Sion railway station (India)

Sion is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, located in the Mumbai neighborhood of Sion.

Sion
Indian Railways and Mumbai Suburban Railway station
General information
Coordinates	19.04°N 72.86°E / 19.04; 72.86
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Central Line
Platforms	4
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Platform levels	4
Other information
Fare zone	Central Railways
History
Opened	1853
Rebuilt	3 November 1873
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station Matunga towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Central line Kurla towards Kasara or Khopoli
Route map to Bhusawal–Kalyan section Kasara Umbermali Khardi Thansit Atgaon Asangaon Vasind Bhatsa River Khadavli Kalu River Titwala Ambivli Ulhas River Shahad Waldhuni River Vithalwadi Kalyan Junction Ulhasnagar Thakurli Ambarnath Dombivli Badlapur to Ahmedabad-Mumbai main Line Vangani Western line Vasai Road Shelu Juchandra Neral Junction to Matheran Kaman Road Bhivpuri Road Kharbav Karjat Bhiwandi Road to Panvel Ulhas River Palasdari to Mumbai Dadar– Solapur section Kopar Kelavli Diva Junction Dolavli Dativali Lowjee Nilaje Khopoli Taloje Panchnand to Karjat Mumbra Navde Road Kalwa Kalamboli to Trans-Harbour line Panvel to Harbour line Thane Creek Somatne Thane Rasayani Trans-Harbour line Apta Mulund Jite Nahur Hamrapur Bhandup Pen Kanjur Marg Kasu Vikhroli Nagothane Line 1 to Versova Ghatkopar Nidi Vidyavihar Roha LTT to Konkan Railway Kurla Sion Harbour line Harbour line to Goregaon Western line to Dahanu Road Matunga Dadar planned Monorail Prabhadevi   Parel Western line to Churchgate Currey Road Chinchpokli Byculla Harbour line Sandhurst Road Masjid Line 3 Mumbai CSMT
Location Sion Location within Mumbai

Its location near the Mithi River means that the railway between Sion and Kurla, directly to the north, has flooded frequently during the Indian monsoon. However, in 2019, the Central Railway conducted work to raise the trackbed by four to six inches to prevent future flooding. Previously, 30 mm of rain in 24 hours flooded the track, but now there will be no disruption of services with 100 mm of rain per day.

Despite this work, the tracks near this station still experienced water-logging and flooding during the 2019 floods in Mumbai.

History

Sion can be considered the actual place of inauguration of the GIP Railway, since it was here that the "first sod for the railway was turned" by the Chief Secretary of the then Bombay Government, John P. Willoughby. Sion was one of the stations for the First Passenger Train of India (the second stop), that ran on 16th April 1853, where its engines were 'watered' and its wheels greased.

The original Sion station was not situated at its present site, but was somewhere close to Kurla. While the name of the station was initially Sion, in 1855, it was therefore renamed to Kurla. (in 1895, this station was shifted to its present site, and is still called the Kurla Station) There was no railway station between this old station and Dadar, which proved to be of great inconvenience to the passengers. Therefore, in 1872, 107 local inhabitants from Sion and nearby villages sent a petition to the Railway Company (GIPR) to request a station be built. Considering the petitions and the benefits it offered, the GIPR eventually built an official station, the Sion Station. This new station was opened on 3rd November 1873.

Gallery

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  Medical officers watching the arrival of a train at Sion railway station, during the Plague epidemic,1897
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  Outside Sion Station
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  Sion Station Board