Railways are a major lifeline of Mumbai. Any seasoned traveller knows how difficult it is to alight or get on a train which is going towards or coming from Virar. People who unintentionally are on such trains are not able to get down on their destination stations. Platforms being build in an unplanned manner is another trouble commuters have to bear.
This issue has been simmering since years, and patience been tested. Finally the patience broke yesterday. Delays in trains schedules, due to a cable theft, change in the platforms nos, where the trains were scheduled to stop, are very normal. But when the platforms are so far apart, that one has to walk 500 meters, it become impractical. The 500 meters distance is covered in more than double the time, due to the crowd. In such situations, the scheduled trains are missed again. Yesterday, some ladies finally decided that they have had enough. They sat down on the tracks. When the railway police started hitting them, gents also finally joined in the fray to protect the ladies. One thing led to another, and finally the trains were halted for more than 5 hours.
Borivali is a major station, but the planning been done over there is wrong, and even after yesterdays incident, I have serious doubts, that things are going to change.
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