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Colaba

Mumbai Suburban Railway station

General information

Coordinates

18°55′15″N72°49′40″E / 18.92083°N 72.82778°E

Owned by

Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway

Line(s)

Western Line

Construction

Structure type

Standard on-ground station

History

Opened

1872^{[ citation needed ]}

Closed

1930^{[ citation needed ]}

Services

No service demolished

Location



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Colaba Railway Station was a railway station on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway (BB&CI) located in Colaba in then South Bombay (now South Mumbai.)

The Old Station
The problems
A New station is built
Reclamation and Demolition
References
External links

The original BB&CI terminus was at Grant Road. This was subsequently extended to Churchgate in 1870 and to Colaba, at the southern tip of the island, in 1873. However, by the 1920s, the Government of Bombay ordered the Railway to hand over the section between Churchgate and Colaba to facilitate the development of Backbay Reclamation project, now Nariman Point. After the new Bombay Central station was opened in 1930, the line between Churchgate and Colaba was closed and removed.^[1]^[2]

The Old Station

In the year 1872, the railway obtained permission from the Bombay Government to extend the line to Colaba, and build a goods station. The station was built, but permission was provided only to erect only a semi-permanent structure mainly out of timber, this too on the condition that the 'railway'(line) would be shifted to some other location between Colaba and Marine Lines, if any further reclamation scheme required it. This came into effect later, in 1930.

The problems

As the passenger traffic grew, the station became cramped. Standing trains could only be accommodated at Grant rd, and it became necessary for three daily main line passenger trains to be taken back between Grant Rd and Colaba line, empty. To add to it, light engines had to move between Parel and Colaba continuously (since the shed was at Parel), hence affecting traffic. Also, often mainline trains had to be shunted off to provide space for Suburban trains, notably even before the passengers of the former trains could take their luggage out.

Thoughts were that this problem could be tackled by the provision of an additional siding at Marine Lines railway station, and making the station a terminus for long distance trains. In 1888, a government referred committee stated that this wasn't a 'satisfactory' arrangement, since it would be objected by people for using the limited area for recreation. Instead, it was recommended that expanding the station was the only permanent solution, and a block of land was provided to the railway between the Wodehouse Bridge road and Lower Colaba road.^[3]

A New station is built

A new station was Built on the site, and a new Colaba Station was opened on 7th April 1896. The new station consisted of a stone facade and a carriage porch at the South, a tower with a pitch tiled roof was located at its southwest corner. The station had three platforms, all about 500 ft long.^[4]

During a period of several remodeling schemes throughout the suburban line, Colaba also received attention. The signalling and yard arrangements were found inadequate, and finally a scheme was approved for the same in 1920.^[5]

Reclamation and Demolition

In 1920s, when the Backbay Reclamation project was under progress, the government ordered that the section between Churchgate and Colaba be relinquished, to allow unrestricted access. Hence, a new terminus had to be built before this. A new Terminus was built at Bombay Central, and opened on 18th December 1930.

Colaba Terminus ceased to exist after the 31st of December 1930. The last local ran from Colaba that day to the northern end of the city. Then section was then dismantled by 1933, and the line now terminated at Churchgate.^[6]

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References

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