Mulund railway station

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Mulund
Indian Railways and Mumbai Suburban Railway station
General information
Coordinates	19°10′12″N 72°57′07″E / 19.17°N 72.952°E / 19.17; 72.952
Elevation	6.40 metres (21.0 ft)
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Central Line
Platforms	04
Tracks	06
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Station code	MLND
Fare zone	Central Railways
History
Opened	1931
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station Nahur towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Central line Thane towards Kasara or Khopoli
Route map Legend to Bhusawal–Kalyan section Kasara Umbermali Khardi Thansit Atgaon Asangaon Vasind Bhatsa River Khadavli Kalu River Titwala Ambivli Ulhas River Shahad Waldhuni River Vithalwadi Kalyan Junction Ulhasnagar Thakurli Ambernath Dombivli Badlapur to Ahmedabad-Mumbai main Line Vangani Western line Vasai Road Shelu Juchandra Neral to Matheran Kaman Road Bhivpuri Road Kharbav Karjat Bhiwandi Road to Panvel Ulhas River Palasdari to Mumbai Dadar– Solapur section Kopar Kelavli Diva Dolavli Dativali Lowjee Nilaje Khopoli Taloje Panchnand to Karjat Mumbra Navde Road Kalwa Kalamboli to Trans-Harbour line Panvel to Harbour line Thane Creek Somtane Thane Rasayani Trans-Harbour line Apta Mulund Jite Nahur Hamrapur Bhandup Pen Kanjurmarg Kasu Vikhroli Nagothane Line 1 to Versova Ghatkopar Nidi Vidyavihar Roha LTT to Konkan Railway Kurla Sion Harbour line Harbour line to Andheri Western line to Dahanu Road Matunga Dadar planned Monorail Prabhadevi   Parel Western line to Churchgate Currey Road Chinchpokli Byculla Harbour line Sandhurst Road Masjid Line 3 Mumbai CSMT
Location
Mulund Location within Mumbai

Mulund is a railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.

Mulund railway station is connected via the Central Railway to South Bombay and remote places like Khopoli and Kasara.

History

Mulund station was built to serve the suburb of Mulund, which was laid out in the 1920s. In the 1970s a new goods terminal was constructed at Mulund to handle increased volumes of freight. On 13 March 2003 a bomb exploded on a train pulling into Mulund station at 21:45 hrs. 10 people were killed and 70 injured.^[1]

Layout

Mulund is a stop for slow local trains as well as most fast local trains on the Central line of the Mumbai suburban network. The station is equipped to accommodate 12-car as well as 15-car (Platform no. 3 & 4) local trains. During the peak hour, there is a fast train halting every few minutes.

Up direction escalators being built and running on platform number 1 & between platform 2 & platform 3.

Mulund has four platforms, platform numbers 1 and 2 are reserved for slow trains and platform numbers 3 and 4 for fast trains. Platforms 1 and 3 are for trains travelling towards Thane and beyond, whereas platforms 2 and 4 are for trains travelling towards Dadar, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.

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  Main entrance of the station
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  Station board

References

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