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WR’s terrible Tuesday shows need for better integration with Metro
Updated On: 15 June, 2023 07:37 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Cable fault that led to massive cancellations of locals results in highest ridership for parallel Metro lines; experts call for better integration between each train station to corresponding Metro station
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Borivli railway station on Tuesday. Pic/Rahil Desai
Western Railway (WR) on Tuesday faced a six-hour disruption due to a cable defect and related signalling issues, which led to the delay of 220 trains and the cancellation of 90, apart from chaos at stations. The four-month-old Red Line 7 and Yellow Line 2A, on the eastern and western sides of WR, ameliorated the situation, recording their highest-ever footfall in the process.
The Metro lines, which proved their mettle on Tuesday, have a 10-12-minute train frequency. However, transport experts said a deeper kind of integration with the existing railway network, which has never been thought of, could have easily boosted the crowd count and alleviated the situation at WR stations.
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