Nallasopara railway station

Last updated

Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg
Nalla Sopara
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Nalla Sopara stationboard.jpg
General information
Location Nala Sopara
Coordinates 19°24′55″N72°51′41″E / 19.4154°N 72.8613°E / 19.4154; 72.8613
Owned by Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s) Western Line
Platforms4
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeStandard on-ground station
Other information
StatusActive
Station codeNSP
Fare zone Western Railways
History
Opened1865 [1]
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
69 eut
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station
Vasai Road
towards Churchgate
Western line Virar
towards Dahanu Road
Location
India Maharashtra location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Nala sopara
Location within Maharashtra

Nalla Sopara (station code NSP) is a railway station on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, serving the town of Nala Sopara. [2]

Contents

Nalla Sopara is one of the busiest railway stations in Mumbai. The trains passing through this railway station, travel towards Churchgate in the south and Dahanu Road in the north.

Nalla Sopara station has five footover bridges, all of which are featured with an escalator. Nalla Sopara ranks second busiest railway platform after Andheri.

History

In 2011, Nalla Sopara alone recorded a 25% increase in first-class commuters from the previous year.

Western Railways widened the platforms at the station in 2012. It created more space on the narrow fast-train platform 4 at Nalla Sopara, as well as at Mira Road, which is linked to the skywalk. The project cost about 72 lacs and the construction was completed in July 2012.

The extra space on platforms helped the railway deal with increased number of passengers due to longer trains, wider bridges and new skywalks. [3] The new bridge was built to provide passengers with another means of walking from platform to platform.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mumbai Suburban Railway</span> Set of railway lines in India

The Mumbai Suburban Railway consists of exclusive inner suburban railway lines augmented by commuter rail on main lines serving outlying suburbs to serve the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Spread over 390 kilometres (240 mi), the suburban railway operates 2,342 train services and carries more than 7.5 million commuters daily.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mumbai Central railway station</span> Railway station in Mumbai, India

Mumbai Central is a major railway station on the Western line, situated in Mumbai, Maharashtra in an area known by the same name. It serves as a major stop for both Local and Inter-City/Express trains with separate platforms for them. It is also a terminal for several long-distance trains including the Mumbai Rajdhani Express. It is one of the five major Terminal stations in Mumbai while others being Mumbai CST, Mumbai LTT, Mumbai BDTS and Mumbai Dadar. Trains depart from the station connecting various destinations mostly across states in the northern, western and north-western parts of India. The station was renamed from Bombay Central to Mumbai Central in 1997, following the change of Bombay to Mumbai. In 2018, a resolution was passed to change the station code to MMCT, with implementation ongoing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prabhadevi railway station</span> Railway station in Maharashtra, India

Prabhadevi railway station is a Railway station junction which connects the Central line to Parel of Mumbai Suburban Railway. It serves the area of Prabhadevi in Mumbai, India. This railway station has two platforms which are of only slow trains halt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Goregaon</span> Suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Goregaon ([ɡoːɾeɡaːʋ]) is a suburb of Mumbai city, in the Mumbai Suburban district of India. It has a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Line. An extension of the Harbour Line was completed in 2018 because of which it has regular trains to CSMT on the Harbour line. This is in addition to existing trains to Churchgate on the Western Line. Owing to the rapid urbanization and growing population of metropolitan Mumbai, Goregaon, which was once merely a hilly forest region is now a crowded suburb of Mumbai.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Western Railway zone</span> One of the 18 zones of Indian Railways

The Western Railway is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways and is among the busiest railway networks in India, headquartered at Mumbai, Maharashtra. The major railway routes of Indian Railways which come under Western Railways are: Mumbai Central–Ratlam, Mumbai Central–Ahmedabad and Palanpur–Ahmedabad. The railway system is divided into six operating divisions: Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Ratlam, and Mumbai WR. Vadodara railway station, being the junction point for the Ahmedabad–Mumbai route and the Mumbai–Ratlam route towards New Delhi, is the busiest junction station in Western Railways and one of the busiest junctions of Indian Railways too, while Ahmedabad Division earns highest revenue followed by Mumbai Division and Vadodara Division. Surat railway station is one of the busiest railway station in Western Railway in non-junction category where more than 180 trains pass per day.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Virar</span> City in Maharashtra, India

Virar is a coastal city in Palghar district, Maharashtra. The northern third of the city of Vasai-Virar, it is administered by Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation. It lies in the south part of Palghar district, and north to the city of Mumbai. It is an important part of Palghar District because Palghar is the outermost part of northern side of Mumbai Metropolitan Region and comes under Police Jurisdiction of Mira-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cork Kent railway station</span> Railway station in Cork, Ireland

Kent Station is an Iarnród Éireann railway station in Cork, Ireland. Originally opened in 1893, the station operates as a hub for Intercity services to Dublin and Tralee and commuter services to Mallow, Cobh and Midleton. In 2016, Kent Station was the fifth busiest station in the Republic of Ireland, as well as the busiest outside of Dublin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dahanu Road railway station</span> Railway station in Maharashtra, India

Dahanu Road is a railway station near the town of Dahanu in Palghar district of Maharashtra. It lies on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is the northern limit of the Suburban network, although the track continues north to Gholvad and beyond.

