Kalwa (Pronunciation: əɭʋaː is a neighborhood in Thane city administered under Thane Municipal Corporation in

Thane district Thane district (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �ʰaːɳe previously named Taana or Thana) is a districts of Maharashtra, district in the Konkan Division of Maharashtra, India. At the 2011 Census it was the most populated district in the c ...

, in the State of Maharashtra,

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. The nearest railway station is the Kalwa railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. Previously, Kalwa railway station had 2 platforms but now it has increased to 4. On 29 July 2014, Kalwa, along with

Mumbra Mumbra is a suburb of Thane in Western India in the state of Maharashtra, a Mumbai suburb within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. It is administered by Thane Municipal Corporation. History Mumbra was a flourishing shipbuilding center in early ti ...

, became first railway station in the country to provide free WiFi access for commuters and the general public. The

Rajiv Gandhi Medical College Rajiv Gandhi Medical College and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital is a school of medicine, established in 1992 and based in Kalwa, Thane, Maharashtra, India. Ranking The hospital is ranked sixth in Maharashtra, first in Thane and Mumbai s ...

and the associated Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, which is run by the

Thane Municipal Corporation Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) is the governing body of the city of Thane in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The municipal corporation consisting of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastruct ...

, is located in Kalwa. The 3rd Kalwa Bridge was inaugurated by Maharashtra

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...

Eknath Shinde Eknath Sambhaji Shinde (born 9 February 1964) is an Indian politician who has served as the List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra since December 2024, alongside Ajit Pawar under Devendra Fadnavis. ...

on 13 November 2022. It is expected to ease the traffic at the Kalwa Road junction where Mumbai-Pune Road and Thane-Belapur Road meet. It has old Mumbai-Nashik highway in the West. Kalwa railway station also has a local train carshed.

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{{Mumbai metropolitan area Cities and towns in Thane district