Dockyard Road is a railway station on the Central Railway (Harbour Line) of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. It is the stop closest to the Mazagon Dock Limited.

This station gives access to Mazagaon area. There is a sales tax office at a walking distance of 15 minutes from this station.

Dockyard Road is a part of Mazgaon.

Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line)
Next station south:Sandhurst Road
Next station north: Reay Road
Stop No: 4 from Mumbai CST

Reay Road, named after Lord Reay, who was the Governor of Bombay between 1885 and 1890, is a railway station on the Central Railway (Harbour Line) of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. The train passes under a road connecting to both sides of station.

The bakery for the Britannia brand of bread is in this area. There is forging mill next to the station. The station gives access to the shops of wholesale iron merchants, called stockists. They stock the iron beams, rods, plates etc in the nearby warehouses and trade from there. This place is also a source for traders depending on ship breaking industry.

Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line)
Next station south:Dockyard Road
Next station north: Cotton Green
Stop No: 5 from Mumbai CST

Cotton Green is the name of a suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway. It lies along the Harbour Line which is a part of the famous Central Railway which was in the bygone days called "The Great Indian Peninsular Railway".

The station is probably named Cotton Green since barely a few metres from the railway station, facing east, is a huge beautiful Art Deco building of "Cotton Exchange" and a series of warehouses which used to store grains. So the name "Cotton Green" is derived from the words Cotton and Grains.

The Cotton Exchange was built in the year 1844 and used for trading in Cotton till early 20th century. (Thanks to the American Civil war, which stopped the trade of American slave-trader cotton). The building has a minty green colour, and is being demolished. The building is a stunning example of engineering and has not needed any maintenance except replacement of glass windows which are shattered by cricket balls as kids play cricket on roads around the building.

The railway station caters to the area called Kalachowki, Ferbandar and Ghodapdeo. Kalachowki is a big residential area comprising of a colony called "Abhyudaya Nagar" which has 43 Mhada built buildings which were made for the worker class who used to work in Textile Mills in and around the area.

The colony has now turned into a prime residential property which Mhada no more owns and because of its proximity to Mumbai's prime central areas such as Dadar (15 mins by vehicle) and Parel, Lower parel and Worli(20-25 odd mins by vehicle)

Kalachowki also has another as big colony called "Labour Docks" which was owned by Mhada.

The area has seen a steep rise in realty prices in past 2-3 years and has become home to several high rises (as high as 30 floors).

Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line)
Next station south: Reay Road
Next station north: Sewri
Stop No: 6 from Mumbai CST

Sewri is a suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway.

Neighbouring stations: Cotton Green, Wadala Road.

Sewri (pronounced as Shivdi) was a small hamlet on the eastern shore of the Parel island, one of the original seven islands that formed Mumbai. Sewri has a fort that dates back to 1770. The Agri-Horticultural Society had established gardens at Sewri, which were acquired in 1865 by Arthur Crawford, then the Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, for building a European cemetery. Large parts of Sewri belong to the Bombay Port Trust and were incorporated into the harbour facilities. In 1996, the mangrove swamps of Sewri were declared a protected ecology. This mangroves and its surrounding areas attract lot of Flamingos from other parts of India for breeding purpose. These flamingoes arrive at the mudflats from the months of October to March every year. These mudflats are near sewri jetty which is around 20 mins walk from the station.

On coming out of the station towards the east end, there are a number of gusto industrial units especially of Petrochemical industries. On the west side, there are a number of well known housing societies like SEWRI koliwada,BDD Chawls,Dnyaneshwar Nagar, Shivaji Nagar, Gulmohar Society, Labour Camp and Bhatwadi. The market area is called "Sewri Naka". Since it is situated in central Mumbai, it is quite conveniently located and is at equal distance from both North Mumbai and South Mumbai.

In the recent years a lot of construction activity has been taking place in this area due to opening up of mill lands and the Mumbai Port Trust area.A trans-harbour link from Sewri to Nhava Sheva(Sewri-Nhava Sheva transharbour link) is due to come up at it

The largest christian cemetery in Mumbai, Sewri Christian Cemetery is located here.

It is a quiet place and mostly populated by Hindus, Christians and Muslims.

Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line)
Next station south: Cotton Green
Next station north: Vadala Road
Stop No: 7 from Mumbai CST

Wadala Road is a station on the Harbour Line of Mumbai's railway network.

Marathi: वडाळा रोड

Wadala is also known to house people of different religions such as Hindus, Christians, Muslims and Parsis, all living together harmoniously. In terms of languages too, the area consists of people who speak Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam with each language commanding a significant number of speakers.

Wadala has several schools and some of the finest colleges such as the prestigious Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (V.J.T.I)‡, The University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT - The name has now been changed to University Institute of Chemical Technology, UICT) and Khalsa College, located near one another. SNDT Women's University, Dr. Ambedkar Commerce & Law College also has a campus in Wadala West.

