India, Feb. 7 -- Mumbai local commuters may have to brace for a tough few months ahead as the Western Railway (WR) is preparing to revive a long-pending infrastructure plan that could lead to the suspension of key Harbour Line services between Bandra and Goregaon for at least three months, impacting daily travel for lakhs of passengers.

At the centre of the plan is a railway bridge between Bandra and Khar, which currently carries local trains. As reported by HT earlier, the bridge is set to be demolished and rebuilt to make way for two additional railway lines - the much-delayed fifth and sixth lines on the Santacruz-Mumbai Central corridor.

These new tracks are meant to separate suburban local trains from long-distance services, a move...