The ‘abandoned’ sign on a ground-plus-three storey building at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) spells good news for commuters on the Central Railway (CR). Coming soon: Longer trains from CSMT The office building will be demolished to make way for longer trains on the railway’s Main Line. Sources said this will allow the railway to run 15-car trains from platforms 5 and 6, increasing the carrying capacity of each train service by 25%. These platforms currently accommodate 12-car trains. “Once the building is razed, tracks will be shifted and platforms extended,” said a railway official. “The office space and technical set-up for the signalling system inside this building has been shifted to a location at the end of platform 18, at the CSMT terminus,” he added. The project has received the necessary clearances but a tender is yet to be floated for the demolition. “After the building is razed, we will be able to extend platforms 5 and 6 to accommodate 15-car trains. As a result, there will be three platforms at CSMT that can …