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Thane Thane (; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city in Maharashtra, India. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island. Thane city is entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven taluk ...
(formerly Thana, station code: TNA) is an A1 category major railway station of the Indian Railways serving the city of
Thane Thane (; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city in Maharashtra, India. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island. Thane city is entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven taluk ...
, Located in Maharashtra, it is one of the busiest railway stations in India. , Thane railway station handles 260000 people daily. More than 1,000 trains visit the station each day, including 330+ long-distance trains. The station has ten platforms. It is the origin and destination station of all the trans-harbour suburban trains.
Thane Thane (; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city in Maharashtra, India. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island. Thane city is entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven taluk ...
is India's first passanger railway Station along with Boribunder Railway Station.


History

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 (now renamed
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus 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 ...
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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 secon ...
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Thane Thane (; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city in Maharashtra, India. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island. Thane city is entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven taluk ...
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/ref> Covering a distance of , it was hauled by three locomotives: Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan, and carried around 400 passengers.


Platforms

# – For UP Thane trains (towards Mumbai CST) # – For DOWN slow trains (towards Kalyan Junction) # – For UP (towards Mumbai CST) and DOWN (towards
Kalyan Kalyan (Pronunciation: əljaːɳ is a city on the banks of Ulhas River in Thane district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division. It is governed by Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation. Kalyan is a subdivision (Taluka) of Thane district ...
) Thane trains # – For UP slow/fast trains (towards Mumbai CST) # – For DOWN fast trains / Mail-Express trains # – For UP fast trains / Mail-Express trains # – For DOWN Mail/Express trains (trains that arrive from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus) # – For UP Mail/Express trains (trains that depart to LTT) # – For Thane – // trains # – 10A.- For Thane – // trains


See also

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Timeline of Mumbai history The history of Mumbai, can be traced back to 600 BC, when evidences of the first known settlement, Harrappan civilization, here have been discovered. up to 18th century * 600 BC – First known permanent settlement were the Marathi speaking K ...


References

{{Mumbai – Suburban Railway, Harbour Mumbai CR railway division Mumbai Suburban Railway stations Railway stations in India opened in 1853 Railway stations in Thane district Transport in Thane Buildings and structures in Thane Indian Railway A1 Category Stations