Currey Road (station code: CRD) is a railway station that serves the Lower Parel neighbourhood in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

. It is on the Central line of the

Mumbai Suburban Railway The Mumbai Suburban Railway ( Marathi: मुंबई उपनगरीय रेल्वे) (colloquially called local trains or simply locals) consists of exclusive inner suburban railway lines augmented by commuter rail on main lines ser ...

serving the areas of

Lalbaug Lalbaug or (ISO: Lālbāg) is a neighbourhood in South Bombay in Bombay, the capital of Maharashtra an Indian state. It was once part of the neighbourhood called Girangaon - Mumbai's mill district that is now undergoing gentrification due to the ...

and

Parel Parel (ISO: Paraḷ, pronunciation: əɾəɭ is a neighbourhood of Mumbai. Parel used to have a number of textile mills, but these have been replaced by commercial office space development. History Originally, Parel was a separate island, ...

Currey Road is situated in central Mumbai and is surrounded by famous places like

Lower Parel Lower Parel (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, əɾəɭ Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, əɾeːl station code: PL) railway station is a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, India. The next station south is Mahal ...

. There is a flyover (constructed in 1915) which constitutes the biggest part of Currey Road. The Railway station divides the road into two major parts, East and West. Currey Road Station was originally built to carry horses during the

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. During the

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season, a special train used to carry horses from the race course to the stud farms in

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Neighbourhoods in Mumbai Mumbai Suburban Railway stations {{Maharashtra-railstation-stub

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