Lower Parel railway station
Lower Parel (Pronunciation: [pəɾəɭ], [pəɾeːl]; 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 | |||||||||||
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Mumbai Suburban Railway station | |||||||||||
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Coordinates | 18°59′43″N 72°49′48″E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Western Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Standard on-ground station | ||||||||||
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Station code | PL | ||||||||||
Fare zone | Western Railways | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1867 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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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.
The Delisle Bridge, which connects to Lower Parel, was shut to traffic in 2018 and is expected to reopen in 2023 after pandemic-caused delays.[2]
Notes and references
- "L&T consortium bags Mumbai monorail project". The Hindu. 11 November 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012.
- Manthank Mehta (14 January 2022). "Delisle Bridge May Not Open Until Next Year". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 April 2022.