Ram Mandir railway station

Ram Mandir railway station (station code: RMAR) is a railway station on the Western and Harbour lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, serving the Oshiwara locality.[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]

Ram Mandir राममंदिर
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Location	R-8, Ram Mandir Road, Somani Gram, Goregaon West, Mumbai India
Coordinates	19°9′6″N 72°51′0″E
Elevation	7 metres (23 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Western Line, Harbour 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 Goregaon Harbour Line Goregaon toward Goregaon or Panvel
Route map Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line Dahanu Road Vangaon Boisar Umroli Palghar Kelve Road Saphale Vaitarna River Vaitarna Virar Nallasopara 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 Harbour line Konkan Railway to Roha and Goa to Uran City Panvel Konkan Railway to Karjat and Vasai Road Khandeshwar Mansarovar Taloja River Kharghar CBD Belapur Nerul–Uran line to Uran City Western Line to Dahanu Road Seawoods-Darave planned extension to Borivali Nerul Goregaon Juinagar Ram Mandir Trans-Harbour Line to Thane Jogeshwari Sanpada Line 1 Andheri Vashi Sahar Airport Vile Parle Thane Creek Sahar Airport Santacruz Mankhurd Khar Road Govandi Chembur Line 1 Bandra Tilak Nagar Mithi River Central Line to Thane and Karjat Mahim Kurla LTT Western Line to Churchgate Central line Chunabhatti King's Circle Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar Line 1 Vadala Road Line 1 Sewri Cotton Green Reay Road Dockyard Road Central line Sandhurst Road Masjid Bunder Line 3 Mumbai CST
Location
Oshiwara Location within Mumbai

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.

References

1. Railways asks Maharashtra government to speed up Oshiwara road overbridge
2. Oshiwara Railway Station work delayed further
3. Mumbai's new railway station in Oshiwara to be named 'Ram Mandir'
4. After years of delay, Oshiwara railway station to open
5. It’s official: Mumbai’s newest railway station in Oshiwara to be named ‘Ram Mandir’
6. Sen, Somit (22 December 2016). "Ram Mandir station to finally open today". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
7. "Mumbai's Harbour Line services extended till Goregaon; Railway Minister Piyush Goyal says it will soon stretch till Borivali".