Mira Road railway station
Mira Road (Pronunciation: [miɾaː]; station code: MIRA) is a passenger railway station located at Mira Road, a suburb in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai. It is situated between Borivali and Bhayandar stations on the Western line, of Mumbai Suburban Railway. The route of the station is located between the salt pan towards the western zone of the suburb leading towards Bhayandar. Platform 1 and 3 are for north bound trains towards Bhayandar, Vasai Road and Virar while platform 2 and 4 are for south bound trains towards Borivali, Andheri, Bandra, Dadar and Churchgate. Slow trains use platform 1 and 2 (with an exemption of Fast trains originating and terminating from Bhayandar & Vasai Road which also use the same platforms) while 3 and 4 are used by Fast trains originating from Virar.
Mira Road station consists of four side platforms, divided into two sections by the twin bores of the station; a skywalk serving the commuters to Shanti Nagar and Naya Nagar zone. Trains serve the station 22 hours a day every day; the headway between trains is 5 minutes during peak periods, with less than 10 mins service at other times. Mira Road station is also served by three bus services including BEST Transport, MBMT Transport and TMT Transport buses, serving the areas of Western Suburbs, Mumbai City District, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Mira Bhayandar. [3]
An escalator has also been installed (at P.F. No. 2/3) to the middle FOB and new ticket counter near the southern end of Platform No. 4 have been initiated on 28 August 2019 by Shiv Sena politician Mr. Rajan Vichare. P.F. No. 1 has been extended to handle 15-coach Down Locals. Three escalators have been installed at P.F. 1, P.F. 2/3 & P.F. 4 to the southern FOB.
Currently, a new staircase is under construction on the southern FOB towards the southern side of Platform No. 1. A new foot-over bridge is under construction between middle and north FOBs along with construction of wide deck which will connect the middle FOB with northernmost FOB above Platform No. 1. While widening of Platform No. 1 is under progress from 6 metres to 10 metres. The ticket counter at the northernmost FOB has been shifted to north side of Platform No. 4. Also, the 6 metre wide north FOB will be dismantled and MRVC is expected to construct another 10 metre FOB instead. The estimated cost of this project is 90 crores & the construction work is expected to complete by December 2025.
Wi-fi's have also been installed on all platforms.
It is one of the most busiest & crowded railway stations during peak hours in the Western Line of Mumbai Suburban Railways (Locals).
Development
In 2015, MMRDA authorities had implemented that Mira Road station will be developed along with other railway stations from the Central and Harbour lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway with the installations of escalators, footover bridges and elevators.[4]
References
- Manthank Mehta (14 June 2015). "Western Railway commuter traffic grows the fastest in Nalasopara". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- Manthank Mehta (4 January 2016). "Most WR trips started from Borivli, station earned nearly Rs 17L per day last yr". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- Nikita Peer (26 May 2012). "Mira Road all set to become most sought-after residential destinations". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- Shashank Rao (27 February 2015). "A railway budget to bring Mumbai back on track". Mid-Day. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
