Bhiwandi Road is a railway station in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

, India, on the Vasai Road–Diva–Panvel route of the Central Railway, 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. The Bhiwandi station lies on the Vasai–Diva corridor, between the Western Line and Central line. A Mainline (MEMU) service runs from to Vasai. Computerised reservation services has been installed at this station obviating the need to go to Kalyan to for tickets. The platforms at Bhiwandi railway station are very spacious. There are 5 platforms. The trains towards & Diva halt at platform 1, 2 or 3 and the train moving towards Vasai halt at platform 4 or 5.Last few months 2 or new track construction work at this side . There was a necessity for a suburban rail line for Bhiwandi. The

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is a body of the Government of Maharashtra that is responsible for preparation oRegional Plan for MMRand the infrastructure development of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The MMRDA was se ...

started to construct the Thane–Kalyan Line 5 through Bhiwandi.Rajya Sabha, Synopsis of Debates (Special Mentions IV)

History

In British times, sweet sugarcane was spread from saltbunder road to

Bhiwandi Bhiwandi () is a city in the Thane district in Maharashtra, India. It is located northeast of Mumbai and northeast of the city of Thane. The city is a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Bhiwandi is a commercial city and a major trade c ...

. In this area railway was stopped by the British for transporting salt by freight.

Train statistics

* Number of halting trains :51 * Number of originating trains :0 * Number of terminating trains :0

Major trains

Bhiwandi Road railway station - Platform

Bhiwandi Road railway station - Platform board

* 61002-Dombivli-Boisar MEMU * 69164-Dahanu Road–Pavel MEMU * 69165-Panvel–Vasai Road MEMU * 61003-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU * 61004-Diva–Vasai Road MEMU * 61005-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU * 61006-Diva–Vasai Road MEMU * 61007-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU * 61008-Diva–Vasai Road MEMU * 61009-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU * 61021-Vasai Diva MEMU Not on Sunday & Saturday * 61022-Diva–Vasai MEMU Not on Sunday & Saturday * 69166-Vasai Road–Panvel MEMU * 69167-Panvel–Vasai Road MEMU * 69168-Vasai–Panvel MEMU * 69161-Panvel–Dahanu Road MEMU * 19201–Secunderabad Porbandar Weekly Express * 19202–Secunderabad Express * 17017–Secunderabad Express * 17018-Rajkot Express * 16613-Coimbatore Express * 19311-Pune–Indore Express * 19312-Indore–Pune Express * 22943-Pune–Indore SF Express * 22944-Indore–Pune SF Express * 16506-Gandhidham Express * 16507-KSR Bengaluru Express * 165335-Nagercoil Weekly Express * 16336-Gandhidham Express * 16333-Thiruvananthapuram Express * 16337-Okha–Ernakulam- Express * 16338-Ernakulam–Okha Express * 11049-SCSMT Kolhapur Express * 11050-Ahmedabad Express * 16505-KSR Bengaluru Express * 16507-KSR Bengaluru Express * 16508-Jodhpur Express * 16531-KSR Bengaluru Express * 16532-Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express * 11087-Veraval–Pune Express * 11088-Pune–Veraval Express * 11089-Pune Express * 11090-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express * 11092-Pune–Bhuj Express * 11095-Pune Ahimsa Express * 11096-Ahmedabad Ahimsa Express * 16209-Ajmer–Myusuru Express * 16210-Mysuru–Ajmer Express

Facilities

The platforms are well sheltered. The station is well connected by auto. It provides parking facilities. Smart card-based booking is also installed in the station.

References

{{Mumbai – Suburban Railway, Central Mumbai Suburban Railway stations Mumbai CR railway division Railway stations in Thane district