Overview

Wadala is the only station in the whole of Mumbai that connects you to the Western, Central as well as Harbour lines. It is home to one of the oldest treatment center for Leprosy established during British rule, known as Ackworth Leprosy Hospital. Part of the sprawling complex is now given over to an AIDS Organization. This area happens to house a variety of flora and fauna.

The Five Gardens is also a major green lung to the city. Wadala also has the "Rocket Garden" another park which has now undergone a transformation from its weedy days. Asia's largest Government Colony, the Central Govt Housing Quarters, are in Wadala West.

Shrines & Worship

Wadala is also known for Churches, Temples, Dargas. Five minutes from the station is the 400 year old Lord Vitthal Temple built by Sant Tukaram who brought the idol from Pandharpur—the original birthplace of Lord Vithal. The temple is known as ‘Prati Pandharpur’ (Pandharpur temple’s replica). One of the biggest one day festival in Mumbai is been held around this temple to devote Lord Vitthal on Ashadhi Ekadashi (According to Hindu Calendar) in June/July. Near by the temple the 15th-century Lord Ram temple and the Hanuman temple are also situated. People from all over Mumbai come to these temples to offer their prayers.

The famous St. Joseph Church (Our lady of Dolours Church) is situated on the D.S Barretto Road, between Five Gardens and Wadala station. Many Christians are situated in Wadala most of them are east indian catholics. Manglorean Christians, South-Indian Christians and Protestants are also found in the inviting environs of Wadala.

Few know that Wadala (East) houses two cemeteries - the Bahá'í Cemetery and the Chinese Cemetery. These cemeteries were laid out in Wadala a long time ago, for the same reason that the Ackworth Leprosy Home was built at Wadala - in those days it was a "distant suburb of the happening city".

Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line)
Next station south: Sewri
Next station north: Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar
Stop No: 8 from Mumbai CST
KM from starting: 9
Platforms: 2

Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line)
Next station south: Sewri
Next station north: King's Circle
Stop No: 8 from Mumbai CST
KM from starting: 9
Platforms: 1

Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar, Mumbai (Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar) is a suburb of Bombay, named after the ninth Sikh Guru Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji, the ninth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism.

This region is populated by many Punjabi and Sikh migrants and has many Sikh Gurudwaras. Dasmesh Darbar is the largest Gurudwara in this area. Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar is also known as mini-Punjab.

The place also has many Kolis reciding there. Hence it is also known as Koliwada.

Location

Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar (also known as Sion Koliwada or simply Koliwada) is in North Mumbai. Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar is also a station on harbour local line of mumbai rail. It is situated near the King's Circle and Mahim junction local railway stations.

Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar Mumbai has a college started by the Sikh community of this area called Guru Nanak Khalsa College, King's Circle (Matunga), affiliated to Mumbai University.

Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar is also known for its seafood eateries.

Notable former residents

Akshay Kumar

Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line)
Next station south: Vadala Road
Next station north: Chunabhatti
Stop No: 9 from Mumbai CST

Chunabhatti is a suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Harbour line.

Chunabhatti (Chuna - lime, bhatti - kiln) is home to the first cotton mill in Mumbai (Bombay), which was registered in 1886 as 'Swadeshi Mills' by late Jamshedji Tata.

Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line)
Next station south:Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar
Next station north: Kurla
Stop No: 10 from Mumbai CST
KM from starting: 13 

Govandi is a rail station on Mumbai, India's Central Railway's Harbour Line route.

Govandi (East), with Postal PIN Code 400088, has excellent infrastructure, with close road connectivty to Sion-Trombay Highway, on the Eastern side. Deonar Village is home to the Deonar Telecom Exchange, adjacent to the Sion-Trombay Highway. The Telecom Factory road, leading to the Deonar Village, is home to contemporary modern housing complexes such as Raheja Acropolis, Dutt Guru CHS, Sai Simran Apartments, Neelkanth Towers etc. The Indian Institute of Population Sciences is also located in the same vicinity. The lush green belt is also home to a few corporate houses such as Spanco BPO, Lakme, USV Ltd etc.

Govandi (West) however, is in stark contrast to Govandi (East). Govandi (West) hosts India's (supposedly) largest abattoir. Govandi (West), which also houses Deonar, has most of the colonies provided by the government to their staff. One of them is Teachers colony (for Municipal school teachers). Municpal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has about 90% of staff quarters located here. Govandi (West) also houses a few cottage and small scale industries. Also housed are 600 Tenaments, with the New Deonar Municipal Colony, which have the biggest compound in Mumbai.

The notable landmark for Govandi (West) are the Deonar Municipal Colony, Deonar Slaughter house, Shivaji Nagar, Baigan Wadi and Tata Nagar; the Postal PIN Code being 400043. It also has many Pharma companies such as Hindustan Bilogicals. Govandi (East) has its own Fire Station which serves the nearby areas. It also has Firemen colonies.

Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line)
Next station south: Chembur
Next station north: Mankhurd
Stop No: 14 from Mumbai CST

Mankhurd is a suburb of Mumbai. The township lies on the Harbour Line and is the last stop in the city before New Mumbai. After Mankhurd, trains cross the Vashi Bridge before reaching Vashi, in New Mumbai. Mankhurd also has a railway line run by the Bombay Port Trust.

