Ghatkopar railway station

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Ghatkopar
Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg Indian Railways and Mumbai Suburban Railway station
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General information
Location Ghatkopar,
Coordinates 19°05′09″N72°54′29″E / 19.0857°N 72.9081°E / 19.0857; 72.9081
Owned by Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s) Central Line
Platforms4
Tracks7
Connections Logo of Mumbai Metro Line 1.svg Blue Line Ghatkopar
Construction
Structure typeStandard on-ground station
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
StatusActive
Station codeG
Fare zone Central Railways
History
Opened1877
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2014465,000
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station
Vidyavihar Central line Vikhroli
towards Kasara or Khopoli
Out-of-system interchange
Preceding station Logo of Mumbai Metro Line 1.svg Mumbai Metro One Following station
Jagruti Nagar
towards Versova
Line 1
transfer at Ghatkopar
Terminus
Location
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Ghatkopar
Location within India
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Ghatkopar
Ghatkopar (Mumbai)

Ghatkopar is a railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It was opened in 1877, [1] and serves the Ghatkopar suburb of Mumbai. About 465,000 commuters use the station daily as of 2014. An average of 35,000 tickets are sold daily. [2]

The western side of Ghatkopar station is connected with the Ghatkopar metro station through a skywalk. [3] [4]

References

  1. "Historical Milestone". Central Railway. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  2. Binoo Nair (21 May 2014). "dna exclusive: Metro may cause Dadar-like congestion at Ghatkopar". DNA.
  3. Ateeq Shaikh (31 March 2014). "Ghatkopar railway station to soon to be integrated with metro station". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  4. "Commuters sandwiched between Mumbai Metro and railways". The Free Press Journal. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.