Turbhe railway station explained


Turbhe
Type:Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Style:Mumbai Suburban Railway
Line:Trans-Harbour Line
Structure:Standard on-ground station
Platform:4
Opened:2004
Status:Active
Electrified:Yes
Code:TUH
Owned:Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Map Type:India#Mumbai
Map Dot Label:Turbhe
Map State:collapsed

Turbhe railway station is on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network near Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a junction station and is located in the node of Turbhe. The station is accessible from the Thane–Belapur road on the eastern side and the NMMT depot on the western side.

Turbhe is the fifth railway station on the Thane-Turbhe-Vashi/Nerul Rail Corridor, a 23-km-long corridor connecting Thane with Navi Mumbai. It is at a distance of 15 km from Thane railway station and 3 km from Vashi railway station. The station has been designed by Hafeez Contractor.[1] Like other stations on this corridor, Turbhe has double discharge facilities on all tracks with a width of 12 m for island platforms and 8 m for end platforms.[2] The station occupies an area of 15,000 square metres and has a parking capacity for 175 cars and 250 motorcycles.[3]

As of 2005, there were twelve services a day on this rail line in either direction. Currently, there are 88 services on either side from Vashi and Thane.

Notes and References

  1. News: Architect Hafeez Contractor Offers To Design 19 Railway Stations For Free. 16 December 2020. NDTV.com. 25 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Railway Projects. CIDCO. CIDCO. 6 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141010105534/http://www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/NM_Railway_Infrastuture.aspx#middel. 10 October 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Defining Strength. Sagar Business.in. 6 October 2014.