Goregaon | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
 The Oberoi Mall and Commerz tower (Westin Hotel), Goregaon, Mumbai. | |
  Goregaon | |
| Coordinates:19°09′18″N72°51′00″E / 19.155°N 72.85°E /19.155; 72.85 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Mumbai Suburban |
| City | Mumbai |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 400062, 400104 (West), 400063 (East), 400097 (Gokuldham) |
| Area code | 022 |
| Vehicle registration | MH-47 |
| Lok SabhaConstituency | Mumbai North West (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| Vidhan SabhaConstituency | Goregaon(covers western part of the suburb) Dindoshi(covers eastern part of the suburb) |
Goregaon ([ɡoːɾeɡaːʋ]) is a suburb ofMumbai city, in theMumbai Suburban district ofMaharashtra, India. It has arailway station on theMumbai Suburban Railway on theWestern Line. An extension of theHarbour Line was completed in 2018, due to which it has regular trains to CSMT. This is in addition to the existing trains toChurchgate on the Western Line. Owing to rapid urbanization (mainly due to the construction of metro lines) and the growing population of metropolitan Mumbai, Goregaon, which was once a hilly forest region, is now a crowded suburb of Mumbai.
Mumbai local trains originate and terminate atGoregaon. Platforms 1 and 2 operate slow trains towardsChurchgate andCSMT whereas, Platform 7 operates fast trains towardsChurchgate.
Goregaon Railway Station is the transport hub of Goregaon. The station currently has sevenplatforms, two of which are new harbor-line platforms, and was expanded as a part of the Harbour Line extension (under MUTP 2) from Andheri.[1] The expansion, involving two additional platforms and an elevated deck with passenger amenities (on the western side of the existing station) was completed in 2018.
A recently constructedskywalk connects one of thefoot-over-bridges toS. V. Road near Citi Centre, a shopping complex near the M. G. Road junction.BEST has bus stations on both the Western and the Eastern sides of the railway station. Goregaon Bus Depot, however, is located away from the railway station, on Link Road. The link road has seen an increase in the traffic of late after the commencement of theMumbai Metro construction work.
There is a flyover named Mrinal Tai Gore Flyover at Ram Mandir road, connecting Goregaon West and Goregaon East.[2]It has been operational since 2016 and links theWestern Express Highway(WEH) in Goregaon East to the Ram Mandir Junction in Goregaon West. In addition,Ram Mandir railway station is operational since December 2016.[3] The next important transport project for Goregaon will be the GMLR (Goregaon Mulund Link Road) which will be a 5km underground road consisting of two tunnels each having three lanes. This road will link Goregaon toBhandup.[4]
Goregaon shares a boundary with theSanjay Gandhi National Park from the south-western side and is home to theConservation Education Centre (CEC), run by theBombay Natural History Society (BNHS).[5] The area is home to a diverse flora and fauna.
Recent development on the eastern side has led to a huge amount ofdeforestation.Leopard sightings and even the occasional attacks[6][7][8][9] are not very rare and not just in thehamlets inside theAarey Milk Colony but also in largeresidential colonies like Nagari Nivara Parishad.