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Thane railway station
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| Indian Railways station | |
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| Location | Thane, Maharashtra India |
| Coordinates | 19°11′10″N 72°58′33″E / 19.18611°N 72.97583°E |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | Central Railway zone |
| Line(s) | Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line Mumbai–Chennai line Konkan Railways |
| Platforms | 10 |
| Tracks | Multiple |
| Connections |   |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| Platform levels | 01 |
| Parking | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Station code | TNA |
| Zone(s) | Central Railway zone |
| Division(s) | Mumbai CR |
| History | |
| Opened | May 1853 |
| Electrified | 25 kV AC 50 Hz |
| Previous names | Thana railway station |
| Location | |
  Thane Location within India  Thane Thane (Mumbai) | |
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Thane (formerly Thana, station code: TNA) is an A1 category major railway station of the Indian Railways. Located in Maharashtra, It is one of the busiest railway stations in India. As of 2013[update], Thane railway station handles 260000 people daily. More than 1,000 trains visit the station each day, including 330+ long-distance trains.[1] The station has ten platforms. It is the origin and destination station of all the trans-harbour suburban trains.
History[edit]
Thane railway station was the terminus for the first ever passenger train in India. On 16 April 1853, the first passenger train service was inaugurated from Bori Bunder (now renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus), Mumbai to Thane.[2] Covering a distance of 34 kilometres (21 mi), it was hauled by three locomotives: Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan, and carried around 400 passengers.
Platforms[edit]
- – For UP Thane trains (towards Mumbai CSMT)
- – For DOWN slow trains (towards Kalyan)
- – For UP (towards Mumbai CSMT) and DOWN (towards Kalyan) Thane trains
- – For UP slow/fast trains (towards Mumbai CSMT)
- – For DOWN fast trains / Mail-Express trains
- – For UP fast trains / Mail-Express trains
- – For DOWN Mail/Express trains (trains that arrive from LTT)
- – For UP Mail/Express trains (tains that depart to LTT)
- – For Thane – Vashi/Nerul/Panvel trains
- – 10A.- For Thane – Vashi/Nerul/Panvel trains
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Mehta, Manthan K (19 May 2013). "Thane is busiest railway station in Mumbai". Times Internet. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ↑ Colonialism: An International, Social, Cultural and Political Encyclopedia by Melvin Eugene Page, Penny M. Sonnenburg. page 135
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