Harbour Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)

Harbour Line
Overview
System	Mumbai Suburban Railway
Status	1984–present
Locale	Mumbai, India
Termini	CST, Andheri, Panvel Thane, Nerul, Vashi
Stations	38
Daily ridership	1 million
Operation
Operator(s)	Central Railways
Character	At Grade and Elevated
Technical
Track gauge	1676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad Gauge

CR Harbour Line

Mumbai CST Masjid CR Main line to Kalyan Sandhurst Road (elevated) Dockyard Road Reay Road Cotton Green Sewri Wadala Road Kings Circle GTB Nagar Chunabhatti Mahim Bandra Kurla Harbour Khar Santacruz Vile Parle Andheri Tilak Nagar Chembur Govandi Mankhurd Thane Creek Vashi Sanpada Turbhe Kopar Khairane Ghansoli Rabale Airoli Thane Juinagar Nerul Seawoods To Uran CBD Belapur Kharghar Mansarovar Khandeshwar To Diva Panvel Konkan Railway

Major/interchange Stations

The Harbour Line is a branch of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. It is operated by Central Railways. It covers most of Navi Mumbai and the eastern areas of Mumbai. It has a total of 5 routes and 6 termini stations. It's termini are Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Andheri and Panvel on the CST-Andheri, CST-Panvel and Panvel-Andheri routes. It also has termini at Thane, Nerul and Vashi on the Thane-Vashi and Thane-Nerul routes.

All harbour line services operate as slow services. The line is a double line and therefore does not have any fast trains on it. A few sections on the line are known for slums, stench and filth along the tracks. The newly designed train stations in Navi Mumbai are a contrast with the old, congested and overcrowded stations within the Mumbai city limits

The line then splits from the main line at Sandhurst Road where the line becomes elevated up till Sewri. At Wadala Road, the line branches into two parts. The first line joins with the Western Line at Mahim and terminates at Andheri. The second line follows through Mankhurd into the city of Navi Mumbai, where it again branches out into two lines, one going to Thane and the other to Panvel. The first stop outside Mumbai is the township of Vashi. The harbour line shares a common station at Kurla with the Central Line, where it turns east towards Navi Mumbai. The Harbour line further bifurcates at Vashi into two lines — one rejoins the main lines at Thane, while the other continues to Panvel. A large section of the harbour line is elevated.

In 2004, a new line was opened to the public connecting Vashi to Thane without entering the city. This proved to be a boon for most commuters headed in either direction as travelling via Kurla was time consuming and required changing a train midway. Another line is in construction linking Uran to Nerul/Belapur.

About 580 services run daily on the Harbour Line. Approximately 172 of those run on the CST-Andheri route.

Work is currently underway to extend the Harbour Line up to Goregaon. It is expected to be completed by March 2014.

Routes

The Harbour Line consists of the following routes:

• CST - Andheri
• CST - Panvel (50 km)
• Andheri - Panvel
• Thane - Vashi (18.5 km)
• Thane - Nerul

Stations

(All Harbour Line services are slow.)

Harbour Line (CST - Wadala Road - Andheri/Panvel)
#	Station Name			Station Code	Connections
	English	Hindi	Marathi
1	Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus	छत्रपती शिवाजी टर्मिनस	छत्रपती शिवाजी टर्मिनस	ST	Central Line
2	Masjid Bunder		मशिद		Central Line
3	Sandhurst Road				Central Line
4	Dockyard Road				None
5	Reay Road				None
6	Cotton Green	कॉटन ग्रीन	कॉटन ग्रीन		None
7	Sewri		शिवडी		None
8	Wadala Road	वडाला रोड	वडाळा रोड	VD	To Andheri (Harbour Line)

At Wadala Road, the Harbour Line splits into two corridors; one going to Panvel and the other to Andheri.

Towards Panvel

Harbour Line (Wadala Road - Panvel)
#	Station Name			Station Code	Connections
	English	Hindi	Marathi
8	Wadala Road	वडाला रोड	वडाळा रोड	VD	To Panvel (Harbour Line)
9	Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar				None
10	Chunabhatti	चुनाभट्टी	चुनाभट्टी		None
11	Kurla	कुर्ला	कुर्ला	CH	Central Line
12	Tilak Nagar	टिलकनगर	टिळकनगर		None
13	Chembur	चेंबूर	चेंबूर	CM	None
14	Govandi	गोवंडी	गोवंडी		None
15	Mankhurd	मानखुर्द	मानखुर्द	M	None
16	Vashi	वाशी	वाशी	V	To Thane (Central Line)
17	Sanpada	सानपाडा	सानपाडा		None
18	Juinagar	जुईनगर	जुईनगर		None
19	Nerul	नेरूल	नेरूळ	NU	To Thane (Central Line)
20	Seawoods	सीवूड्स	सीवूड्स		None
21	CBD Belapur	सी.बी.डी. बेलापूर	सी.बी.डी. बेलापूर	BR	None
22	Kharghar	खारघर	खारघर		None
23	Mansarovar				None
24	Khandeshwar	खांदेश्वर	खांदेश्वर		None
25	Panvel	पनवेल	पनवेल	PL	None

Towards Andheri

Harbour Line (Wadala Road - Andheri)
#	Station Name			Station Code	Connections
	English	Hindi	Marathi
8	Wadala Road	वडाला रोड	वडाळा रोड	VD	To Panvel (Harbour Line)
9	King's Circle	किंग्ज सर्कल	किंग्ज सर्कल		None
10	Mahim	माहिम	माहिम		Western Line
11	Bandra	बान्दरा	वांद्रे	B	Western Line
12	Khar Road	खार रोड	खार रोड		Western Line
13	Santacruz	सांताक्रुझ	सांताक्रुझ		Western Line
14	Vile Parle	विले पार्ले	विले पार्ले		Western Line
15	Andheri	अंधेरी	अंधेरी	AD	Western Line

Other Lines

Thane - Vashi/Nerul Line

Thane - Vashi/Nerul
#	Station Name			Station Code	Connections
	English	Hindi	Marathi
1	Thane	ठाणे	ठाणे	T	Central Line
2	Airoli	ऐरोली	ऐरोली		None
3	Rabale				None
4	Ghansoli	घणसोली	घणसोली		None
5	Kopar Khairane	कोपर खैराणे	कोपर खैराणे		None
6	Turbhe	तुर्भे	तुर्भे		None
7	Sanpada†/Juinagar‡	सानपाडा/जुईनगर	सानपाडा/जुईनगर		None
8	Vashi/Nerul	वाशी/नेरूल	वाशी/नेरूळ	VD/NU	Central Line
† - when travelling from/to Vashi ‡ - when travelling from/to Nerul

See also

• Mumbai Suburban Railway
• List of Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
• Central Railway

External links

• Harbour, Western and Central local train timetable
• Harbour Line timetable (July 2010)
• All about Travelling in Mumbai, including Harbour Railway, Local Train Timetable
• HARBOUR Railway local Train Timetable