Thane railway station

Thane ठाणे
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Coordinates	19°11′10″N 72°58′33″E / 19.18611°N 72.97583°E
Elevation	7.10 MSL
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Central Line Harbour Line Mumbai Dadar-Solapur section Trans-Harbour Line
Platforms	10
Construction
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	TNA
Fare zone	Central Railways
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers	650,000/Day
Services
Preceding station   MSR   Following station Mulund toward Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Central Line Main Line Kalwa toward Kalyan Terminus Trans-Harbour Line Airoli toward Vashi or Nerul
Location
Thane ठाणे Location within Mumbai

Thane is a major railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is one of the busiest railway station in India. Thane was ranked as the busiest railway station on the Mumbai suburban network, followed by Andheri and Kalyan. As of 2013, Thane railway station handles 650,000 people daily.Calculated by officials counting number Of every people Entering and exiting the station in 2013. More than 1,000 trains visit the station each day, including 130-140 long distance trains.^[1]

The station has ten platforms; platform numbers 1 to 4 are reserved for slow trains and platform numbers 5 to 8 for fast trains & long distance trains, 9 and 10 for trains going towards Vashi, Nerul & Panvel.

Out station train infoboard at Thane Station

History

Thane was the terminus for the first ever passenger train in India. On 16 April 1853, the first passenger train service was inaugurated between Bori Bunder (Now renamed Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus), Mumbai, and Thane.^[2] Covering a distance of 34 kilometres (21 mi), it was hauled by three locomotives: Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan.

Suburban local trains

Platforms

1. - For UP Thane locals (towards Mumbai CST)
2. - For DOWN slow trains (towards Kalyan)
3. - For UP (towards Mumbai CST) and DOWN (towards Kalyan) Thane locals
4. - For UP slow trains (towards Mumbai CST)
5. - For DOWN fast trains / Mail-Express trains
6. - For UP fast trains / Mail-Express trains
7. - For DOWN Mail-Express trains (Trains That Come From LTT Side)
8. - For UP Mail-Express trains (Trains That Heads Towards LTT.)
9. - For Thane - Vashi/Nerul/Panvel trains
10. , 10 A - For Vashi/Nerul/Panvel trains

Harbour line

Trans-Harbour line: Thane - Vashi/Nerul/Panvel local train line. This line runs many trains between Thane and Vashi, the principal node of Navi Mumbai, passing through Airoli, Ghansoli, Kopar Khairane, Turbhe and Sanpada. Since February 2010 new fast trains have started between Thane Panvel- Stopping at Kopar Khairne, Nerul, Belapur CBD and Kharghar. It is the origin and destination point of all the Trans-harbour local suburban trains. But however, In 2016 the fast trains network is halted and further converted to slow trains.

Long distance express trains

In Thane most long distance express trains halt after Mumbai CST, Dadar (Central), Kalyan & Karjat / Kasara. Almost all trains going to Konkan railway from Mumbai stop at Thane. Most trains going to Pune and Nasik Road stop at Thane. If any train does not stop at Thane then Kalyan or Dadar is the nearest station.

Some of the trains that stop at Thane

1. 10103/04 Mandovi Express
2. 11003 /04 Dadar Sawantwadi Road Rajya Rani Express
3. 11007/08 Deccan Express
4. 11015/16 Kushinagar Express
5. 11019/20 Konark Express
6. 11023/24 Sahyadri Express
7. 11027/28 Mumbai Chennai Mail
8. 11029/30 Koyna Express
9. 11041/42 Mumbai CST Chennai Express
10. 11057/58 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Amritsar Express
11. 11067/68 Saket Express
12. 11093/94 Mahanagari Express
13. 11201/02 Ajni Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
14. 11401/02 Nandigram Express
15. 12051/52 Dadar Madgaon JanShatabdi Express
16. 12071/72 Aurangabad Jan Shatabdi Express
17. 12105/06 Vidarbha Express
18. 12115/16 Siddheshwar Express
19. 12117/18 Godavari Superfast Express
20. 12125/26 Pragati Express
21. 12127/28 Mumbai Pune Intercity Express
22. 12131/32 Sainagar Shirdi Express
23. 12133/34 Mangalore Express
24. 12139/40 Sewagram Express
25. 12173/74 Udyognagri Express
26. 12201/02 Kochuveli Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Garib Rath Express
27. 12519/20 Kamakhya - Mumbai LTT AC Express
28. 12619/20 Matsyaganda Express
29. 17057/58 Devagiri Express
30. 17411/12 Mahalaxmi Express
31. 17617/18 Tapovan Express
32. 18029/30 Shalimar Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
33. 22101/02 Manmad Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Rajya Rani Express
34. 22105/06 Indrayani Express
35. 51033/34 Shirdi Fast Passenger
36. 16345/46 Netravati Express

Escalator

Thane station is the first station in Mumbai Suburban network to have escalators installed on two of its platforms. The escalators were inaugurated by Thane guardian minister Ganesh Naik.

Thane platform board

Thane Railway Station

References

1. Mehta, Manthan K (19 May 2013). "Thane is busiest railway station in Mumbai". Times Internet. The Times of India. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
2. Colonialism: An International, Social, Cultural and Political Encyclopedia By Melvin Eugene Page, Penny M. Sonnenburg. page 135