Bhayandar railway station

Bhayandar (station code: BY) is a railway station on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.[1]


Bhayandar
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
General information
LocationBhayandar
Coordinates19.311448°N 72.852651°E / 19.311448; 72.852651
Owned byMinistry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)Western Line
Platforms6
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeStandard on-ground station
Platform levels5m above sea level.
ParkingYes
Other information
Station codeBY
Fare zoneWestern Railways
Services
Preceding station  
MSR		   Following station
toward Churchgate
Western Line
toward Dahanu Road
Location
Bhayandar
Location within India
Bhayandar
Bhayandar (Mumbai)

It is located in the northern most end of the Salsette island, which separates the satellite cities of Vasai Virar from Western Suburbs of Mumbai and Mumbai City District. The following station is Mira Road & the preceding station is Naigaon. The next major railway station towards town side is Borivali and the major station towards outer edge of the far flung satellite cities of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Areas is Vasai Road. It has six platforms in present where 4 and 6 are for trains going towards Churchgate and 1 and 5 for trains going towards Virar/Dahanu Road. Here platforms 2 and 3 are used for Bhayandar locals towards BY-Churchgate, BY-Dadar, BY-Bandra, BY-Andheri, BY-Borivali. The station has witnessed escalators recently. A skywalk serving the commuters to Bhayandar west is made recently. Trains serve the station 22 hours a day every day; the headway between trains is five minutes during peak periods, with less frequent service at other times. Bhayandar station is also served by three bus services including BEST Transport and MBMT Transport which serves the other areas in the Western Suburbs and Mumbai City District, and TMT Transport buses, serving the areas of Thane and Navi Mumbai.[2]

Bhayandar station

References
  1. "Bhayandar Railway Station Map/Atlas WR/Western Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com.
  2. "Mumbai: Decongesting Bhayandar railway station – two elevated decks, one foot overbridge". The Indian Express. 25 February 2020.


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