Dahanu Road railway station

Dahanu Road is a railway station near the town of Dahanu in Palghar district of Maharashtra. It lies on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is the northern limit of the Suburban network, although the track continues north to Gholvad and beyond.

Dahanu Road
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
General information
Location	Dahanu, Palghar district
Coordinates	19°59′29.5″N 72°44′36.8″E
Elevation	9.820 metres (32.22 ft)
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Western line
Platforms	5
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	DRD
Fare zone	Western Railways
History
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station Vangaon towards Churchgate Western line Terminus
Route map Legend Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line Dahanu Road Vangaon Boisar Umroli Palghar Kelve Road Saphale Vaitarna River Vaitarna Virar Nallasopara Vasai Road Vasai Road–Roha line Naigaon Vasai Creek Bhayandar Mira Road Dahisar Dahisar River Borivali Kandivli Malad planned extension to Borivali Goregaon Ram Mandir Jogeshwari Andheri Line 1 Vile Parle Sahar Airport Santacruz Sahar Airport Khar Road Bandra Line 2 Mithi River Mahim Junction Harbour line to Wadala Road Matunga Road Central line to Thane Dadar Prabhadevi Parel Central line to Mumbai CSMT Lower Parel Mumbai Monorail Mahalaxmi Mumbai Central Line 3 Grant Road Charni Road Marine Lines Churchgate Line 3 This diagram: view talk edit
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History

A table listing the elevations of stations and major bridges along the line was published in the journal The Bombay Builder on 5th April 1867 mentions a station around 13 km from Boisur (Boisar) by the name of Dhanoo Road (referring to this station) along the line. This suggests that the station was opened sometime around that year.

The railway was extended as a double track from Palghar to Dahanu Road on 17 January 1898 and continued as single track up to Gholvad on 18 October 1900.^[1]

In 2002 Western Railway announced that it would extend the EMU service from Virar up to Dahanu Road.^[2] On 16 April 2013 Western Railway Started Services For Dahanu Road to Churchgate Using EMU Trains.^[3] In January 2012 the Vasai and Virar Municipal Corporation started litigation to force the railway to run direct services from Mumbai Churchgate to Dahanu Road, rather than making passengers change at Virar as at present. The railway replied that they did not have enough trains for through services and the tracks north of Virar were already too busy.^[4] In March 2012, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi announced additional services on the Virar-Dahanu Road railway.^[5]

Gallery

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  Dahanu Road railway station – Mumbai EMU local train
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  Dahanu Road railway station – Platform board
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  Dahanu Road railway station – Station board
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  Dahanu Road railway station – View from Platform 1
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  Dahanu Road railway station – Overview
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  Dahanu Road railway station – Reservation office

Major trains

The following trains stop at Dahanu Road railway station:

• Bandra Terminus–Dehradun Express
• Saurashtra Express
• Firozpur Janata Express
• Lok Shakti Express
• Gujarat Mail
• Flying Ranee
• Gujarat Superfast Express
• Ahimsa Express
• Bhagat Ki Kothi–Pune Express
• Veraval–Pune Express
• Amrapur Aravali Express
• Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (via Alappuzha)
• Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (via Kottayam)
• Sayajinagari Express
• Paschim Express