Nallasopara railway station

Nallasopara

नालासोपारा
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Location Nala Sopara
Coordinates 19°24′55″N 72°51′41″E / 19.4154°N 72.8613°E / 19.4154; 72.8613Coordinates: 19°24′55″N 72°51′41″E / 19.4154°N 72.8613°E / 19.4154; 72.8613
Owned by Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s) Western Line
Platforms 4
Tracks 4
Construction
Structure type Standard on-ground station
Other information
Fare zone Western Railways
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station  
MSR
  Following station
toward Churchgate
Western Line
toward Dahanu Road
Route map

Dahanu Road
Vangaon
Boisar
Umroli
Palghar
Kelve Road
Saphale
Vaitarna
Virar
Nala Sopara
Vasai Road
Naigaon
Bhayandar
Mira Road
Dahisar
Borivali
Kandivali
Malad
planned extension to Borivali
Goregaon
Ram Mandir
Jogeshwari
Andheri
Vile Parle
Santacruz
Khar Road
Bandra
Mahim
Matunga Road
Dadar
Prabhadevi
Parel
Lower Parel
Mahalaxmi
Mumbai Central
Grant Road
Charni Road
Marine Lines
Churchgate
Colaba/Backbay
Location
Nala sopara
Location within Maharashtra

Nallasopara is a railway station on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. The Western Railways is planning to widen platforms at the station. It has placed work orders to create more space on the narrow fast-train platform 4 at Nallasopara and also at Mira Road that is linked to the skywalk. The project cost is about 72 lakh and the work will be completed by July 2012. Nallasopara is one of the busiest railway station in Mumbai.

Nalla Sopara platformboard
Nalla Sopara overview - Platform 1 & 2
Nalla Sopara overview - Platform 3 & 4

In 2011, Nallasopara alone recorded a 25% increase in commuters travelling in first-class compartments as compared to the previous year. The extra space on platforms will help the railway deal with the sea of people continuously pouring into stations because of longer trains, wider bridges and new skywalks.[1]Nallasopara station has 4 foot over bridges, In which 1 of the footover bridges is recently build with an escalator service. the new footover bridge is build to profit people with extra alternative to walk from one platform to the other.

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