Updated On: 29 January, 2025 09:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Officials claim it will be bigger, wider than predecessor; locals frustrated over 1-year wait; there are several municipal schools in the area apart from colleges like Ruia, Ruparel, Khalsa, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute and Welingkar, besides a vegetable and flower market and several temples

The under-construction Z bridge in Matunga on January 28. Pics/Ashish Raje
A year after the closure of the old Z bridge that linked Matunga station on Central Railway (CR) to Matunga Road station on Western Railway (WR), commuters and residents complain of inconvenience and seek answers. The bridge was shut and had been in a poor shape and is now in the final phase of reconstruction.
Railway officials have claimed that the new bridge will be bigger and wider and It is likely to be opened by February 15.