Turbhe railway station

Turbhe railway station is on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network near Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a junction station and is located in the node of Turbhe. The station is accessible from the Thane–Belapur road on the eastern side and the NMMT depot on the western side.


Turbhe
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
The station structure was designed by Hafeez Contractor
Coordinates
Owned byMinistry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)Harbour Line
Platforms4
Construction
Structure typeStandard on-ground station
Other information
Fare zoneCentral Railways
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station  
MSR		   Following station
toward Thane
Trans-Harbour Line
toward Vashi
Trans-Harbour Line
toward Panvel
Location
Turbhe
Location within India
Turbhe
Turbhe (Mumbai)

Turbhe is the fifth railway station on the Thane-Turbhe-Vashi/Nerul Rail Corridor, a 23-km-long corridor connecting Thane with Navi Mumbai. It is at a distance of 15 km from Thane railway station and 3 km from Vashi railway station. The station has been designed by Hafeez Contractor.[1] Like other stations on this corridor, Turbhe has double discharge facilities on all tracks with a width of 12 m for island platforms and 8 m for end platforms.[2] The station occupies an area of 15,000 square metres and has a parking capacity for 175 cars and 250 motorcycles.[3]

As of 2005, there were twelve services a day on this rail line in either direction. Currently, there are 88 services on either side from Vashi and Thane.

References
  1. "Architect Hafeez Contractor Offers To Design 19 Railway Stations For Free". NDTV.com. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. CIDCO. "Railway Projects". Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. Sagar Business.in. "Defining Strength" (PDF). Retrieved 6 October 2014.


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