Thane railway station

Thane
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Coordinates 19°11′10″N 72°58′33″E / 19.18611°N 72.97583°E / 19.18611; 72.97583
Elevation 7.10 MSL
Owned by Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s) Central Line
Harbour Line
Mumbai Dadar-Solapur section
Trans-Harbour Line
Platforms 10
Construction
Parking Available
Other information
Station code TNA
Fare zone Central Railways
History
Opened 1853
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2016-17) 243,000[1] (daily)
Services
Preceding station  
MSR		   Following station
Central Line
Main Line
toward Kalyan
TerminusTrans-Harbour Line
toward Vashi or Nerul
Location
Thane
Location within Mumbai

Thane is a major railway station on the Central line of the Indian Railways System It is a part of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is one of the busiest railway stations in India. Thane was ranked as the busiest railway station on the Mumbai suburban network, followed by Andheri and Kalyan. As of 2013, Thane railway station handles 600,000 people daily. More than 1,000 trains visit the station each day, including 130-140 long distance trains.[2]

Thane station Banner, Describes about the history of thane station

The station has ten platforms; platform numbers 1 to 3 are reserved for slow trains platform number 4 serves both slow and fast trains and platform numbers 5 to 8 for fast trains & long distance trains, 9 and 10 for trains going towards Vashi, Nerul & Panvel.

Out station train infoboard at Thane Station


History

Thane was the terminus for the first ever passenger train in India. On 16 April 1853, the first passenger train service was inaugurated between Bori Bunder (Now renamed Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus), Mumbai, and Thane.[3] Covering a distance of 34 kilometres (21 mi), it was hauled by three locomotives: Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan.

Suburban local trains

Platforms

  1. - For UP Thane locals (towards Mumbai CST)
  2. - For DOWN slow trains (towards Kalyan)
  3. - For UP (towards Mumbai CST) and DOWN (towards Kalyan) Thane locals
  4. - For UP slow/fast trains (towards Mumbai CST)
  5. - For DOWN fast trains / Mail-Express trains
  6. - For UP fast trains / Mail-Express trains
  7. - For DOWN Mail-Express trains (Trains That Come From LTT Side)
  8. - For UP Mail-Express trains (Trains That Heads Towards LTT.)
  9. - For Thane - Vashi/Nerul/Panvel trains
  10. & 10A- For Thane - Vashi/Nerul/Panvel trains

Harbour line

Trans-Harbour line: Thane - Vashi/Nerul/Panvel local train line. This line runs many trains between Thane and Vashi, the principal node of Navi Mumbai, passing through Airoli, Rabale, Ghansoli, Kopar Khairane, Turbhe, and Sanpada. New fast trains were deployed between Thane and Panvel, stopping at Kopar Khairne, Nerul, Belapur CBD and Kharghar. However, these fast trains were cancelled. It is the origin and destination point of all the trans-harbour local suburban trains.

Trans-Harbour line
Central line
to Diva & Kalyan
Thane Creek
 Thane
Central line
to Mumbai CST
 Airoli
 Rabale
 Ghansoli
 Kopar Khairane
 Turbhe
LowerLeft arrowDown arrow Harbour line
 Sanpada
 Vashi
Harbour line
to Mumbai CST
 Juinagar
 Nerul
Trans-Harbour line extension
(under construction)
&
Nerul–Uran line
under construction
 CBD Belapur
Harbour line
to Panvel


References

  1. ↑ "It's not getting any better! Despite metro and monorail, Mumbai local trains getting more overcrowded". mid-day. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Mehta, Manthan K (19 May 2013). "Thane is busiest railway station in Mumbai". Times Internet. The Times of India. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Colonialism: An International, Social, Cultural and Political Encyclopedia By Melvin Eugene Page, Penny M. Sonnenburg. page 135


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