Ram Mandir railway station

Ram Mandir राम मंदिर राम मंदिर
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Location	R-8, Ram Mandir Road, Somani Gram, Jogeshwari West, Mumbai India
Coordinates	19°9′6″N 72°51′0″E / 19.15167°N 72.85000°E / 19.15167; 72.85000Coordinates: 19°9′6″N 72°51′0″E / 19.15167°N 72.85000°E / 19.15167; 72.85000
Elevation	7 metres (23 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Western Line
Platforms	4
Tracks	7
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Disabled access
Other information
Station code	RMAR
Fare zone	Western Railways
History
Opened	22 Dec 2016
Services
Preceding station   MSR   Following station Jogeshwari toward Churchgate Western Line Goregaon toward Dahanu Road Jogeshwari toward Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus or Andheri Harbour Line Goregaon toward Andheri or Panvel
Route map Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line Dahanu Road Vangaon Boisar Umroli Palghar Kelve Road Saphale Vaitarna River Vaitarna Virar Nala Sopara Vasai Road Central line and Konkan Railway Naigaon Vasai Creek Bhayandar Mira Road Dahisar Borivali Kandivali Malad planned extension to Borivali Goregaon Ram Mandir Jogeshwari Andheri Line 1 Vile Parle Sahar Airport Santacruz Sahar Airport Khar Road Bandra Mithi River Mahim Harbour line Matunga Road Central line Dadar planned Monorail Prabhadevi Parel Central line Lower Parel Mahalaxmi Line 3 Mumbai Central Line 3 Grant Road Line 3 Charni Road Marine Lines Churchgate Line 3 Colaba/Backbay
Location
Oshiwara Location within Mumbai

Ram Mandir railway station is a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway.^[1][2] The station is located in between Jogeshwari railway station and Goregaon railway station and is named after the century-old temple of Lord Ram in its vicinity.^[3][4][5] The station was opened to commuters on 22 December 2016.^[6]

History

The Ram Mandir Road station, the 37th station on the Western Line , was inaugurated on 22 Dec 2016, by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, after seemingly interminable stages of construction since 2008. Its first train, running from Churchgate to towards Borivli, arrived at 6 pm, while another bound for Churchgate pulled up at 6.10 pm.

The station has four platforms, two each for Western line slow trains and two for Harbour line section. Harbour line was extended to Goregaon on March 29, 2018.^[7]

The station got its name from a 150 year old temple of Lord Ram. The temple is located on sprawling grounds, in Goregaon West, and its weathered dome lends it a pleasant patina of age. A signboard inside the temple informs visitors that it was renovated in 1897, and residents say that a temple existed at the current location prior to that year. The idols -- of Lord Ram, Lakshman and Sita – inside the sanctum sanctorum of the smaller temple, were transferred to the renovated structure.

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