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Lower Parel railway station

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Line(s)
  
Western Line

Fare zone
  
Western Railways

Opened
  
1867

Tracks
  
05

Electrified
  
Yes

Platforms in use
  
3

Lower Parel railway station

Owned by
  
Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways

Structure type
  
Standard on-ground station

Address
  
Mahadev Palav Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400013

Owners
  
Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways

Similar
  
High Street Phoenix, Elphinstone Road railway st, Parel railway station, Khar Road railway station, Masjid railway station

Lower Parel railway station is a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, India. The next station south is Mahalaxmi railway station; the next station north is Elphinstone Road.

Lower Parel railway station have 3 platforms. From platform no.1, slow local trains goes towards Dadar-Bandra-Andheri-Borivali -Virar, from platform no.2 slow local trains goes towards Mumbai Central-Churchgate, and Platform No.3 is kept as reserve that can be used in emergency and during mega-block on Sundays.

As Lower Parel has become a corporate hub, thousands of people come here in morning for work which make Lower Parel railway station one of the most crowded local stations of Mumbai.

It will have a connection to phase II of the Mumbai Monorail, due to open in 2015.

Lower parel railway station aerial view


References

Lower Parel railway station Wikipedia