Bhayandar railway station

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Bhayandar
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
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General information
Location Bhayandar
Coordinates 19°18′41″N72°51′10″E / 19.311448°N 72.852651°E / 19.311448; 72.852651
Owned by Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s) Western Line
Platforms6
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeStandard on-ground station
Platform levels5m above sea level.
ParkingYes
Other information
StatusActive
Station codeBYR
Fare zone Western Railways
History
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station
Mira Road
towards Churchgate
Western line Naigaon
towards Dahanu Road
Location
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Bhayandar
Location within India
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Bhayandar
Bhayandar (Mumbai)

Bhayandar (station code: BY) is a railway station on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. [1]

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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]

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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.