We need to change the focus of the Trains running on both Western and Central Railway.
Currently the trains are all scheduled with Churchgate / CST as focus. In the 1960’s it was common for the working class to travel South towards these work centres at dawn and return home at dusk. People lived in the Northern areas of the city and worked in the Southern areas. Gradually this changed and by the turn of the Century, the entire city had work centres and residences all over. In view of this it is imperative that Rail Time Table Planners evolve, rework their timings and focus to ease the hardships of travel. The trains have to be Andheri centric as Andheri is at equidistance from both Churchgate and Virar. If all slow trains originate and terminate from Andheri most of the hardships will be resolved.
Just need to redesign Platform No 2 to ensure it has a common discharge. Slow Train from Churchgate arrives at 2A and slow train from Virar arrives at 2B. Passengers arriving from Churchgate/Virar at Andheri and wanting to travel further alights and boards with a common platform between both trains. No bridges to climb. Similar at Kurla for CST – Thane trains.
Also we need to increase the frequencies of Trains on Western Railway. Currently it cannot be done because of the cross-overs of tracks near final destination. The better way is to underground the line 1 from Marine Lines and proceed along the sea coast to make a big loop that can do a turn around under the Maidans and surface again at Marine Lines as Line 2. Churchgate station will be underground. This one low cost act will save us Millions. Only need to increase the rakes so that time between two consecutive locals can be reduced from 180 secs to 120 secs and later 60 secs.
This is for the slow line. Train follows train. Same principle for Fast locals too.
Currently the trains are all scheduled with Churchgate / CST as focus. In the 1960’s it was common for the working class to travel South towards these work centres at dawn and return home at dusk. People lived in the Northern areas of the city and worked in the Southern areas. Gradually this changed and by the turn of the Century, the entire city had work centres and residences all over. In view of this it is imperative that Rail Time Table Planners evolve, rework their timings and focus to ease the hardships of travel. The trains have to be Andheri centric as Andheri is at equidistance from both Churchgate and Virar. If all slow trains originate and terminate from Andheri most of the hardships will be resolved.
Just need to redesign Platform No 2 to ensure it has a common discharge. Slow Train from Churchgate arrives at 2A and slow train from Virar arrives at 2B. Passengers arriving from Churchgate/Virar at Andheri and wanting to travel further alights and boards with a common platform between both trains. No bridges to climb. Similar at Kurla for CST – Thane trains.
Also we need to increase the frequencies of Trains on Western Railway. Currently it cannot be done because of the cross-overs of tracks near final destination. The better way is to underground the line 1 from Marine Lines and proceed along the sea coast to make a big loop that can do a turn around under the Maidans and surface again at Marine Lines as Line 2. Churchgate station will be underground. This one low cost act will save us Millions. Only need to increase the rakes so that time between two consecutive locals can be reduced from 180 secs to 120 secs and later 60 secs.
This is for the slow line. Train follows train. Same principle for Fast locals too.
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