Khar Road railway station

Khar Road
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Coordinates 19°04′07″N 72°50′24″E / 19.068598°N 72.840042°E / 19.068598; 72.840042Coordinates: 19°04′07″N 72°50′24″E / 19.068598°N 72.840042°E / 19.068598; 72.840042
Owned by Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s) Western Line, Harbour Line
Platforms 4
Tracks 6
Construction
Structure type Standard on-ground station
Other information
Fare zone Western Railways
History
Opened 1 July 1924
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers 85,000 (2014)
Services
Preceding station  
MSR		   Following station
toward Churchgate
Western Line
toward Dahanu Road
Harbour Line
toward Andheri
Location
Khar Road
Location within Mumbai

Khar Road is a railway station on the Western Line and the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, in the Khar suburb. It is close to the Bandra Terminus for upcountry trains.From 2016 indian railway have provided google broadband wi-fi named as rail wire wi-fi for free of cost for all.

The name of the station is derived from the name of the koli village Khar-Danda, near the Arabian Sea. Danda is a home to fishermen. Now a link will connect from Khar Danda to Bandra - Versova Sea Link.

Khar Road

On 11 July 2006, Khar Road was affected by the Mumbai train bombings.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Mumbai 7/11 train blasts: Five get death, seven sentenced to life". Livemint. 30 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "7/11 Mumbai blasts: Five get death, seven get life imprisonment". The Economic Times. 1 October 2015.
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