Harbour line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)
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| Overview | |||
| Owner | Indian Railways | ||
| Locale | Mumbai, Maharashtra Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra Thane, Maharashtra | ||
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| Stations | 35 | ||
| Service | |||
| System | Mumbai Suburban Railway | ||
| Services | List
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| Operator(s) | Central Railway (CR) | ||
| Depot(s) | Kurla, Sanpada, Kalwa | ||
| Rolling stock | Siemens | ||
| Daily ridership | 1 million[1] | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 12 December 1910 | ||
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| Character | At grade and elevated | ||
| Track gauge | 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge | ||
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| Electrification | Yes | ||
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The Harbour Line is a branch line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway operated by Central Railway. It was named so because it catered to the eastern neighbourhoods along the city's natural harbour. Its termini are Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Goregaon and Panvel on the CSMT-Goregaon, CSMT-Panvel and Panvel-Goregaon routes.
The line is a double line and does not have any fast trains on it. The line runs parallel to the Central line till just before Sandhurst Road station where the line turns eastward and runs elevated up till Sewri. At Wadala Road, the line branches into two. The first line goes towards King's Circle and then joins with the Western line at Mahim where it runs parallel with the Western Line on the right side. It then switches sides via an elevated bridge between Bandra and Khar Road where it runs on the left side and finally terminates at Goregaon. The second line follows through Mankhurd into the city of Navi Mumbai, where it again branches out into two lines, one going to Thane (Trans-Harbour line) and the other to Panvel. The first stop outside Mumbai is the township of Vashi.
The stations in Navi Mumbai are well maintained and beautifully designed by CIDCO. There are IT offices above the stations. The rail bridge connecting Vashi and Mankhurd railway stations running over Thane creek, parallel to the road bridge has brought Navi Mumbai closer to Mumbai, boosting the development of the region.
About 580 services run daily on the Harbour Line.[2] Approximately 208 of those are on the Thane-Vashi-Nerul-Panvel route and 172 of those run on the CSMT-Goregaon route.[3] Total of 41 Rakes ply on this line.
History
The first section of the Harbour line, between Kurla and Reay Road, opened on 12 December 1910. In 1925, the line was connected to the then Victoria Terminus via an elevated rail corridor between Dockyard Road and Sandhurst Road.[4] Suburban services to Mankhurd began in 1951.[5]
Later, the line was extended from Mankhurd to serve most of Navi Mumbai through the suburban rail network via the Mankhurd–Belapur–Panvel rail corridor was commissioned in phases in the 1990s. The line was extended to Vashi, with the inaugural suburban service being flagged off by President Ramaswamy Venkataraman on 9 May 1992. The Harbour line was further extended to Nerul in February 1993, Belapur in June 1993 and Panvel in June 1998.[5] The corridor was converted to a double line in April 2000.[6]
In 2004, the Trans-Harbour line was opened to the public. The line directly connected Vashi to Thane. This proved to be a boon for commuters of the two stations, who, until then, had to take a circuitous route via Mumbai city and had to change trains at Kurla.
The last direct current (DC) suburban local train ran on the Harbour line on 10 April 2016. The special train left Kurla at 11:30 pm and reached CSMT at 12:15 am. The iconic yellow-and-maroon DC local trains had their first service on 3 February 1925, when the first electric local ran between CSMT and Kurla ran on the Harbour line. The tickets for the last service were priced at ₹10,000 (US$100), with the proceeds to be donated to drought-affected regions of Maharashtra. The Indian Express reported that not a single ticket was sold. After the last DC service ran, Central Railway officially announced the completion of DC to AC conversion on the Harbour line.[7]
On 4 September 2016, the last 9 car train was put into a sunset as all the trains were converted to 12 coach, which increases the carrying capacity of the line by 33%.[8] Harbor line services were extended up to Goregaon on 29 March 2018.[9][10] Work is underway to extend the line up to Borivali.[11]
Stations
(All Harbour line services are slow, which means they halt at all passing by stations.)
| Harbour Main Line (CSMT–Wadala Road) | ||||
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| # | Station Name | Marathi | Station Code | Connections |
| 1 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus | छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज टर्मिनस | ST/CSMT | Template:Rcb File:Logo of Mumbai Metro Line 3.png Template:Rcb |
| 2 | Masjid | मशीद | MSD | Template:Rcb |
| 3 | Sandhurst Road | सॅंडहर्स्ट रोड | SNRD | Template:Rcb |
| 4 | Dockyard Road | डॉकयार्ड रोड | DKRD | None |
| 5 | Reay Road | रे रोड | RRD | None |
| 6 | Cotton Green | कॉटन ग्रीन | CTGN | None |
| 7 | Sewri | शिवडी | SVE | None |
| 8 | Wadala Road | वडाळा रोड | VD/VDLR | To Goregaon or Panvel, |
At Wadala Road, the Harbour line splits into two corridors, one going to Panvel and the other to Goregaon. The exact split occurs 800 metres north of Wadala Road station, at a location known as Ravli (variously spelled as Raoli, Ravali or Rawli) corresponding to the nearby Ravli slum. There is no railway station at Ravli Junction. However, due to the critical Ravli Junction Yard signal box, there are various public references to this name in news articles and other sources.[12][13]
Towards Panvel
Towards Goregaon
| Harbour Salsette Branch Line (Wadala Road–Bandra–Goregaon) | ||||
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| # | Station Name | Marathi | Station Code | Connections |
| 8 | Wadala Road | वडाळा रोड | VD/VDLR | To Panvel File:Mumbai MonoRail Logo.svg Wadala Bridge |
| 9 | King's Circle | किंग्ज सर्कल | KCE | None |
| 10 | Mahim Junction | माहिम जंक्शन | MM | Template:Rcb |
| 11 | Bandra | वांद्रे | B/BA | Template:Rcb File:Mmmocl-logo-cropped.svgTemplate:Rcb |
| 12 | Khar Road | खार रोड | KHAR | Template:Rcb |
| 13 | Santacruz | सांताक्रुझ | STC | Template:Rcb |
| 14 | Vile Parle | विलेपार्ले | VLP | Template:Rcb |
| 15 | Andheri | अंधेरी | AD/ADH | Template:Rcb |
| 16 | Jogeshwari | जोगेश्वरी | JOS | Template:Rcb |
| 17 | Ram Mandir | राम मंदिर | RMAR | Template:Rcb |
| 18 | Goregaon | गोरेगाव | GO/GMN | Template:Rcb |
| 19 | Malad | मालाड | M/MDD | Template:Rcb (Under construction) |
| 20 | Kandivli | कांदिवली | KILE | Template:Rcb (Under construction) |
| 21 | Borivali | बोरीवली | BO/BVI | Template:Rcb (Under construction) |
Future development
Kurla–Shivaji Nagar service
CR has sought permission from the Railway Board to run EMUs on the Harbour line between Kurla and Shivaji Nagar in Pune. The service would provide direct connectivity between Navi Mumbai and Pune, which is currently not available.[14] EMUs will be modified to include six motor cars.
