Chembur railway station

Chembur
चेंबूर
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Coordinates 19°3′47″N 72°54′2″E / 19.06306°N 72.90056°E / 19.06306; 72.90056Coordinates: 19°3′47″N 72°54′2″E / 19.06306°N 72.90056°E / 19.06306; 72.90056
Owned by Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s) Harbour Line
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Standard on-ground station
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Other information
Station code CM
Fare zone Central Railways
History
Opened 1906
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station  
MSR
  Following station
Harbour Line
toward Panvel
Location
Chembur
Location within Mumbai
Chembur platformboard

Chembur is a railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It lies near Chembur Market. It has one train in the morning starting from this station. It has two platforms which serves North and South bound railway line.

The Chembur monorail station is connected with a skywalk to the Chembur railway station.[1][2]

History

The Kurla - Chembur single line was built in 1906 for garbage trains. It was opened to passenger traffic in the year 1924.[3] The Kurla-Mankhurd section which also contained Chembur was electrified in 1950 and suburban steam services were run on one track from 1951.[4]

Access

The station provides noise indicators for the blind to help them spot where their compartment comes in. It does not have ramp for the differently mobile. The Station Master's Office has the First Aid Box. The station can be reached by road on both East and West side

  1. ' + val.created_at + '. "Mumbai monorail to be inaugurated today". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  2. "All about Mumbai's monorail". Niti Central. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  3. "History of Railways in India - Part 3". IRFCA. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  4. "History of Railways in India - Part 4". IRFCA. Retrieved 15 May 2010.

TRAINS-Towards cst,we can get trains to CST, WADALA, ANDHERI. Towards Panvel, we can get trains to PANVEL, VASHI, CBD BELAPUR.[FROM CHEMBUR] FREQUENCY-5 TO 10 MIN. [DURING MEGHABLOCK-AS PER AS CR TIME TABLE]. NOTE-THERE IS NO TICKET COUNTER AT WEST

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