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Mumbai: Elphinstone Bridge closure soon, but key foot-bridge still incomplete
Updated On: 10 April, 2025 07:12 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
With the impending shutting of key connector, motorists have a few alternatives, but pedestrians have been left in the lurch; Prabhadevi station (formerly Elphinstone) had earned the grim moniker of “stampede station” after 23 people died in a 2017 crowd crush at the base of a FOB

Elphinstone Bridge is soon set to be demolished
All traffic plans are in place for motorists ahead of the Elphinstone Bridge closure—but what about pedestrians? A crucial foot overbridge (FOB), meant to connect Parel (Central Railway) and Prabhadevi (Western Railway), has been left incomplete by Central Railway (CR). It ends abruptly mid-air, leaving commuters stranded with no direct east-west crossing as the road bridge is set to shut.

With the road bridge closing, this incomplete foot overbridge remains suspended mid-air. Pics/Ashish Raje
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