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These eight stations are positioned on the Western, Central and Harbour traces of Mumbai’s suburban community operated by the Central Railway and the Western Railway. (File Picture: PTI)
Sandhurst Street station has been thought-about as two stations because it serves each Central and Harbour traces.After the legislative sanction, the proposal will likely be despatched to the Union Dwelling Ministry and the Railway Ministry
The Maharashtra cupboard on Wednesday cleared a proposal to alter the British-era names of eight suburban railway stations in Mumbai. The choice was taken on the cupboard assembly chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
These eight stations are positioned on the Western, Central and Harbour traces of Mumbai’s suburban community operated by the Central Railway and the Western Railway. As per the proposal, Currey Street station will likely be renamed as Lalbaug, Sandhurst Street station as Dongri, Marine Traces station as Mumbadevi, Charni Street station as Girgaon, Cotton Inexperienced station will likely be Kalachowki, Dockyard Street station as Mazgaon and Kings Circle as Tirthankar Parshwanath.
Sandhurst Street station has been thought-about as two stations because it serves each Central and Harbour traces.After the legislative sanction, the proposal will likely be despatched to the Union Dwelling Ministry and the Railway Ministry.
The state authorities has already despatched a proposal to rename Mumbai Central station as Nana Jagannath Shankarsheth station to the Union authorities. In 2017, the Union authorities renamed the Elphinstone Street suburban station within the metropolis, which took its title from Lord Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay Presidency from 1853 to 1860, as Prabhadevi station after the close by Prabhadevi temple.
A number of days earlier than that, the title of the enduring Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in south Mumbai was modified with the addition of honorific ‘Maharaj’. After the addition, it turned Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT). It was as soon as often called Victoria Terminus, after Queen Victoria of Nice Britain.
