Owned by Indian Railways Tracks 6 Opened 22 December 2016 Owner Indian Railways Platforms in use 4 | Line(s) Western Line Platform levels 1 Elevation 7 m Level 1 | |
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Location R-8, Ram Mandir Road, Somani Gram, Jogeshwari West, Mumbai
India Structure type Standard on-ground station Address Oshiwara, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400102 Similar Goregaon railway station, Elphinstone Road railway st, Jogeshwari railway station, Churchgate railway station, Ram Mandir | ||
Showcase of various trains at brand new ram mandir railway station in mumbai
Ram Mandir railway station is a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. The station is located in between Jogeshwari railway station and Goregaon railway station and is named after the century-old temple of Lord Ram in its vicinity. The station was opened to commuters on 22 December 2016.
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Ram mandir railway station inauguration day full station coverage video
History
The Ram Mandir Road station, the 37th station on Western Railway (WR), was inaugurated on 22 Dec 2016, by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, after seemingly interminable stages of construction since 2008. Its first train, running from Churchgate to towards Borivli, arrived at 6 pm, while another bound for Churchgate pulled up at 6.10 pm.
The station has four platforms, two each for slow trains and the yet-to-be-ready Harbour line section. Senior WR officials said the two slow line platforms will accommodate 476 services every day. WR operates 1,323 train services in a day on both the fast and slow lines.
The station got its name from a 150 year old temple of Lord Ram. The temple is located on sprawling grounds, in Goregaon West, and its weathered dome lends it a pleasant patina of age. A signboard inside the temple informs visitors that it was renovated in 1897, and residents say that a temple existed at the current location prior to that year. The idols -- of Lord Ram, Lakshman and Sita – inside the sanctum sanctorum of the smaller temple, were transferred to the renovated structure.