Bhayandar railway station

Railway Station in Maharashtra, India

Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station
Mira Road
towards Churchgate
Western line Naigaon
towards Dahanu Road
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Dahanu Road
Vangaon
Boisar
Umroli
Palghar
Kelve Road
Saphale
Vaitarna River
Vaitarna
Virar
Nallasopara
Vasai Road
Central line and Vasai Road - Roha line
Naigaon
Bhayandar
Mira Road
Dahisar
Borivali
Kandivli
Malad
planned extension to Borivali
Goregaon
Ram Mandir
Jogeshwari
Andheri
Line 1
Vile Parle
Santacruz
Khar Road
Bandra
Mahim
Harbour line
Matunga Road
Central line
Dadar
Prabhadevi
Parel
Central line
Lower Parel
Mahalaxmi
Line 3
Mumbai Central
Line 3
Grant Road
Line 3
Charni Road
Marine Lines
Churchgate
Line 3
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Bhayandar is located in Mumbai
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Bhayandar (station code: BY) is a railway station on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.[1]

It is located at the northernmost end of the Salsette island, which separates the satellite cities of Vasai-Virar from Western Suburbs of Mumbai and Mumbai City District. The following station is Mira Road & the preceding station is Naigaon. The next major railway station towards town side is Borivali and the major station towards outer edge of the far flung satellite cities of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Areas is Vasai Road.

History

The sanction to open the station, was issued in 1868. In 1873, passenger traffic stood at 33,455, rising to 47,226 passengers by 1880. Goods traffic at the station too rose from 2,627 metric tonnes to 19,770 tonnes in the same interval.[2]

Platforms

It has six platforms in present where 4 and 6 are for trains going towards Churchgate, and 1 and 5 for trains going towards Virar/Dahanu Road. Here, platforms 2 and 3 are used for Bhayandar locals towards BY-Churchgate, BY-Dadar, BY-Bandra, BY-Andheri, BY-Borivali. The station has received escalators recently. A sky-walk serving the commuters to Bhayandar directly to east and west is made recently. Trains serve the station 22 hours a day every day; the headway between trains is five minutes during peak periods, with less frequent service at other times.

Public Transport

Bhayandar station is also served by three bus services including BEST Transport and MBMT Transport which serves the other areas in the Western Suburbs and Mumbai City District, and TMT Transport buses, serving the areas of Thane and Navi Mumbai.[3]

Gallery

  • Bhayandar platform board
    Bhayandar platform board
  • Bhayandar Station Platform view
    Bhayandar Station Platform view

References

  1. ^ "Bhayandar Railway Station Map/Atlas WR/Western Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com.
  2. ^ Rahul Mehrotra, Sharada Dwivedi (2000). Anchoring A City Line. Eminence Designs Pvt. Ltd. pp. 167, 168. ISBN 81-900602-4-4.
  3. ^ "Mumbai: Decongesting Bhayandar railway station – two elevated decks, one foot overbridge". The Indian Express. 25 February 2020.
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