CR plans to use 16 coach mail/express trains to cover the 170 km distance in approximately 2 hours and 50 minutes. Stations on the line will be Kurla, Vashi, Nerul, CBD Belapur, Panvel, Karjat, Lonavala and Shivaji Nagar.[15] Work on extending Harbour Line branch from Goregaon to Borivali is underway since March 2024.
AC Local
| Train No. | Departure | Origin | Arrival | Destination |
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| 98506 | 4:15 | Vashi | 4:46 | Wadala Road |
| 98020 | 6:17 | Panvel | 7:36 | CSMT |
| 98520 | 6:23 | Vashi | 7:13 | CSMT |
| 98052 | 8:45 | Panvel | 10:06 | CSMT |
| 98058 | 9:09 | Panvel | 10:30 | CSMT |
| 98092 | 11:43 | Panvel | 13:02 | CSMT |
| 98096 | 12:03 | Panvel | 13:04 | Wadala Road |
| 98356 | 14:28 | Belapur | 15:32 | CSMT |
| 98128 | 14:31 | Panvel | 15:50 | CSMT |
| 98558 | 16:55 | Vashi | 17:26 | Wadala Road |
| 98166 | 17:07 | Panvel | 18:26 | CSMT |
| 98184 | 18:37 | Panvel | 19:56 | CSMT |
| 98204 | 20:07 | Panvel | 21:26 | CSMT |
| 98242 | 22:58 | Panvel | 0:17 | CSMT |
| Train No. | Departure | Origin | Arrival | Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98009 | 5:06 | Wadala Road | 6:08 | Panvel |
| 98045 | 7:17 | CSMT | 8:37 | Panvel |
| 98051 | 7:40 | CSMT | 9:00 | Panvel |
| 98083 | 10:10 | CSMT | 11:30 | Panvel |
| 98089 | 10:34 | CSMT | 11:54 | Panvel |
| 98339 | 13:07 | CSMT | 14:13 | Belapur |
| 98119 | 13:17 | Wadala Road | 14:20 | Panvel |
| 98157 | 15:36 | CSMT | 16:56 | Panvel |
| 98533 | 15:54 | CSMT | 16:43 | Vashi |
| 98181 | 17:30 | Wadala Road | 18:32 | Panvel |
| 98201 | 18:33 | CSMT | 19:54 | Panvel |
| 98221 | 20:00 | CSMT | 21:21 | Panvel |
| 98239 | 21:30 | CSMT | 22:50 | Panvel |
| 98003 | 0:24 | CSMT | 1:13 | Vashi |
See also
- Mumbai Suburban Railway
- List of Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
- CST–Panvel Fast Corridor
- Central Railway
References
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- ^ Mumbai: CST-Panvel line may run fully AC trains–India–IBNLive
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."CR wants Sewri, Chunnabhatti crossings shut during peak hours, News–City". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Harbour line woes to continue for now". The Times of India. 19 December 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Harbour line to take elevated route at Kurla". The Times of India. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mumbai: Suburban services extension up to Vashi on harbour line completes 30 years". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.CIDCO. "Railway Projects". Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."End of an era: Mumbai bids goodbye to last DC local". 11 April 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mumbai's last 9-car local will ride into sunset tomorrow - Times of India".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."From today, Mumbaiites can take harbour trains from Goregaon". Hindustan Times. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mumbai: All Harbour trains to Andheri to be extended till Goregaon". The Times of India. 17 November 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Harbour line extension to Borivali back on track". Hindustan Times. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mumbai: Trains affected by megablock on Harbour, Trans Harbour lines". Daily News and Analysis. 11 March 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mumbai: Harbour Line services affected due to technical snag". Mid-Day Mumbai. June 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pune may soon have its first direct train to Navi Mumbai - Express In…".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Central Railway plans to connect Navi Mumbai and Pune". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013.
External links
- Harbour line timetable (November 2016)
- All about Travelling in Mumbai, including Harbour Railway, Local Train Timetable
- HARBOUR Railway local Train Timetable
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