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Dombivli railway station

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Line(s)
  
Central Line

Structure type
  
On ground structure

Bicycle facilities
  
No

Platforms in use
  
5

Tracks
  
7

Parking
  
Yes

Opened
  
1886

Dombivli railway station

Owned by
  
Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways

Address
  
CST Side E-W FOB, Vishnu Nagar, Dombivli West, Dombivli, Maharashtra 421201

Owners
  
Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways

Similar
  
Kopar railway station, Kalyan Junction railway st, Thakurli railway station, Kasara railway station, Diva Junction railway st

Girl committed suicide in dombivli railway station


Dombivli is the busiest railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network going By ticket Sales. It is the 23rd station from CST & 11th station from Karjat, Kasara as well.

Dombivli railway station was built in 1886. Currently it has 5 railway platforms,7 railway tracks,3 footbridges & 2 single width escalator. The Suburban Railway system can be considered as the major arterial communication and transport channel for the residents of Dombivli. It is well connected with Mumbai and has frequent trains in both up and down directions. Both Fast and Slow local trains traveling towards Mumbai CST and towards Karjat or Kasara terminate here. Trains originating from Dombivli to CST are also available here. It has got connectivity of railway line from Panvel to Dahanu Road. Ticket sale data between April–July 2013 shows that the average number of passengers buying tickets at Dombivli was 2.18 lakh, which was the highest in Central Railway.In the following RTI report in January 2016, it was Found that the station sells 233,685 tickets on a daily basis,generating around 1.5 million rupees daily. Making it the busiest as well as most income generating station across the Central Railway suburban network.

References

Dombivli railway station Wikipedia


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