Bhayandar railway station
Mumbai Suburban Railway station | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Bhayandar | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°18′41″N 72°51′10″E / 19.311448°N 72.852651°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Western Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 6 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Standard on-ground station | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 5m above sea level. | ||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
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Station code | BYR | ||||||||||
Fare zone | Western Railways | ||||||||||
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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 in the northern most 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. 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 witnessed escalators recently. A skywalk 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. 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.[2]
References
- ^ "Bhayandar Railway Station Map/Atlas WR/Western Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Mumbai: Decongesting Bhayandar railway station – two elevated decks, one foot overbridge". The Indian Express. 25 February 2020.
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