Byculla railway station
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Byculla (station code: BY) is railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. It is located in the neighbourhood of Byculla.
The station is a Grade-I heritage structure. The other 4 railway stations on Mumbai's heritage list include Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Western Railways Headquarters Building (Churchgate), Bandra railway station and Reay Road railway station.[1]
All the fast trains halt at Byculla station both during peak hours and normal time.
Etymology
The name Byculla appears to have derived from word Bhay(Marathi:भाय = Bawa) & khala(Marathi:खळा = area to store grains), Meaning Priest's Grain storage.[2][unreliable source?]
History
Byculla was one of the original stations when the Bombay–Thane railway was inaugurated in April 1853. It had been built as a wooden structure the year before, but took on its current form in 1857.[3] The first locomotive was brought to Mumbai through street of Byculla and around 200 laborers pulled it.[2]
Byculla is a WiFi Station
Central Railway has install WiFi on platform 1 & 2. It has become helpful for many navigator people for navigation.
References
- ^ "Mumbai Metropolitan Region – Heritage Conservation Society's Regulation Guidelines" (PDF). MMR-HCS. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
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- ^ "Architecture + design". 12. 1995: 251.
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