Vasai Road railway station

Vasai Road Junction (station code: BSR) is a railway station on the Western line and Vasai Road–Roha line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.

Vasai Road Junction
Indian Railways and Mumbai Suburban Railway station
General information
Location	Vasai
Coordinates	19.38238°N 72.83216°E / 19.38238; 72.83216
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Western line Central line Vasai Road–Roha line
Platforms	8(7+1A)
Tracks	9
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	BSR BS (local)
Fare zone	Western Railways
History
Opened	in or before 1864
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station Naigaon towards Churchgate Western line Nallasopara towards Dahanu Road Terminus Vasai Road–Roha line Juchandra towards Roha
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 Vasai Road - Roha line Naigaon Vasai Creek Bhayandar Mira Road Dahisar Dahisar River Borivali Kandivli 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 Western line to Dahanu Road Vasai Road Western line to Churchgate Juchandra Kaman Road Kharbav Bhiwandi Road Central line to Kasara and Khopoli Kopar Diva Junction Central line to Mumbai CSMT Dativali Nilaje Taloje Panchnand Navde Road Kalamboli Harbour line to Mumbai CSMT & Trans-Harbour line to Thane Central line to Karjat Panvel Harbour line to Uran Somatne Rasayani Apta Jite Hamrapur Pen Kasu Nagothane Nidi Roha Konkan Railway to Goa
Location Vasai Road Location within Maharashtra

Vasai is a historical suburban town north of Mumbai and it is located in Palghar district. It is a much modern part of Vasai Taluka. It is a part of the new Vasai-Virar city.

It is a major railway station which bypasses Mumbai and connects the trains coming from Vadodara to Konkan Railway and Pune Junction railway station and further towards cities of Bengaluru and Hyderabad

History

The station was formerly known as Bassein Road (Bassein being Vasai's Portuguese name). This is the reason why the station code is BSR standing for the original BaSsein Rd.

It was a station on the erstwhile BB&CI railway's (today's Western Railway) first passenger train service between Grant Rd and Ahmedabad, when it commenced operations on 28 November 1864. It was also the northern terminus of the first local service of the BB&CI railway, when it started two coach services between Grant Rd and Bassein Rd on 1 November 1865. The service had one train plying each direction. Just the following month, in an effort to construct a second platform with roof at the station, Rs. 6,522 were sanctioned in December 1865. This was necessary, since it was often, that two passenger train happened to be at the station at the same time. Wells were provided at Bassein Rd, along with a station called Pahadee (today's Goregaon station).

Station layout

Seven of the eight platforms at Vasai Road are laid out side by side. Platform 1 at Vasai Road is constructed approximately 500 meters south of platform 2, similar to platform 2 and 3 at Borivali.

Vasai Road is an important cross over point between Western and Central railways in Mumbai, as trains from Konkan region and Pune cross over to the Western line here.

Platforms 2–5 handle the local trains in the up & down directions. Platforms 4,5,6 and 7 handle outstation trains that halt at Vasai Road. They also handle two Rajdhani Express trains.

1. 12431/12432 Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express

2. 22413/22414 Madgaon Rajdhani Express

Besides this, the station also handles Humsafar Express, Duronto Express, Sampark Kranti Express trains from Kerala side towards Delhi.

Platform 1 is dedicated to handle local trains that start/terminate at Vasai Road. Platforms 6 and 7 hold freight trains going towards Diva. Recent developments at Vasai railway station are the inclusion of elevator and lifts, on the old as well as the new footover bridges. Currently, Western Railway is planning to build a new outstation train terminus. The new terminus, set to come up by 2023, will also ease the present bottleneck at Vasai Road station. The project plan received a boost when Union railway minister Piyush Goyal on August 23, 2018 announced exploring the feasibility of a new main line terminal at Vasai Road.

Gallery

• 
  Vasai Road platform board
• 
  WAG-9 at Vasai Road Station – Platform 6