Khar Road railway station
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Khar Road ( ʰaːɾ station code: KHAR) is a railway station on the Western Line and the Harbour 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, in the Khar suburb. It is close to the
Bandra Terminus Mumbai Bandra Terminus (station code: BDTS) also known as Vandre Terminus (in Marathi)is a railway terminus in Bandra from where trains bound for Northern India and Western India are scheduled regularly. It was built in the 1990s to deconges ...
for upcountry trains. The name of the station is derived from the name of the Koli village Khar-Danda, near the Arabian Sea. Danda is a home to fishermen. Now a link will connect from Khar Danda to Bandra–Versova Sea Link. On 11 July 2006, Khar Road was affected by the Mumbai train bombings.http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31804&articlexml=Khar-Road-railway-station-turns-90-01072014004054


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