Vidyavihar
Vidyavihar is a small suburb of Mumbai. It has a railway station with the same name on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Central Railway line. The area consists of mainly the Somaiya Vidyavihar campus , an English medium high school and a few residential buildings.
Vidyavihar | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
  Vidyavihar | |
| Coordinates: 19.080°N 72.896°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Mumbai Suburban |
| City | Mumbai |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Area code | 022 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ghatkopar |
Vidyavihar station has two platforms, which are generally crowded during college hours. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus falls very near to the station.
There are many business parks here, hence there is crowd during office hours. There are also many hotels and educational institutes.It comes between Kurla and Ghatkopar being as a link between them.
Transport
Roadways
Commuters travel through public transport, i.e. bus, auto-rickshaw, taxi, etc.
Railways
Vidyavihar station falls on the central railway line, on which local trains run between CST & Karjat or Khopoli.