Here’s why the upgrade of Badlapur station is taking time. While the home platform work is almost over, the station is now being developed as a two-deck one. However, work is expected to be complete soon. The railways have been working on the Badlapur station to convert the existing platform into a double discharge one by building a home platform. Officials said the standard length of the platform is 270 metres, of these about 90 m land belongs to the railways, another 95 metres to private parties. The private party land had been acquired earlier, but the remaining 85 m land was with the local civic body and there was a delay in acquiring it. There were also public utilities like auto stands and a few shops, whose operators/owners had put up opposition. Now that the originally planned work is in an advanced stage, the railways have embarked on converting the station into a two-deck one to cater to the increasing crowds.

The works at the station

Explaining the sequence of works at Badlapur, a Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) official said, “The Badlapur home platform and one 6 m wide foot overbridge construction was in progress under trespass control measures. The 6 m wide foot overbridge was completed and opened to the public on December 24, 2022. For construction of the home platform, local civic land was required. It was a long pending case and the hand over was delayed due to protests from rickshaw drivers who wanted to retain the rickshaw stand in the same location. After many meetings and help from local Member of Parliament Kapil Patil, the matter was settled, and the piece of land handed over to MRVC in November 2022.”