The Western Railway Elevated Corridor, also known as the Oval Maidan-Virar elevated corridor, was a proposed rapid transit corridor that would have run along the same alignment as the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, and link Oval Maidan with Virar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pune Junction railway station</span> Railway station in Maharashtra, India

Pune Junction railway station is the main railway junction of the city of Pune, India. It is one of the major railway junctions in Maharashtra. Pune Junction consists of 6 platforms. It also has a suburban train network.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Line 1 (Mumbai Metro)</span> Part of the metro system for the city of Mumbai, India

Line 1 (Blue Line) of the Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit metro line in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The 11.40 km (7.08 mi) line is fully elevated and consists of 12 stations from Versova to Ghatkopar. The line connects the eastern and western suburbs of Mumbai. It was built at an estimated cost of 4,321 crore (US$540 million) and is operated by the Metro One Operation Pvt Ltd (MOOPL) on a 5-year contract. This special purpose vehicle, namely, Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (Mumbai Metro 1) was incorporated for the implementation of the project. Reliance Infrastructure holds 69% of the equity share capital of MMOPL, 26% is with Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).and the remaining 5% stake with Veolia Transport

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Churchgate railway station</span> Railway Station in Maharashtra, India

Churchgate is the southern terminus on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. It is located in Churchgate in South Mumbai, Maharashtra.

The Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway is a public transit system serving Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Maharashtra. It consists of 37 stations from Dahanu Road to Churchgate railway station. It is operated by Western Railways (WR). The entire line is at grade.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dadar railway station</span> Railway Station in Maharashtra, India

Dadar railway station is one of the major interchange railway stations of Mumbai Suburban Railway. It serves the Dadar area in Mumbai, India.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andheri railway station</span> Railway station in Maharashtra, India

Andheri is a passenger rail station located at Andheri suburb of Mumbai. It serves the Western line and Harbour lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. It is also a stop for some express trains and August Kranti Rajdhani Express. The station also inter-connects the Line 1 of the Andheri metro station. Andheri station first came under prominence after the development of Salsette–Trombay Railway services in 1928 by the British Empire of India during the pre-independence period.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kandivli railway station</span> Railway Station in Maharashtra, India

Kandivali is a railway station on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It serves the Kandivli neighbourhood of Mumbai, India. All slow local trains temporarily halt between Kandivali and Borivali for a few seconds for signaling purposes, which commuters call an imaginary station named Thambevali.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Borivali railway station</span> Mumbai Suburban Railway Station

Borivali is a railway station on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network and an outbound station. It serves the suburban of Borivali.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mira Road railway station</span> Railway Station in Maharashtra, India

Mira Road is a passenger railway station located at Mira Road, a suburb in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai. It is situated between Borivali and Bhayandar stations on the Western line, of Mumbai Suburban Railway. The route of the station is located between the salt pan towards the western zone of the suburb leading towards Bhayandar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ghatkopar metro station</span> Mumbai Metros Blue Line 1 terminal metro station

Ghatkopar is the elevated eastern terminal metro station on the East-West Corridor of the Blue Line 1 of Mumbai Metro serving the Ghatkopar suburb of Mumbai, India. It was opened to the public on 8 June 2014. Ghatkopar is the busiest station on Line 1, with a daily passenger traffic of 115,441 in December 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andheri metro station</span> Mumbai Metros Blue Line 1 metro station

Andheri is an elevated metro station on the East-West Corridor of the Blue Line 1 of Mumbai Metro serving the Andheri suburb of Mumbai, India. It was opened to the public on 8 June 2014. After Ghatkopar, Andheri is the busiest station on Line 1, with a daily passenger traffic of 72,125 in February 2017.

References

  1. Jhingron, A.K (2009). Heritage, Traditions, and Legends. Western Railways. p. 213.
  2. "Nalla Sopara Railway Station Map/Atlas WR/Western Zone – Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  3. "WR gifts commuters space with wider platforms on the anvil". DNA India. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2019.