Dahanu Road is a railway station near the town of Dahanu in Palghar district of Maharashtra. It lies on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is the northern limit of the Suburban network, although the track continues north to Gholvad and beyond.
History
editA table listing the elevations of stations and major bridges along the line was published in the journal The Bombay Builder on 5th April 1867 mentions a station around 13 km from Boisur (Boisar) by the name of Dhanoo Road (referring to this station) along the line. This suggests that the station was opened sometime around that year.
The railway was extended as a double track from Palghar to Dahanu Road on 17 January 1898 and continued as single track up to Gholvad on 18 October 1900.[1] On 16 April 2013 Western Railway started services for Dahanu Road station i.e. Churchgate–Dahanu Local Train (EMU)
In 2002 Western Railway announced that it would extend the EMU service from Virar up to Dahanu Road.[2] On 16 April 2013 Western Railway Started Services For Dahanu Road to Churchgate Using EMU Trains.[3] In January 2012 the Vasai and Virar Municipal Corporation started litigation to force the railway to run direct services from Mumbai Churchgate to Dahanu Road, rather than making passengers change at Virar as at present. The railway replied that they did not have enough trains for through services and the tracks north of Virar were already too busy.[4] In March 2012, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi announced additional services on the Virar-Dahanu Road railway.[5]
Gallery
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Dahanu Road railway station – Mumbai EMU local train -
Dahanu Road railway station – Platform board -
Dahanu Road railway station – Station board -
Dahanu Road railway station – View from Platform 1 -
Dahanu Road railway station – Overview -
Dahanu Road railway station – Reservation office
Major trains
editThe following trains stop at Dahanu Road railway station:
- Bandra Terminus–Dehradun Express
- Saurashtra Express
- Firozpur Janata Express
- Lok Shakti Express
- Gujarat Mail
- Flying Ranee
- Gujarat Superfast Express
- Ahimsa Express
- Bhagat Ki Kothi–Pune Express
- Veraval–Pune Express
- Amrapur Aravali Express
- Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (via Alappuzha)
- Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (via Kottayam)
- Sayajinagari Express
- Paschim Express
Notes and references
edit- ^ Sessional papers of the House of Commons, vol. 50, HMSO, 1901, p. 80
- ^ "Western Rly to extend services to Dahanu Road". The Times of India. 5 January 2002. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
- ^ http://www.amazingmaharashtra.com/2013/04/dahanu-road-locals-time-table.html Local Train Service Introduced by Western Railway on 16/04/2013
- ^ "Dahanu local not possible, WR tells HC". Daily News & Analysis. Mumbai. 18 January 2012.
- ^ "More suburban train services". The Hindu. New Delhi. 15 March 2012.
