A small realignment and a new bridge near Vangaon in the Dahanu taluka has boosted the speed of locals on the route by 50 kmph. Dahanu local trains, which had to compulsorily crawl at 30 kmph for safety reasons, now run at the regular speed of 80 kmph and beyond on the new web girder bridge.

“Local trains are wider than regular trains. When two local trains, on either [up and down] lines, crossed the old bridge at the same time, they had to slow down due to dimensional infringement in the alignment of the existing tracks. The trains were compulsorily forced to run at a speed restriction of 30 kmph on this section,” Western Railway chief public relations officer Sumit Thakur said.