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{{About|the area|the railway station of the same name|Marine Lines railway station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
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'''Marine Lines''' is a locality in [[South Mumbai]]. The name ''Marine Lines'' is derived from the Marine Battalion Lines, a military establishment built by the British in the 19th century.<ref>1893 map of Bombay</ref> The battalion was later converted to an [[Royal Indian Air Force|air force]] residential quarters, and now lies just south of [[Metro Adlabs]]. It is also the name of a [[Marine Lines railway station|railway station]] on the [[Mumbai suburban railway]] on the [[Western Railway (India)|Western Railway]] railway line. Marine Lines was also the name of the road on which [[Bombay Hospital]] and [[Liberty Cinema]] stand. It is now known as V Thackersey Marg. [[Marine Drive, Mumbai|Marine Drive]] is the famous promenade near the station. Marine Drive has one of the finest [[Art Deco]] Residential Buildings facing the sea.

Near the station there is a [[Muslim]] cemetery and a municipal [[crematorium]]; Chandanwadi. Adjoining the station is the famous Marine Drive flyover; the only link to Marine Drive over the tracks from Princess Street beginning to end.

''New Marine Lines'' is the area just south of the station near [[Churchgate]]. It is home to a number of offices including the UTI, R.O.C. (Registrar of Companies), Customs (Marine and Preventive Wing), [[Income Tax]] office and various other Governmental agencies.

==Religious places==
* Ambe Mata temple
* The Church of Our Lady of Seven Dolours
* Hanuman Temple at Picket Road
* Kalbadevi Temple
* Gol Masjid

==Schools and colleges==
*[[St. Xavier's College, Bombay]]
*Our Lady of Dolours High School
*HVB Academy
*Beramjee Jeejeebhoy Parsee Charitable Institution
*Elphinstone School

==Literature and Popular Culture==
" ... at Mrs Inverarity’s house in Marine Lines." From [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s short story, ''Baa Baa Black Sheep'', published 1888.

{{Wide image| Marine Lines Mumbai 2021.jpg |690px|Marine Drive during dusk }}

==See also==
[[List of city districts by population density]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Mumbai metropolitan area}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Mumbai]]

Marine Lines - Revision history

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