The crowded Malad station problem has been addressed, for now, with the station getting a brand new additional platform, although temporarily, officials said, adding that an additional rail corridor and station is in the works for the harbour line. This is the first time an entire 300m makeshift steel platform has been temporarily built to address the issue of congestion on an urgent basis.

“The temporary steel platform erected for the purpose will remain in place till all the infrastructure works at the station continue. A harbour line station and an additional permanent platform are also being planned at the station. Till all the works are complete in the next few years, this platform will stay, and works have now reached a crucial stage,” a senior railway official said.