Unlike many of the railway stations in Mumbai, which have 'east' and 'west' sides, this station has a 'north' and 'south' side on either side of the railway track. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre's employee township "Anushakti Nagar", Naval Employee's Township, Mandala and Trombay are some nearby accessible places from the south side of this train station. BEST (Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport) public buses serve this station. Metered and non-metered auto rickshaws are common sight outside the station.

The area is dirty due to the presence of a large number of slums. The surrounding region near the creek is covered by acres of mangrove swamps.

Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line)
Next station south: Govandi
Next station north: Vashi
Stop No: 15 from Mumbai CST

Kurla is a major suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of one the busiest railway stations on the Mumbai suburban railway on the central and harbour railway lines of Mumbai. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT)
(near Kurla) is a train terminus for some out-station passenger/express trains.

History

The name of Kurla has originated from a name of a small fish "Kurli". This suburb is built on a seawater where earlier these small fishes were found.

In actual terms, suburb Kurla is called to be as Coorla. Kurla in Salsette, a station on the Peninsula railway ten miles north-east of Bombay, is with six other villages, Mohili, Kolikalyan, Marol, Shahar, Asalpe, and Parjapur, the property of Mr. Ardeshir Hormasji Wadia, a Parsi merchant of Bombay, who pays for them a yearly quit-rent of £358 (Rs. 3587). The villages were originally given, in 1808, to Mr. Hormasji Bamanji Wadia in exchange for a piece of land near the Apollo pier gate in Bombay. The difference between the value of the villages and of the ground in Bombay, £864 (Rs. 8640), was at first paid yearly to Government. It was redeemed and the estate conveyed in fee simple in 1840-41. Kurla has two cotton mills, one of them, the Dharamsi Punjabhai being the largest cotton spinning and weaving mill in the Presidency, with 92,094 spindles and 1280 looms and a capital of £600,000 (Rs. 60,00,000). It employs about 3550 workmen and pays in wages about £40,000 (Rs. 4,00,000) a year. The other is the Kurla Spinning and Weaving Mill with a capital of £130,000 (Rs. 13,00,000). The village has a population of 9715, about half of them mill-hands, the rest chiefly fishers, husbandmen, and salt-makers. The Christians, who number about 1500, have a church of the Holy Cross, built during Portuguese rule and rebuilt in 1848. It measures 125 feet long, forty-seven broad, and forty-five high. It is in good order and has a vicarage attached, with a vicar who has a monthly Government allowance of £1 (Rs. 10). Attached to the church is a school, with an average attendance of thirty-three boys who are taught reading, writing, arithmetic, Christian doctrine, and music. The master plays the violin in church. The owner of the village, Mr. Ardeshir Hormasji Wadia, contributes 12s. (Rs. 6) a month to the expense of the school. On a small hill, about ten minutes' walk from the church, is a cross believed to have miraculous power. The municipality, which was started in 1878, had, in 1880-81, an income of £325 (Rs.3248) from house, mill, and lime kiln taxes, representing a taxation of 8d. (5 annas 4 pies) a head. The expenditure during the same year was £213 (Rs. 2135), of which £126 (Rs. 1257) went in scavenging. The station traffic returns show an increase in passengers from 162,268 in 1872 to 336,898 in 1880, and in goods from 594 to 8973 tons.

The Mithibai Hormasji Wadia Dispensary was built by Mr. Bamanji Hormasji Wadia in 1855, and endowed by him with £1200 (Rs. 12,000). It is in charge of an assistant surgeon, and, in 1880-81, had an attendance of 7367 out-patients. The salt pans cover an area of about 66 acres and yield a yearly revenue of £3418 (Rs. 34,180). There is also a considerable manufacture of shell lime. Kurla is connected with Sion on Bombay island by the Sion causeway, which bears the following inscription: ' This causeway was begun in May 1798 and was finished in January 1805, during the administration of the Honourable Jonathan Duncan Esquire. It cost £5037 (Rs. 50,374). It was doubled in width, and other improvements added, in 1826, under the government of the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, at a further cost of £4000 (Rs. 40,000). The causeway was originally constructed under the superintendence of Captain William Brooks of the Engineers, and the additions and improvements made in 1826 under that of Captain William Tate of the same corps.'

Kurla was a place of some consequence under the Portuguese, and, after their overthrow by the Marathas (1740), became the seat of the native Vicar General of Salsette.(from Thane Gazzeteer)

In 1918, the Bombay city limits were expanded out to Kurla. A new railway line connecting Kurla to Chembur was constructed and then extended to Mankhurd. A spate of building activity took place in the 1920s. Kurla railway station has railway lines connected from both the Central Railway and Harbour railway.

The Bandra-Kurla Commercial Complex added to the commercial value of Kurla.

Prominent business communities in Kurla are Marwaries, Kutchhies, Sindhies, Patels and Gujaraties. Kurla has a large number of muslim population.