Bhiwandi Road railway station

Bhiwandi is a railway station in Mumbai, India, on the Vasai Road - Diva - Panvel route of the Central Line, of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. The Bhiwandi station lies on the Vasai-Diva corridor, between the Western line and Central line. A Mainline (MEMU) service runs from Diva to Vasai. Computerised reservation services has been installed at this station obviating the need to go to Kalyan to for tickets.

Bhiwandi Road
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Coordinates19.268462°N 73.046174°E / 19.268462; 73.046174
Elevation23.132 metres (75.89 ft)
Owned byMinistry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)Central Line
Platforms5
TracksDouble Electric-Line
Construction
Structure typeStandard on-ground station
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Station codeBIRD
Fare zoneCentral Railways
Services
Preceding station  
MSR
  Following station
Kharbao
toward Vasai Road
Vasai Road-Roha line
toward Roha
Location
Bhiwandi Road
Location within Mumbai

The platforms at Bhiwandi Railway Station are very spacious. There are 5 platforms. The trains towards Kopar & Diva halt at platform 1, 2 or 3 and the train moving towards Vasai halt at platform 4 or 5.

There is a necessity for a suburban rail line for Bhiwandi. The Metro Rail Corporation plans to connect the Thane-Kalyan line through Bhiwandi.[1]

History

In British times, sweet sugarcane was spread from saltbunder road to Bhiwandi. In this area railway was stopped by the British for transporting salt by freight.

Train Statitics

Number of Halting Trains :51

Number of originating Trains :0

Number of Terminating Trains :0

Major Trains

Bhiwandi Road railway station - Platform
Bhiwandi Road railway station - Platform board

61002-Dombivli-Boisar MEMU

69164-Dahanu Road-Pavel MEMU

69165-Panvel-Vasai Road MEMU

61003-Vasai Road-Diva MEMU

61004-Diva-Vasai Road MEMU

61005-Vasai Road-Diva MEMU

61006-Diva-Vasai Road MEMU

61007-Vasai Road-Diva MEMU

61008-Diva-Vasai Road MEMU

61009-Vasai Road-Diva MEMU

61021-Vasai Diva MEMU-    Not on Sunday & Saturday

61022-Diva-Vasai MEMU -   Not on Sunday & Saturday

69166-Vasai Road-Panvel MEMU

69167-Panvel-Vasai Road MEMU

69168-Vasai Pnvel MEMU

69161-Panvel-Dahanu Road MEMU

19201-Secunderabad Porbandar Weekly Express

19202-Secunderabad Express

17017-Secundrabad Express

17018-Rajkot Express

16613-Coimbatore Express

19311-Pune-Indore Express

19312-Indore-Pune Express

22943-Pune-Indore SF Express

22944-Indore-Pune SF Express

16506-Gandhidham Express

16507-KSR Bengaluru Express

165335-Nagercoil Weekly Express

16336-Gandhidham Express

16333-Thiruvananthapuram Express

16337-Okha-Ernakulam- Express

16338-Ernakulam-Okha Express

11049-SCSMT Kolhapur Express

11050-Ahmedabad Express

16505-KSR Bengaluru Express

16507-KSR Bengaluru Express

16508-Jodhpur Express

16531-KSR Bengaluru Express

16532-Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express

11087-Veraval-Pune Express

11088-Pune-Veraval Express

11089-Pune Express

11090-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express

11092-Pune- Bhuj Express

11095-Pune Ahimsa Express

11096-Ahmedabad Ahimsa Express

16209-Ajmer-Myusuru Express

16210-Mysuru-Ajmer Express

Facilities

The platforms are well sheltered. The station is well connected by auto. It provides parking facilities. Smart card based booking

are also installed in the station.

References

2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_5_(Mumbai_Metro)

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