The Central Railway will be reconstructing 13 foot-over-bridges (FOB) on the Mumbai suburban railway network. The construction work is expected to be completed by the end of 2021.
The construction work across the mainline, harbour and trans-harbour railway network will be done in phases and on a priority basis.
Dharavi FOB between Matunga and Sion railway station, public FOB between Kanjurmarg and Bhandup railway station, and Matunga level crossing FOBs will be constructed initially between Matunga and Sion railway stations. The Zonal Railway floated tenders for the construction of the three bridges.
The bridges will be constructed in a phased manner. The demolishing of the existing bridges will be done first.
Experts from IIT-B, Central, Western Railway and officials from civic bodies had undertaken audit of 445 bridge structures across the suburban railway tracks after the collapse of Gokhale Bridge at Andheri railway station in July 2018.
The Central Railway recently also invited a tender for the construction of a road-over-bridge (ROB) near the Byculla railway station.