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Borivali railway station

Mumbai Suburban Railway Station

Summary

Mumbai Suburban Railway Station

Field	Value
name	[[File:Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg	50px	up	link=Mumbai Suburban Railway]]
Borivali
type	Mumbai Suburban Railway station
image	Borivali Station entrance - east.jpg
address	Borivali
coordinates
line	Western Line
structure	Standard on-ground station
platform	10
levels	19.0 m
tracks	9
style	Mumbai Suburban Railway
status	Active
electrified	Yes
code	BO (suburban)
BVI (mainline)
owned	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
zone	Western Railways
passengers	2.821 million
pass_year	2016-17
pass_system	daily
services
map_type	Mumbai
map_dot_label	Borivali
route_map
map_state	collapsed

Borivali BVI (mainline)

Borivali (station code: BO (suburban)/BVI (mainline)) is a railway station on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network and an outbound station. It serves the suburban area of Borivali.

The Borivali Railway Station is a terminus for all slow, semi-fast, and fast trains on the Mumbai Suburban Railway system. It also serves as the final city-limit stop for all mail and express trains on the Western Railway before leaving Mumbai. As of October 2022, the plans to extend the Harbour Line to Borivali are in full steam, with the survey for land acquisition being completed.

Borivali is used by almost 2.87 lakh (287,000) passengers every day and is the busiest station on the western suburban line of Mumbai.

History

Borivali is mentioned as one of the stations where the first regular suburban train service of BB&CI halted. Then, it was known as 'Berewla'. This train service was inaugurated between Bombay Backbay station and Viraur on 12 April 1867.

The Station was remodeled in 1913, along with Virar as the population had increased considerably. The remodeling diagrams of the station were published in a BB&CI Magazine dated Dec 1923.

The Magazine (see pg 6, 11)

The Suburban section from Colaba to Borivali was electrifies in the 1920s. The section was inaugurated on 5 January 1928, by Governor of Bombay, Sir Leslie Wilson at a ceremony at Mahalaxmi, in presence of 700 invitees. The governor travelled as a passenger upto Andheri station. The Borivali-Viraur section could not be electrified simultaneously, due to trade expressions, and a lack of funding.

The section from Borivali to Viraur was underwent signal modernisation around 1936. In August of the same year, the entire 16 mile (25.75 km) section between these two stations was electrified.[[File:Borivali station Remodelling Scheme Diagrams.png|thumb|243x243px|Before and after diagrams of Borivali railway station, showing changes in layout after the remodeling scheme of 1913]]

Platforms

For the convenience of the passengers, Western Railway has decided to change the platform numbers of Borivali station. The platforms have now been numbered from west to east, to maintain uniformity. Changes will be effective from 4 June 2017.

Gallery

File:Borivali platformboard.jpg|Borivali Platform Board File:Parle 03.jpg|Borivali Station Board File:Mumbai 03-2016 87 Borivali station.jpg|Terminal platform File:Borivali station remodelling layout.jpg|Borivali station's recent Remodelling layout File:Mumbai morning rush.jpg|Borivali station during peak hours File:Borivali railway station - Warning.jpg|Borivali railway station - Warning File:Borivali railway station - CVM & ATVM's.jpg|Borivali railway station - CVM & ATV

References

(11 April 2017). "It's not getting any better! Despite metro and monorail, Mumbai local trains getting more overcrowded".
[http://www.urbanrail.net/as/mumb/mumbai.htm Borivali Station on the map] {{webarchive. link. (28 December 2011)
(2022-10-11). "Harbour line extension to Borivali back on track". [[The Hindustan Times]].
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"12th April 1867 – First Local Train Service of Western Railway | MeMumbai".
Rahul Mehrotra, Sharada Dwivedi. (2000). "Anchoring A City Line". Eminence Designs Pvt. Ltd.
Rahul Mehrotra, Sharada Dwivedi. (2000). "Anchoring A City Line". Eminence Designs Pvt. Ltd.
Rahul Mehrotra, Sharada Dwivedi. (2000). "Anchoring A City Line". Eminence Designs Pvt. Ltd.
"Western Railway: Renumbering of platforms at Borivali station from June 4 - Mumbai Mirror".

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