Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station
railway station and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai
(Redirected from Victoria Terminus)
Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus is a historic railway station in the city of Mumbai, India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its name used to be Victoria Terminus.[2] The station is also called VT (as short-form of Victoria Terminus) or CSMT (as short-form of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus). The station was built in 1887. It was designed by Frederick William Stevens.[3] The station is in the Bori Bunder area of Mumbai.[4]
Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Railway Station | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Indo-Saracenic |
Town or city | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Country | India |
Coordinates | 18°56′23″N 72°50′08″E / 18.9398208°N 72.83546760000002°E |
Construction started | May 1878[1] |
Completed | May 1888 |
Cost | ₹1,614,000 (US$21,000)(at that time) Now, ₹2,013.4 million (US$26 million) |
Client | Great Indian Peninsula Railway |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Frederick William Stevens, Axel Haig |
Engineer | Wilson Bell |
Criteria | Cultural: ii, iv |
Reference | 945 |
Inscription | 2004 (28th Session) |
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station | |||||
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General information | |||||
Coordinates | 18°56′23″N 72°50′08″E / 18.9398°N 72.8355°E | ||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
Operated by | Central Railway zone | ||||
Line(s) | Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line Mumbai-Chennai line | ||||
Platforms | 18 | ||||
Tracks | Multiple | ||||
Connections | |||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||
Platform levels | 01 | ||||
Parking | Yes | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | CSTM | ||||
Zone(s) | Central Railway zone | ||||
Division(s) | Mumbai CR | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | May 1853 | ||||
Rebuilt | May 1888 | ||||
Electrified | 25 kV AC 50 Hz | ||||
Previous names | Victoria Terminus Railway Station Bori Bunder railway station | ||||
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It is the busiest railway station in India.[5] There are always a lot of people at the station. Short-distance trains and long-distance trains come to this station.
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ File:India Mumbai Victor Grigas 2011-15.jpg
- ↑ Om Gupta (1 April 2006). Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Gyan Publishing House. pp. 507–. ISBN 978-81-8205-389-2. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ↑ Manohar Bandopadhyay (2010). Tourist Destinations in India. Pinnacle Technology. pp. 57–. ISBN 978-93-80944-00-5. Retrieved 8 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Aruṇa Ṭikekara, Aroon Tikekar (2006). The cloister's pale: a biography of the University of Mumbai. Popular Prakashan. p. 357. ISBN 81-7991-293-0.Page 64
- ↑ "India's impressive railway stations". Rediff.com.
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