Dahanu Road is a railway station near the town of

Dahanu Dahanu (Pronunciation: �əɦaːɳuː is a coastal town and a municipal council in Palghar district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division. It is located 110 km from Mumbai city and hosts Adani Power’s thermal power station. It is the ...

Palghar district Palghar District (Marathi pronunciation: aːlɡʱəɾ is a district in the state of Maharashtra in Konkan Division. On 1 Aug 2014, the State government of Maharashtra announced the formation of the 36th district of Maharashtra Palghar, it wa ...

of Maharashtra. It lies on the Western 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 ...

network. It is the northern limit of the Suburban network, although the track continues north to Gholvad and beyond.

History

The railway was extended as a double track from Palghar to Dahanu Road on 17 January 1898 and continued as single track up to Gholvad on 18 October 1900. On 16 April 2013 Western Railway started services for Dahanu Road station i.e. Churchgate–Dahanu Local Train (EMU) In 2002 Western Railway announced that it would extend the EMU service from Virar up to Dahanu Road. On 16 April 2013 Western Railway Started Services For Dahanu Road to Churchgate Using EMU Trains. In January 2012 the Vasai and Virar Municipal Corporation started litigation to force the railway to run direct services from Mumbai Churchgate to Dahanu Road, rather than making passengers change at Virar as at present. The railway replied that they did not have enough trains for through services and the tracks north of Virar were already too busy. In March 2012, Railway Minister

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announced additional services on the Virar-Dahanu Road railway.

Gallery

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Major trains

The following trains stop at Dahanu Road railway station: *

Bandra Terminus–Dehradun Express The 19019 / 19020 Bandra Terminus–Haridwar Dehradun Express is an express train of Indian Railways Western Railway Zone that runs between and in India on a daily basis. Initially it ran between Dehradun and Bandra Terminus, but now it run ...

* Bandra Terminus–Jamnagar Saurashtra Janta Express *

Saurashtra Express The 19015/19016 Saurashtra Express is an express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 19015 from Mumbai Central to Porbandar and as train number 19016 in the reverse direction. It is ...

* Firozpur Janata Express *

Lok Shakti Express The 22927 / 22928 Lok Shakti Express is an Express trains in India, Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Bandra Terminus & Ahmedabad railway station, Ahmedabad in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train numbe ...

* Gujarat Mail * Flying Ranee * Gujarat Superfast Express *

Ahimsa Express The 11095/11096 Ahimsa Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 11095/11096 train numbers on a weekly basis. It operates as train number 11095 from Ahmedabad ...

Bhagat Ki Kothi–Pune Express The 11089 / 90 Bhagat Ki Kothi–Pune Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Central Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 11089/11090 train numbers on a weekly basis. It operat ...

Veraval–Pune Express The 11087/11088 Veraval - Pune Express is an express train of the Indian Railways connecting Pune in Maharashtra and Veraval Junction of Saurashtra. It is currently being operated with 11087/11088 train numbers on a weekly basis. Coach Compos ...

Amrapur Aravali Express The 14701 /14702 Amrapur Aravali Express is an mail/express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 14701 from Shri Ganganagar to Bandra Terminus in DN direction and as train number 1470 ...

* Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (via Alappuzha) * Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (via Kottayam) * Bandra Terminus – Bhavnagar Terminus Weekly Superfast Express *

Sayajinagari Express The 20907/20908 Sayaji Nagari Express is a Superfast train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and . It operates as train number 20907 from Dadar to Bhuj and as train number 20908 in the reverse direction. It is a daily service. Co ...

* Paschim Express

Notes and references

{{Mumbai – Suburban Railway, Western Transport in Palghar Railway stations in India opened in 1898 Mumbai WR railway division Railway stations in Palghar district Mumbai Suburban Railway stations