Updated On: 30 November, 2022 07:00 PM IST | Mumbai | Priti Khuman Thakur
Holidayers travelling with senior citizens say they will be forced to spend hours waiting for trains at Valsad station or will have to go by flight

Newly-weds Nidhi Thakar and Darshan Vyas were to go directly for their Kuldevi darshan at Shrinathji, Udaipur, from Bandra Terminus, but will have to go to Valsad now
After mid-day highlighted travellers’ woes due to pit line construction work that shifted all Western Railway’s trains from Bandra Terminus to Vapi or Valsad, Dadar, Mumbai Central and Borivli; some railway associations have offered to help them. However, the WR hasn’t taken any initiative to help passengers. mid-day spoke to passengers who narrated the troubles they have to face due to this.
A newly-married couple, Nidhi Thakar and Darshan Vyas, were to go to their Kuldevi darshan at Shrinathji, Udaipur on December 5. They were to travel on the Udaipur City Mail Express from Bandra Terminus. But Nidhi received a text message that this train will run from Valsad station and not from Bandra Terminus. Speaking to mid-day, Nidhi’s father Dhiren Thakar said, “They are now in Thailand. We booked tickets for them on another train that will go to Valsad. But they will have to wait at Valsad station for many hours with their luggage to catch the train.”