Overview
- A new pedestrian bridge at Sion has opened, clearing access for full demolition of the century‑old road bridge, with CR targeting January 2026 for demolition completion and BMC aiming to reopen by May 2026.
- The rebuilt span over the railway will increase from 40 metres to 51 metres, eliminating piers within the rail corridor to ease capacity expansion between Kurla and Dadar.
- An IIT audit in 2020 had warned the existing Sion structure had outlived its life and posed extreme risk over active tracks.
- MRVC has commissioned a 6‑metre‑wide, 66‑metre‑long South foot overbridge at Bhandup for east–west movement, built at about ₹6 crore with staircases to each platform and the eastern exit.
- The Bhandup bridge is slated to link to a 9.5‑metre elevated deck and a proposed 5‑metre skywalk to form a continuous network, as separate works at Kopar/Diva draw calls for clearer interim safety measures.