Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station
railway station and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai
Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus is a historic railway station in the city of Mumbai, India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its name used to be Victoria Terminus.[2] The station is also called VT (as short-form of Victoria Terminus) or CSMT (as short-form of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus). The station was built in 1887. It was designed by Frederick William Stevens.[3] The station is in the Bori Bunder area of Mumbai.[4]
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 Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Railway Station on the eve of republic day in 2016 | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Indo-Saracenic |
| Town or city | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Country | India |
| Coordinates | 18°56′23″N 72°50′08″E / 18.9398208°N 72.83546760000002°E |
| Construction started | May 1878[1] |
| Completed | May 1888 |
| Cost | ₹1,614,000 (US$21,000)(at that time) Now, ₹2,013.4 million (US$26 million) |
| Client | Great Indian Peninsula Railway |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Frederick William Stevens, Axel Haig |
| Engineer | Wilson Bell |
| Criteria | Cultural: ii, iv |
| Reference | 945 |
| Inscription | 2004 (28th Session) |
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| Coordinates | 18°56′23″N 72°50′08″E / 18.9398°N 72.8355°E | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | Central Railway zone | ||||
| Line(s) | Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line Mumbai-Chennai line | ||||
| Platforms | 18 | ||||
| Tracks | Multiple | ||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||
| Platform levels | 01 | ||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
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| Station code | CSTM | ||||
| Zone(s) | Central Railway zone | ||||
| Division(s) | Mumbai CR | ||||
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| Opened | May 1853 | ||||
| Rebuilt | May 1888 | ||||
| Electrified | 25 kV AC 50 Hz | ||||
| Previous names | Victoria Terminus Railway Station Bori Bunder railway station | ||||
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It is the busiest railway station in India.[5] There are always a lot of people at the station. Short-distance trains and long-distance trains come to this station.
Related pages
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change- ↑ File:India Mumbai Victor Grigas 2011-15.jpg
- ↑ Om Gupta (1 April 2006). Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Gyan Publishing House. pp. 507–. ISBN 978-81-8205-389-2. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ↑ Manohar Bandopadhyay (2010). Tourist Destinations in India. Pinnacle Technology. pp. 57–. ISBN 978-93-80944-00-5. Retrieved 8 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Aruṇa Ṭikekara, Aroon Tikekar (2006). The cloister's pale: a biography of the University of Mumbai. Popular Prakashan. p. 357. ISBN 81-7991-293-0.Page 64
- ↑ "India's impressive railway stations". Rediff.com.
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