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{{short description|Defunct transit line in Mumbai, Maharashtra}}
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The '''Salsette–Trombay Railway''' (also known as the '''Central Salsette Tramway''') was a [[standard-gauge railway]] line on the island of [[Salsette Island|Salsette]] in the city of [[Mumbai]] (Bombay), [[India]]. The line was opened in 1928 by the [[Great Indian Peninsular Railway]] under the [[Bombay Improvement Trust]] which called for ''"the opening up of a Railway line running West to South-east and linking up the Andheri and Kurla stations'' to ''render available for building purposes vast tracts of land sufficiently close to the city."''<ref>{{cite web|title= Report of the Bombay Development Committee |url=https://archive.org/stream/ReportOfTheBombayDevelopmentCommittee/bombay_development_report_1914_djvu.txt |publisher= Government of Bombay, 1914 |access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="haltstn">{{cite book |last1=Aklekar |first1=Rajendra B |title=Halt station India : the dramatic tale of the nation's first rail lines |publisher=[[Rupa & Co]] |isbn=9788129134974 |page=188 |access-date=23 April 2019 |url=http://rupapublications.co.in/books/halt-station-india/ }}</ref> Hence, the line linked [[Andheri]] in the north with the village of [[Trombay]] in the east. The rail line was about 13 km long. During weekends, the line was frequented by picnickers who used to travel to Trombay to buy [[palm wine|toddy]] or palm liquor.

In 1934, the line was shut to make way for the [[RAF Santacruz|Santacruz Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Railway Gauges in India |url=http://irfca.org/faq/faq-gauge.html |publisher=IRFCA.org |access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref>

==Route==

The line began on the Island of Trombay and headed west with halts at [[Wadavali]] and [[Mahul Road]] up to [[Kurla]] Jn, where it crossed the main GIPR line. The line continued North-West along what is now S. G. Barve Road to pass under the Old Agra road bridge (now A. H. Wadia Road) to [[Agra Road]] station. From here the line headed West along the present C. S. T. Road towards Santacruz with halts at [[Kolovery]] and [[Kole-Kalyan]] and finally turned north towards Andheri with halts at [[Sahar, Maharashtra|Sahar]] and [[Chakala]] stations. It station was at chakala now new hotel at subha zircon .

==Equipment==

The line operated eight steam engines<ref>{{cite web|title= Indian Industrial Locos |work= Simon Darvill |url=http://www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/industrial/display.php?file=Maharashtra.txt&title=Maharashtra |publisher= IRFCA.org |access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref> built in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] by [[W. G. Bagnall]] in 1921 and delivered new to the Salsette Trombay Railway.<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Photogallery Gordon Findley & David Cash|url=http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk/hisgfd.html|publisher=[[Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway]]|access-date=20 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024055517/http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk/hisgfd.html|archive-date=24 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Most of the locomotives used were returned to Britain after the line was shut.

==See also==
*[[Mumbai Suburban Railway]]
*[[Andheri railway station]]
*[[Line 1 (Mumbai Metro)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121024055517/http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk/hisgfd.html Locomotive No. 2178 used on the Railway photographed in England in 1972]

{{Railways in Western India}}

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[[Category:Rail transport in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1928]]
[[Category:Railway lines closed in 1934]]

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