Turbhe railway station

Turbhe तुर्भे
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
The station structure was designed by Hafeez Contractor
Coordinates	19°04′34″N 73°01′04″E / 19.076121°N 73.017755°ECoordinates: 19°04′34″N 73°01′04″E / 19.076121°N 73.017755°E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Harbour Line
Platforms	4
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Other information
Fare zone	Central Railways
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   MSR   Following station Kopar Khairane toward Thane Trans-Harbour Line Sanpada toward Vashi Trans-Harbour Line Juinagar toward Nerul
Location
Turbhe Location within Mumbai

Turbhe railway station is on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. 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. 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.^[1] The station occupies an area of 15,000 square metres and has a parking capacity for 175 cars and 250 motorcycles.^[2]

As of 2005, there were 12 services a day on this rail line in either direction. Currently, there are 88 services on either side from Vashi and Thane.

References

1. CIDCO. "Railway Projects". Retrieved 6 October 2014.
2. Sagar Business.in. "Defining Strength" (PDF). Retrieved 6 October 2014.