Bhiwandi Road railway station

Bhiwandi Road is a railway station in Mumbai, India, on the Vasai Road–Diva–Panvel route of the Central Railway, of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. The Bhiwandi station lies on the Vasai–Diva corridor, between the Western Line and Central line. A Mainline (MEMU) service runs from Diva to Vasai. Computerised reservation services has been installed at this station obviating the need to go to Kalyan to for tickets.


Bhiwandi Road
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Coordinates19.268462°N 73.046174°E / 19.268462; 73.046174
Elevation23.132 metres (75.89 ft)
Owned byMinistry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)Central Line
Platforms5
TracksDouble electric line
Construction
Structure typeStandard on-ground station
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Station codeBIRD
Fare zoneCentral Railways
Services
Preceding station  
MSR		   Following station
toward Vasai Road
Vasai Road–Roha Line
toward Roha
Location
Bhiwandi Road
Location within Mumbai

The platforms at Bhiwandi railway station are very spacious. There are 5 platforms. The trains towards Kopar & Diva halt at platform 1, 2 or 3 and the train moving towards Vasai halt at platform 4 or 5.

There was a necessity for a suburban rail line for Bhiwandi. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority started to construct the Thane–Kalyan Line 5 through Bhiwandi.[1]

History

In British times, sweet sugarcane was spread from saltbunder road to Bhiwandi. In this area railway was stopped by the British for transporting salt by freight.

Train statistics
  • Number of halting trains :51
  • Number of originating trains :0
  • Number of terminating trains :0

Major trains
Bhiwandi Road railway station – Platform
Bhiwandi Road railway station – Platform board
  • 61002-Dombivli-Boisar MEMU
  • 69164-Dahanu Road–Pavel MEMU
  • 69165-Panvel–Vasai Road MEMU
  • 61003-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU
  • 61004-Diva–Vasai Road MEMU
  • 61005-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU
  • 61006-Diva–Vasai Road MEMU
  • 61007-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU
  • 61008-Diva–Vasai Road MEMU
  • 61009-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU
  • 61021-Vasai Diva MEMU   Not on Sunday & Saturday
  • 61022-Diva–Vasai MEMU   Not on Sunday & Saturday
  • 69166-Vasai Road–Panvel MEMU
  • 69167-Panvel–Vasai Road MEMU
  • 69168-Vasai–Panvel MEMU
  • 69161-Panvel–Dahanu Road MEMU
  • 19201–Secunderabad Porbandar Weekly Express
  • 19202–Secunderabad Express
  • 17017–Secunderabad Express
  • 17018-Rajkot Express
  • 16613-Coimbatore Express
  • 19311-Pune–Indore Express
  • 19312-Indore–Pune Express
  • 22943-Pune–Indore SF Express
  • 22944-Indore–Pune SF Express
  • 16506-Gandhidham Express
  • 16507-KSR Bengaluru Express
  • 165335-Nagercoil Weekly Express
  • 16336-Gandhidham Express
  • 16333-Thiruvananthapuram Express
  • 16337-Okha–Ernakulam- Express
  • 16338-Ernakulam–Okha Express
  • 11049-SCSMT Kolhapur Express
  • 11050-Ahmedabad Express
  • 16505-KSR Bengaluru Express
  • 16507-KSR Bengaluru Express
  • 16508-Jodhpur Express
  • 16531-KSR Bengaluru Express
  • 16532-Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express
  • 11087-Veraval–Pune Express
  • 11088-Pune–Veraval Express
  • 11089-Pune Express
  • 11090-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
  • 11092-Pune–Bhuj Express
  • 11095-Pune Ahimsa Express
  • 11096-Ahmedabad Ahimsa Express
  • 16209-Ajmer–Myusuru Express
  • 16210-Mysuru–Ajmer Express

Facilities

The platforms are well sheltered. The station is well connected by auto. It provides parking facilities. Smart card-based booking is also installed in the station.

References
  1. Rajya Sabha, Synopsis of Debates (Special Mentions IV) Archived 11 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine

2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_5_(Mumbai_Metro)

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