Bhiwandi Road is a railway station in Thane, India, on the Vasai RoadâÂÂDivaâÂÂPanvel route of the Central Railway, of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. The Bhiwandi station lies on the VasaiâÂÂDiva corridor, between the Western Line and Central line. A Mainline (MEMU) service runs from to . Computerised reservation services has been installed at this station obviating the need to go to Kalyan for tickets.
The platforms at Bhiwandi Road railway station are very spacious. There are 5 platforms. The trains towards & Diva halt at platform 1, 2 or 3 and the train moving towards Vasai Road halt at platform 4 or 5. A Decent number of trains halt at Bhiwandi.
There was a necessity for a suburban rail line for Bhiwandi. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority started to construct the Orange Line 5 of the Mumbai Metro through Bhiwandi.
History
In British times, sweet sugarcane was spread from Saltbunder road to Bhiwandi. In this area railway was stopped by the British for transporting salt by freight.
Train statistics
- Number of halting trains :51
- Number of originating trains :0
- Number of terminating trains :0
Major trains
- 61002-Dombivli-Boisar MEMU
- 69164-Dahanu RoadâÂÂPavel MEMU
- 69165-PanvelâÂÂVasai Road MEMU
- 61003-Vasai RoadâÂÂDiva MEMU
- 61004-DivaâÂÂVasai Road MEMU
- 61005-Vasai RoadâÂÂDiva MEMU
- 61006-DivaâÂÂVasai Road MEMU
- 61007-Vasai RoadâÂÂDiva MEMU
- 61008-DivaâÂÂVasai Road MEMU
- 61009-Vasai RoadâÂÂDiva MEMU
- 61021-Vasai Diva MEMU Not on Sunday & Saturday
- 61022-DivaâÂÂVasai MEMU Not on Sunday & Saturday
- 69166-Vasai RoadâÂÂPanvel MEMU
- 69167-PanvelâÂÂVasai Road MEMU
- 69168-VasaiâÂÂPanvel MEMU
- 69161-PanvelâÂÂDahanu Road MEMU
- 19201âÂÂSecunderabad Porbandar Weekly Express
- 19202âÂÂSecunderabad Express
- 17017âÂÂSecunderabad Express
- 17018-Rajkot Express
- 16613-Coimbatore Express
- 19311-PuneâÂÂIndore Express
- 19312-IndoreâÂÂPune Express
- 22943-PuneâÂÂIndore SF Express
- 22944-IndoreâÂÂPune SF Express
- 16506-Gandhidham Express
- 16507-KSR Bengaluru Express
- 16335-Nagercoil Weekly Express
- 16336-Gandhidham Express
- 16333-Thiruvananthapuram Express
- 16337-OkhaâÂÂErnakulam- Express
- 16338-ErnakulamâÂÂOkha Express
- 11049-SCSMT Kolhapur Express
- 11050-Ahmedabad Express
- 16505-KSR Bengaluru Express
- 16507-KSR Bengaluru Express
- 16508-Jodhpur Express
- 16531-KSR Bengaluru Express
- 16532-Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express
- 11087-VeravalâÂÂPune Express
- 11088-PuneâÂÂVeraval Express
- 11089-Pune Express
- 11090-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
- 11092-PuneâÂÂBhuj Express
- 11095-Pune Ahimsa Express
- 11096-Ahmedabad Ahimsa Express
- 16209-AjmerâÂÂMyusuru Express
- 16210-MysuruâÂÂAjmer Express
Facilities
The platforms are well sheltered. The station is well connected by auto. It provides parking facilities. Smart card-based booking is also installed in the station.
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