The vehicle that landed at Ambivli station in early September

“The railway police claim that the auto driver was new to Mumbai and entered the platform by mistake thinking the station access road was a common path and he could enter without any hindrance. This is pure neglect on part of the railways in keeping borders open for a three-wheeler to enter the station,” Subhas Gupta of Yatri Sangh Mumbai said.

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On September 8, an auto-rickshaw driver was nabbed for driving his vehicle onto a platform at Ambivli railway station four days earlier.

Earlier this month, a man was found riding his motorcycle on a platform of Shahad railway station using the ramp prepared for disabled commuters.

“With such porous stations, such incidents could pose a threat to train operations and the overall security of passengers inside trains. Stations at the road level seem to be offering new kinds of level crossings for vehicles now,” J R Gupta, an activist-resident from Kurla, said.

A CR spokesperson said, “We are going to do a survey of all stations to pinpoint such porous borders and barricade them so as to prevent the recurrence of such events.”