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{{Short description|Railway Station in Maharashtra, India}} | {{Short description|Railway Station in Maharashtra, India}} | ||
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{{Infobox Station | {{Infobox Station | ||
| name = Sion | | name = Sion | ||
| type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Indian Railways]] and [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]] station | | type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Indian Railways]] and [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]] station | ||
| style = Indian Railways | | style = Indian Railways | ||
| image = Sion Railway Station.jpg | | image = Sion Railway Station.jpg | ||
| image_caption = | | image_caption = | ||
| address = | | address = | ||
| coordinates = {{Coord|19.04|N|72.86|E|type:railwaystation|display=inline}} | | coordinates = {{Coord|19.04|N|72.86|E|type:railwaystation|display=inline}} | ||
| line = [[Central Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)|Central Line]] | | line = [[Central Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)|Central Line]] | ||
| other = | | other = | ||
| structure = Standard on-ground station | | structure = Standard on-ground station | ||
| platform = 4 | | platform = 4 | ||
| depth = | | depth = | ||
| levels = 4 | | levels = 4 | ||
| tracks = | | tracks = | ||
| parking = | | parking = | ||
| bicycle = | | bicycle = | ||
| opened = 1853{{ | | opened = 1853 | ||
| | | closed = | ||
| | | rebuilt = 3 November 1873<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.irfca.org/docs/mumbai-cr-suburban-timeline.html|title=Timeline of Mumbai Suburban Stations Opening- IRFCA|website=www.irfca.org}}</ref> | ||
| electrified = Yes | | electrified = Yes | ||
| | | accessible = | ||
| code = | | code = | ||
| owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]] | | owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]] | ||
| zone = [[Central Railways]] | | zone = [[Central Railways]] | ||
| former = | | former = | ||
| passengers = | | passengers = | ||
| pass_year = | | pass_year = | ||
| pass_percent = | | pass_percent = | ||
| pass_system = | | pass_system = | ||
| mpassengers = | | mpassengers = | ||
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Mumbai Suburban Railway|line=Central|left=Matunga|right=Kurla}} | | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Mumbai Suburban Railway|line=Central|left=Matunga|right=Kurla}} | ||
| map_type = Mumbai | | map_type = Mumbai | ||
| map_dot_label = Sion | | map_dot_label = Sion | ||
| route_map = {{MSR Central line}} | | route_map = {{MSR Central line}} | ||
| map_state = collapsed | | map_state = collapsed | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Sion''' is a [[railway station]] on the [[Central line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)|Central line]] of the [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]] network, located in the [[Mumbai]] neighborhood of [[Sion, Mumbai|Sion]]. | '''Sion''' is a [[railway station]] on the [[Central line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)|Central line]] of the [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]] network, located in the [[Mumbai]] neighborhood of [[Sion, Mumbai|Sion]]. | ||
Its location near the [[Mithi River]] means that the railway between Sion and [[Kurla railway station|Kurla]], directly to the north,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sion/@19.0553509,72.8588589,14.6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3be7c8cfdc93e2e9:0xa98c6d71c82a3049!8m2!3d19.0465102!4d72.8632615|title=Sion|website=Sion|language=en|access-date=2019-06-28}}</ref> | Its location near the [[Mithi River]] means that the railway between [[Sion, Mumbai|Sion]] and [[Kurla railway station|Kurla]], directly to the north,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sion/@19.0553509,72.8588589,14.6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3be7c8cfdc93e2e9:0xa98c6d71c82a3049!8m2!3d19.0465102!4d72.8632615|title=Sion|website=Sion|language=en|access-date=2019-06-28}}</ref> has flooded frequently during the [[Monsoon of South Asia|Indian monsoon]]. However, in 2019, the [[Central Railway zone|Central Railway]] conducted work to raise the [[Track bed|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/no-flooding-between-sion-and-kurla-this-rainy-season/articleshow/69169534.cms|title=No flooding between Sion and Kurla this rainy season|last=Mishra|first=Kamal|date=4 May 2019|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en|access-date=2019-06-28}}</ref> | ||
