Byculla railway station

Byculla (station code: BY) is railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. It is located in the neighbourhood of Byculla.

Byculla
Indian Railways and Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Byculla railway station platformboard
General information
Coordinates18°58′35″N 72°49′58″E
Elevation4.392 metres (14.41 ft)
Owned byMinistry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)Central Line
Construction
Structure typeStandard on-ground station
Other information
Station codeBY
Fare zoneCentral Railways
History
Opened1853
Rebuilt1857
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station
Sandhurst Road
towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
 Central line Chinchpokli
towards Kasara or Khopoli
Location
Byculla is located in India
Byculla
Byculla
Location within India
Byculla is located in Mumbai
Byculla
Byculla
Byculla (Mumbai)

The station is a Grade-I heritage structure. The other 4 railway stations on Mumbai's heritage list include Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Western Railways Headquarters Building (Churchgate), Bandra railway station and Reay Road railway station.[1]

All the fast trains halt at Byculla station both during peak hours and normal time.

Byculla railway station platform

Etymology

The name Byculla appears to have derived from word Bhay(Marathi:भाय = Bawa) & khala(Marathi:खळा = area to store grains), Meaning Priest's Grain storage.[2]

Byculla Station Banner

History

Byculla was one of the original stations when the Bombay–Thane railway was inaugurated in April 1853. It had been built as a wooden structure the year before, but took on its current form in 1857.[3] The first locomotive was brought to Mumbai through street of Byculla and around 200 laborers pulled it.[2]

Byculla is a WiFi Station

Central Railway has install WiFi on platform 1 & 2. It has become helpful for many navigator people for navigation.

References
  1. "Mumbai Metropolitan Region – Heritage Conservation Society's Regulation Guidelines" (PDF). MMR-HCS. Retrieved 27 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "File:Byuculla Station Banner.jpg". Wikimedia.org. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  3. "Architecture + design". 12. 1995: 251. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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