Mulund railway station
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Mumbai Suburban Railway station | |||||||||||
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Coordinates | 19°10′12″N 72°57′07″E / 19.17°N 72.952°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 6.40 metres (21.0 ft) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Central Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 04 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 06 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Standard on-ground station | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
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Station code | MLND | ||||||||||
Fare zone | Central Railways | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1931 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Mulund Location within Mumbai |
Mulund is a railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.
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Mulund railway station is connected via the Central Railway to South Bombay and remote places like Khopoli and Kasara.
History[]
Mulund station was built to serve the suburb of Mulund, which was laid out in the 1920s. In the 1970s a new goods terminal was constructed at Mulund to handle increased volumes of freight. On 13 March 2003 a bomb exploded on a train pulling into Mulund station at 21:45 hrs. 10 people were killed and 70 injured.[1]
Layout[]
Mulund is a stop for slow local trains as well as most fast local trains on the Central line of the Mumbai suburban network. The station is equipped to accommodate 12-car as well as 15-car (Platform no. 3 & 4) local trains. During the peak hour, there is a fast train halting every few minutes.
Up direction escalators being built and running on platform number 1 & between platform 2 & platform 3.
Mulund has four platforms, platform numbers 1 and 2 are reserved for slow trains and platform numbers 3 and 4 for fast trains. Platforms 1 and 3 are for trains travelling towards Thane and beyond, whereas platforms 2 and 4 are for trains travelling towards Dadar, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
Main entrance of the station
Station board
References[]
- ^ Asthana, N. C.; Nirmal, A. (2009). Urban Terrorism : Myths And Realities. Pointer Publishers. p. 180. ISBN 9788171325986.
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