Despite this work, the tracks near this station still experienced | Despite this work, the tracks near this station still experienced water-logging and flooding during the 2019 floods in Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/tracks-near-sion-stn-waterlogged-after-garbage-clogs-pump/articleshow/70032096.cms|title=Tracks near Sion station waterlogged after garbage clogs pump|date=2 July 2019|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Sion can be considered the actual place of inauguration of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|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 16 April 1853, where its engines were 'watered' and its wheels greased.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4794959?searchTerm=Indian+railway | title=Inauguration of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway | newspaper=Argus | date=26 July 1853 }}</ref> | |||
[[File:Kurla station and cutting, 1853.jpg|thumb|The site of the former Sion station, later renamed Kurla]] | |||
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 railway station|Kurla Station]])<ref name="auto"/> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aklekar |first=Rajendra |title=Halt Station India : The Dramatic Tale of the Nation's First Rail Lines |year=2014 |publisher=Rupa Publications |isbn=978-81-291-3497-4 |language=en}}</ref> This new station was opened on 3 November 1873.<ref name="auto"/> | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Sion Stationː Northward view from FoB 1.jpg|Sion station, view from FoB: Platforms 1,2 | |||
File:Sion Stationː Northward view from FoB 2.jpg|Anothet, view from FoB: Platforms 3,4 | |||
File:Sion stationː Platforms 3 and 4.jpg|Sion station, view from FoB: Platforms 3,4 | |||
File:Platform view of Sion Station 1.jpg|View of Sion station platform 4 | |||
File:Sion Station building.jpg|Sion station, Platform building | |||
File:GIPR Emblem on Sion Station building.jpg|[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|GIPR]] emblem on station building | |||
File:Old Window at Sion Station building.jpg|Old window on the building | |||
File:Outside Sion railway station.jpg|Outside Sion Station | |||
File:Medical officers watching the arrival of a train at Sion rai Wellcome V0029944.jpg|Medical officers watching the arrival of a train at Sion railway station, during the [[Bombay plague epidemic|Plague epidemic]],1897 | |||
File:Sion Station.jpg|Sion Station Board | |||
</gallery> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
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{{Mumbai - Suburban Railway, Central}} | {{Mumbai - Suburban Railway, Central}} | ||
[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1853]] | [[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1853]] | ||
[[Category:Railway stations in Mumbai City district]] | [[Category:Railway stations in Mumbai City district]] | ||
[[Category:Mumbai Suburban Railway stations]] | [[Category:Mumbai Suburban Railway stations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:38, 29 December 2025
Sion is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, located in the Mumbai neighborhood of Sion.
Its location near the Mithi River means that the railway between Sion and Kurla, directly to the north,[2] 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.[3]
Despite this work, the tracks near this station still experienced water-logging and flooding during the 2019 floods in Mumbai.[4]
History[edit | edit source]
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 16 April 1853, where its engines were 'watered' and its wheels greased.[5]
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)[1] 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.[6] This new station was opened on 3 November 1873.[1]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Sion station, view from FoB: Platforms 1,2 -
Anothet, view from FoB: Platforms 3,4 -
Sion station, view from FoB: Platforms 3,4 -
View of Sion station platform 4 -
Sion station, Platform building -
GIPR emblem on station building -
Old window on the building -
Outside Sion Station -
Medical officers watching the arrival of a train at Sion railway station, during the Plague epidemic,1897 -
Sion Station Board
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Timeline of Mumbai Suburban Stations Opening- IRFCA". www.irfca.org.
- ↑ "Sion". Sion. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ↑ Mishra, Kamal (4 May 2019). "No flooding between Sion and Kurla this rainy season". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ↑ "Tracks near Sion station waterlogged after garbage clogs pump". The Times of India. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ↑ "Inauguration of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway". Argus. 26 July 1853.
- ↑ Aklekar, Rajendra (2014). Halt Station India : The Dramatic Tale of the Nation's First Rail Lines. Rupa Publications. ISBN 978-81-291-3497-4.
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