Western Railway has commissioned a new Foot Over Bridge at Vasai Road station in Mumbai. The new bridge was thrown open to passengers on 30th September 2020.
The new FOB is six metre wide and 74.5 metre long. Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation was the executing agency for construction of the FOB at a cost of 7.2 crores.
This new FOB will be of great convenience to passengers as it connects all platforms (Except Platform No. 1) of the station including east side Skywalk staircase & escalator, said Western Railway CPRO Sumit Thakur.
Seven new Foot Over Bridges (including the recently commissioned Bandra FOB & the current Vasai Road FOB) & one new skywalk have been commissioned and 6 old FOBs have been dismantled over Mumbai Suburban section of Western Railway.
Works of other FOBs, ROB repairs & installation of new escalators on different locations are also under progress, CPRO Thakur added.
