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Adding local short description: "Railway Station in Maharashtra, India", overriding Wikidata description "railway station of the Mumbai Suburban Railway" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Railway Station in Maharashtra, India}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px|up|link=Mumbai Suburban Railway]]<br>Charni Road
| type = [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]] station
| image = Mumbai 03-2016 75 Charni Road station.jpg
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| style = Mumbai Suburban Railway
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| address =
| coordinates = {{Coord|18.951565|N|72.818633|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| line = [[Western Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)|Western Line]]
| other =
| structure = Standard on-ground station
| platform = 4
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 4
| parking =
| bicycle =
| baggage_check =
| opened = 1867
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| ADA =
| code = CYR
| owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]]
| zone = [[Western Railways]]
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| services = {{s-rail|title=Mumbai Suburban Railway}}
{{s-line|system=Mumbai Suburban Railway|line=Western |previous=Marine Lines |next=Grant Road}}
| map_type = Mumbai
| map_dot_label = Charni Road
| route_map = {{MSR Western line}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

'''Charni Road''' (formerly '''Churney Road''', station code: '''CYR''')<ref name="origins">{{cite book|last=D'Cunha|first=Jose Gerson|title=The Origins of Bombay|publisher=Asian Educational Services|location=Bombay|year=1900|edition=3|pages=212|chapter=IV The Portuguese Period|isbn=81-206-0815-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=miD5YO05jpUC&dq=the+origins+of+bombay|accessdate=29 December 2008}}</ref> is a railway station on the [[Western Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)|Western Line]] of the [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]]. The main significance of Charni Road station is that it is near the [[Girgaum Chowpatty]] beach and [[Marine Drive, Mumbai|Marine Drive]] promenade, a major destination for tourists in Mumbai. It is also important because of the diamond trading industry located here, mainly in the [[Panchratna]] and Prasad chambers building near the railway station.

[[File:Charni Road Station.jpg|thumb|left|Charni Road eastern entrance]]
The station derives its name from the fact that grazing lands for cattle and horses were located nearby in earlier days (''Charne'' in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] means ''to graze'').<ref>{{cite web|title=As recent demands in Mumbai show, battles over station names never seem to end|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/as-recent-demands-in-mumbai-show-battles-over-station-names-never-seem-to-end/articleshow/57696982.cms|website=The Economic Times|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref> In 1838, the British rulers introduced a 'grazing fee' which several cattle-owners could not afford.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} Therefore, Sir Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy spent {{INR}}20,000 from his own purse for purchasing some grasslands near the seafront at Thakurdwar and saw that the starving cattle grazed without a fee in that area.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} In time the area became known as "Charni" meaning grazing. When a railway station on the BB&CI railway was constructed there it was called Charni Road. The BB&CI line from Back Bay to [[Virar railway station|Virar]] opened in 1867.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xRsoAAAAMAAJ | page=170 | title=Eastern Economist | volume= 64 | publisher = R.P. Agarwala | year=1975}}</ref>

There have also been some controversies during its renovation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tile construction|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/newly-installed-tiles-come-loose-at-charni-road/15581186|agency=Mid Day}}</ref>

Today Charni road is well known for its old charm [[Chawls]], wholesale markets of diamonds ([[Royal Opera House (Mumbai)|Opera House]]), garments, [[Irani café]]s traditional Maharashtrian culture ([[Girgaon]]) and also tall skyscrapers. It is not only famous for skyscrapers and chowpatty but also attracts crowds because of the religious places built in it (Mumbadevi temple) and also the famous celebration of Gudipadva and Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Girgaon. Also the famous Hinduja College of commerce and economics have been set up by Hinduja group in 1974.

For information about the area, see [[Charni Road]].

==References==
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{{commons category|Charni Road railway station}}
{{Mumbai metropolitan area}}
{{Mumbai - Suburban Railway, Western}}

[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1867]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Mumbai City district]]
[[Category:Mumbai Suburban Railway stations]]
[[Category:Mumbai WR railway division]]

Charni Road railway station - Revision history

WillyFdt599330: update page per standard format

>DMySon: Adding local short description: "Railway Station in Maharashtra, India", overriding Wikidata description "railway station of the Mumbai Suburban Railway" (Shortdesc helper)