Lower Parel railway station

Lower Parel (station code: PL) 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 Prabhadevi.

Lower Parel
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Coordinates	18°59′43″N 72°49′48″E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Western Line
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Other information
Station code	PL
Fare zone	Western Railways
History
Opened	1867
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   MSR   Following station Mahalaxmi toward Churchgate Western Line Prabhadevi toward Dahanu Road
Route map Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line Dahanu Road Vangaon Boisar Umroli Palghar Kelve Road Saphale Vaitarna River Vaitarna Virar Nallasopara Vasai Road Central line and Konkan Railway Naigaon Vasai Creek Bhayandar Mira Road Dahisar Borivali Kandivali Malad planned extension to Borivali Goregaon Ram Mandir Jogeshwari Andheri Line 1 Vile Parle Sahar Airport Santacruz Sahar Airport Khar Road Bandra Mithi River Mahim Harbour line Matunga Road Central line Dadar planned Monorail Prabhadevi Parel Central line Lower Parel Mahalaxmi Line 3 Mumbai Central Line 3 Grant Road Line 3 Charni Road Marine Lines Churchgate Line 3 Colaba/Backbay
Location
Lower Parel Location within Mumbai

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

As Lower Parel has become a corporate hub, thousands of people use the railway station daily, which makes the Lower Parel railway station one of the most crowded local railway stations of Mumbai.

It will have a connection to phase II of the Mumbai Monorail,[1] due to open in 2015.

Lower Parel platformboard

See also

• Carriage Repair Workshop, Lower Parel, Mumbai

Notes and references

1. "L&T consortium bags Mumbai monorail project". The Hindu. 11 November 2008.