Bhiwandi Road is a railway station in Thane, India, on the Vasai Road–Diva–Panvel route of the Central Railway, of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. The Bhiwandi station lies on the Vasai–Diva 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.Rajya Sabha, Synopsis of Debates (Special Mentions IV)
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 Road–Pavel MEMU 69165-Panvel–Vasai Road MEMU 61003-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU 61004-Diva–Vasai Road MEMU 61005-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU 61006-Diva–Vasai Road MEMU 61007-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU 61008-Diva–Vasai Road MEMU 61009-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU 61021-Vasai Diva MEMU Not on Sunday & Saturday 61022-Diva–Vasai MEMU Not on Sunday & Saturday 69166-Vasai Road–Panvel MEMU 69167-Panvel–Vasai Road MEMU 69168-Vasai–Panvel MEMU 69161-Panvel–Dahanu Road MEMU 19201–Secunderabad Porbandar Weekly Express 19202–Secunderabad Express 17017–Secunderabad Express 17018-Rajkot Express 16613-Coimbatore Express 19311-Pune–Indore Express 19312-Indore–Pune Express 22943-Pune–Indore SF Express 22944-Indore–Pune SF Express 16506-Gandhidham Express 16507-KSR Bengaluru Express 16335-Nagercoil Weekly Express 16336-Gandhidham Express 16333-Thiruvananthapuram Express 16337-Okha–Ernakulam- Express 16338-Ernakulam–Okha 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-Veraval–Pune Express 11088-Pune–Veraval Express 11089-Pune Express 11090-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express 11092-Pune–Bhuj Express 11095-Pune Ahimsa Express 11096-Ahmedabad Ahimsa Express 16209-Ajmer–Myusuru Express 16210-Mysuru–Ajmer 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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