Kurla railway station

Kurla (formerly Coorla, Station Code: C) is a railway station on the Central and Harbour lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is among the oldest railway stations in India, it being part of the original 21 mile (33.8 km) Great Indian Peninsular Railway (GIPR) section between Bombay (Mumbai) and Tannah (Thane) that opened in 1853.[1]

Kurla
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Coordinates19.0656°N 72.8791°E / 19.0656; 72.8791
Elevation5.300 metres (17.39 ft)
Owned byMinistry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)Central Line, Harbour Line
Platforms8
Tracks8
Construction
Structure typeStandard on-ground station
Other information
Station codeC (Central Line)
CH (Harbour Line)
Fare zoneCentral Railways
History
Opened1879 as "Coorla"
ElectrifiedSince 1925
Previous namesCoorla
Pre-nationalisationGreat Indian Peninsular Railway
Services
Preceding station  
MSR
  Following station
Central Line
Main Line
toward Kalyan
Harbour Line
toward Panvel
Location
Kurla
Location within Mumbai
Kurla Harbour Line platformboard
Kurla Station booking office
Harbour line
Panvel
Konkan Railway
to Karjat and Vasai Road
Khandeshwar
Mansarovar
Taloja River
Kharghar
CBD Belapur
Western Line
to Dahanu Road
Seawoods-Darave
planned extension to Borivali
Nerul
Goregaon
Juinagar
Ram Mandir
Trans-Harbour Line
to Thane
Jogeshwari
Sanpada
Andheri
Vashi
Sahar Airport
Vile Parle
Sahar Airport
Santacruz
Mankhurd
Khar Road
Govandi
Chembur
Bandra
Tilak Nagar
Central Line
to Thane and Karjat
Mahim
Kurla
Western Line
to Churchgate
Chunabhatti
King's Circle
Guru Tegh
Bahadur Nagar
Vadala Road
Sewri
Cotton Green
Reay Road
Dockyard Road
Sandhurst Road
Masjid Bunder
Mumbai CST

Local trains terminating at Kurla began operating by 1879, a suburban terminus was built in 1913 and the line was quadrupled in 1915. A single line between Kurla and Chembur that had been laid for garbage clearance in 1906 was opened for suburban traffic in 1924. The service was operated by steam locomotives until the line was electrified in 1950.[2]

The Harbour line was officially opened on 12 December 1910, between Kurla and Reay Road. It was named so because it catered to the eastern neighbourhoods along the city's natural harbour. In 1925, the line was connected to the then Victoria Terminus via an elevated rail corridor between Dockyard Road and Sandhurst Road.[3] The country's first EMU rakes, manufactured by English Electric Company, were introduced between Bombay VT & Kurla on the Harbour line in 1925.[2]

Kurla (coorla) station in 1925

Kurla has eight operational platforms for the suburban local railway. Platform 1, 1A and 4 serve 'Slow' local trains. Platform 1A formerly served the Salsette–Trombay Railway.[4] Platforms 2 and 3 are dedicated to trains originating and terminating at Kurla. Platforms 5 and 6 are used by 'Fast' local trains, while platforms 7 and 8 serve the Harbour line local trains. Platforms 9 and 10, which were originally used to terminate trains coming UP from Vashi were abandoned in the early 2000s.[5] Prior to the opening of the railway line to Navi Mumbai, these two platforms were used by shuttle trains till Mankhurd.[4]

References

  1. "About Indian Railways-Evolution". Ministry of Railways website.
  2. "Historical milestone". Central Railway. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  3. "Harbour line to take elevated route at Kurla". The Times of India. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  4. Aklekar, Rajendra B. Halt station India : the dramatic tale of the nation's first rail lines. Rupa & Co. p. 114. ISBN 9788129134974. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  5. "Kurla-Pune rail link plan gathers steam". Times of India. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
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