Goregaon (Marathi pronunciation: �oːɾeɡaːʋ formerly Goregaumn, station code: GMN) is a railway station on the Western line and

Harbour line The Harbour line is a branch line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway operated by Central Railway. It was named so because it catered to the eastern neighbourhoods along the city's natural harbour. Its termini are Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Termin ...

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 ...

network. It serves the suburb of Goregaon. As a general rule,

Virar Virar (Pronunciation: �iɾaɾ is a coastal city in taluka Vasai and district of Palghar, India. It is clubbed into Vasai-Virar city, administered by Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation. It lies in south part of Palghar District in Vasai Taluka ...

-bound fast trains skip Goregaon, while

Borivali Borivali (Pronunciation: oːɾiʋəliː is a suburb and is located at the north-western end of Mumbai and has a large Gujarati population followed by others. Traditionally the tribals and East Indians lived in Borivali. The attractions incl ...

-bound fast trains halt here (although there are exceptions) but being in middle between

Andheri Andheri ( �n̪d̪ʱeɾiː is a locality in the western part of the city of Mumbai in India. Udayanagari, the name of a hill near the Mahakali caves, inspired the name Andheri. On the former islet of Versova, also known as Vasave, there was ano ...

and

; it hosts as an important halt for termination and origination of

Churchgate Churchgate (Marathi pronunciation: ͡ʃəɾt͡ʃɡeːʈ is an area in South Mumbai. During the eighteenth and up to the mid-19th century, Mumbai was a walled city. The city walls had three gates, and Churchgate, named after St. Thomas Cathe ...

and

Mumbai CSMT Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (officially Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Bombay station code: CSMT ( mainline)/ST (suburban)), is a historic railway terminus and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The terminus was d ...

Panvel Panvel () is a city and taluka in Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. It is highly populated due to its closeness to Mumbai. Panvel is also governed for development purpose by the body of Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Panvel Municipal Corpora ...

bound services with access to various areas of

Dindoshi Dindoshi is a location in the suburb of Malad (E), in Mumbai, India. Dindoshi houses the largest IT Park in Mumbai (Infinity IT Park), a 10-story tower block. There is a bus depot and a school, Yashodham High School, a nearby mall, Oberoi Mal ...

Oshiwara Oshiwara is a neighbourhood in northern Mumbai, India near Lokhandwala Complex. Its name was derived from the Oshiwara River. Located between the western sides of Goregaon and Jogeshwari, it has many industrial estates. A railway station was bui ...

, Film City and outlining areas from

Malad Malad (Pronunciation: aːlaːɖ is a suburb located in North Mumbai. Malad has a railway station on the Western line (Mumbai Suburban Railway) of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, lying between Kandivali station to the north and Goregaon station t ...

and

Jogeshwari Jogeshwari (Pronunciation: ͡ʒoɡeːʃʋəɾiː is a suburb located in the western part of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is notable for its caves - 'Jogeshwari Caves', particularly one containing a shrine of the Hindu Hindus (; ...

. What distinguishes Goregaon from

is the four Churchgate-bound fast 'Goregaon Locals' (which depart from platform number 7) at an interval of approximately 30 minutes during the morning rush-hour and Goregaon consists of a numerous amount of Churchgate-bound slow "Goregaon locals" throughout the day which originates and terminates at Goregaon. Although, Goregaon has not been granted a permanent halt for all fast bound locals as compared to Andheri and Borivali but this station is an important hub for a large number of Western and Harbour line locals which terminate and originates from here.

which previously ran from

till

was extended till Goregaon and services commenced on March 29, 2018. It is supposed to be extended to

in near future. File:Goregaon stationboard - English.jpg, Goregaon stationboard File:Harbour Line station under construction at Goregaon.jpg, Harbour Line station under construction at Goregaon

Station Upgrades

A 103 crore remodel for

, and Goregaon stations was completed in 2014. This remodelling included creation of additional two platforms on the west side of existing platform number 3 (then platform 1) to accommodate Harbour line trains. It also included building an elevated deck above the new platforms with ticketing facilities, and connections to central FOB and skywalk leading to both east and west sides of the station.

Layout

The station currently has three foot-over-bridges (FOBs) and 7 platforms. This station has an additional loop line which serves as Platform 7 as it is useful not only during morning hours for Goregaon-Churchgate bound fast locals during peak hours but also as an extra line during emergency conditions for trains.The outer rail tracks of this station has diversion points for changing of tracks for trains which are the only diversion points present between Andheri railway station and Borivali railway station and extra loop rail tracks for out of service local trains to halt sideways when they are not operational. The upper deck of the station serves as a facility for ticket counters and ATVMs. The southernmost FOB serves passengers exiting the station on the western side and newly constructed eastern side. The middle FOB is connected on the western side to a skywalk that leads to Swami Vivekanand Road. Auto-rickshaw services are available on the main entrances or exits on both the sides of the station. * Platform 1 caters Churchgate bound slow locals (rarely Mumbai CSMT/Panvel locals also available) (trains originate and terminate here) * Platform 2 caters Mumbai CSMT/ Panvel bound slow locals (rarely Churchgate locals also available) (trains originate and terminate here) * Platform 3 caters Virar/Borivali bound slow and semi-fast locals (slow from Andheri) * Platform 4 caters Churchgate bound slow and semi-fast locals (fast from Andheri) * Platform 5 caters Virar/Borivali bound semi-fast locals (slow from Andheri) * Platform 6 caters Churchgate bound semi-fast locals (fast from Andheri) * Platform 7 caters Churchgate bound fast locals originating from Goregaon (in the morning)

Bus Services

On either side of the station

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has a bus station. The Goregaon depot operates most of the bus routes on the western side of the station (some services are rarely supplied through Oshiwara Depot also) while Dindoshi depot operates most of the eastern side of the station (Bus Route 341 is an exception which is operated by Pratiksha Nagar Depot when it is transported through and from Antop Hill). The Western side of bus services caters bus services from the station to the western areas of Goregaon along with Chincholi area of Malad and farther western areas in Jogeshwari and Andheri. Bus services on the east serves the areas of Dindoshi, Yashodham, Gokuldham and residential hubs nearby Aarey Colony.

References

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