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286 ESCALATORS, 131 ELEVATORS FOR MUMBAI RAILWAY STATIONS
Rail stations in suburban Mumbai in India’s Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway (CR) networks will get 286 new escalators and 131 new elevators by the end of 2019, The Times of India reports. WR has 32 escalators either operating or being built, and work is underway on 16 more. On CR, 58 escalators were built in the past 12 months. Rail officials emphasized the need for additional escalators and elevators after the stampede at Mumbai’s Prabhadevi Station at Elphinstone Road in 2017 in which 23 people died.
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-railway-stations-to-get-286-new-escalators-by-end-of-next-year/articleshow/65987376.cms
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