets decongested from both sides. Once the platform on the other side opens for the public, commuters can board from either side of the platform. At present, the platform is fenced from one side.