MUMBAI: Western Railway (WR) has dismantled a total of 13 and commissioned 14 new foot-over bridges (FOBs) across Mumbai suburban network between Churchgate and Virar during the lockdown period.
WR’s chief public relations officer Sumit Thakur said, “On the Churchgate-Virar section, the audit was conducted on 115 FOBs out of which 16 FOBs were declared to be closed based on their structure analysis. We took advantage of the lockdown period and dismantled all the 13 FOBs.”
Thakur said, “During this period, we have also completed repairs of 36 FOBs. A total of 14 new FOBs and one new skywalk as well as extension of Bandra Terminus FOB have been commissioned in WR.”
Besides this, important construction works of Delisle ROB near Lower Parel station and Frere ROB near Grant Road station are in progress and is being carried out in full swing, he added.