Dadar railway station is a major interchange railway stations on the Western Line ofMumbai Suburban Railway. It serves theDadar area inMumbai, India.
This railway station lies on both theCentral line named asDadar Central with station codeDR andWestern line named asDadar Western with station codeDDR. It is also a terminal forMumbai Suburban Railway as well asIndian Railways.[2]
Two roads are passes through parallel in the vicinity of Dadar railway station which is Senapati Bapat Marg on the Westside and Lakhamsi Nappu Road on the Eastside.
The original Dadar railway station of theGIP Railway (today'sCentral Railway) was inaugurated sometime between August and October 1853 as Mahim Rd railway station. It was renamed as Dadar on “1 October 1856”[3][4] Regular services to the station began in the same year on the GIPR line. A station named 'Dadur' existed on the first suburban train service of the erstwhileBB&CI Railway (today'sWestern Railway), when it began the service on 12 April 1867 (betweenBombay Backbay andViraur), suggesting the WR side station was established sometime in the 1860s.
On 1 January 1885, the BB&CIR and the GIPR signed an agreement that allowed the interchange of coaches and goods stock. The agreement provided each railway the privilege to use the others tracks via Dadur. BB&CIR was permitted to send its goods trains to Carnac Bunder on the GIPR side, while GIPR could use theColaba Terminus station. Further it agreed that in the event of public interest, a local passenger train service should be commenced between GIPR'sVictoria Terminus, and BB&CIR'sBandra station, via the Dadur Junction.[5]
The station was among the first (along with Currey Road) to receive colour light signalling in 1920.[6]
The Tilak bridge that spans over both the Western and Central lines was completed in August 1925, after 8 years of construction. It was named so after Independence. It was built to replace an old level crossing situated a quarter mile south of its present location.[7]
The Dadar through cabin was converted to colour signalling in February 1936, following similar endeavours around the stations like Mahim, Bandra, among others.[8]
On 10th August 1942, a large crowd gathered outside the station. This happened in the backdrop of the call for Quite India announced a few days back in Bombay, as well as the arrest of important leaders. The crowds barged into the station platforms, and people began greasing the rail tracks, and placing obstacles on them, to stop rail traffic. A police firing ensued, and several people were injured and killed.[9]
The express train Terminus on Central line side was constructed and opened on 1968.[10]
During theIndo-Pakistan War of 1971 a Jawan Canteen was established in the station to serve Indian soldiers. The Canteen was conducted by Wadala Junior Chambers (Founder- Gangaram Joshi), under the guidance ofNanik Rupani, who was the President at that time.[11][12] Trains began terminating and departing from Dadar from May 1974.
After decades, in 2009, the Midtown terminus of Dadar Western side was inaugurated for increasing more trains on the suburban route and long-distance route for decreasing a load of passengers.[13] And the side elevated road which is parallel to Midtown Terminus connects to Tilak Bridge for direct taxi's and another vehicle's movement, was inaugurated in 2014. The Cost for construction was₹30 crore (US$3.5 million).[14]
Dadar railway station has 14 platforms, In that, 7 platforms consist of the Western side which is two platforms of the slow suburban route, three platforms of the fast suburban route and the last two platforms are the terminus of the Suburban and Long Distance trains which are also known as Dadar Midtown Terminus.[15][16]
The remaining 7 platforms consist of the Central line, which is of two platforms on the slow suburban route, three platforms are on the fast suburban route with middle-fast suburban terminal, and the last two platforms are the terminus of long-distance trains which is also known as Dadar Central Terminus or Dadar Terminus.
This railway station is well connected with multiple walk ways and bridges for easier access of passengers crossing on either side.[17]
Dadar Western track layout | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This station layout comes underWestern Railway zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with seven tracks | Two Side & Three Island platforms Platforms 1 & 2 - Slow Local trains Platforms 3 to 5 - Fast Local trains | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dadar Central track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This station layout comes underCentral Railway zone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with seven tracks | One Side & Four Island platforms Platforms 8 & 9 - Slow Local trains Platforms 9A to 12 - Fast Local trains ** Platform 12 is also dedicated as Outstation Express trains towardsMumbai CSMT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G | North Entrance Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
| P WR zone | FOB,Side platform |P1 Doors will open on the left | |
| Platform 1 | Towards →Vasai Road /Dahanu Road Next Station:Matunga Road | |
| Platform 2 | Towards ←Mumbai Central /Churchgate Next Station:Prabhadevi | |
| FOB,Island platform |P2 & P3 Doors will open on the left Platforms 1 & 2 are dedicated for Slow Local trains | Platforms 3-5 are dedicated for Fast Local trains | ||
| Platform 3 | Towards →Vasai Road /Virar Next Station:Bandra | |
| Platform 4 | Towards ←Mumbai Central /Churchgate Next Station:Mumbai Central | |
| FOB,Island platform |P4 & P5 Doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 5 | Towards →Vasai Road /Virar Next Station:Bandra | |
| FOB,Island platform |P5 Doors will open on the right |P6 Doors will open on the left Platforms 6 & 7 are dedicated for Outstation Express trains | ||
| Platform 6 | Towards →Vasai Road /Virar | |
| Platform 7 | Towards →Vasai Road /Virar | |
| FOB,Side platform |P7 Doors will open on the left | ||
| P CR zone | Platform 8 | Towards →Karjat Junction /Khopoli Next Station:Matunga |
| Platform 9 | Towards ←Mumbai CSMT Next Station:Parel | |
| FOB,Island platform |P8 Doors will open on the right |P9 Doors will open on the left Platforms 8 & 9 are dedicated for Slow Local trains | Platforms 9A & 11 are dedicated for Fast Local trains | ||
| Platform 9A | Towards →Karjat Junction /Khopoli Next Station:Dombivli | |
| FOB,Island platform |P11 Doors will open on the left |P9A Doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 11 | Towards →Karjat Junction /Khopoli Next Station:Dombivli | |
| Platform 12 | Towards ←Mumbai CSMT Next Station:Byculla | |
| FOB,Island platform |P13 Doors will open on the right |P12 Doors will open on the left Platforms 11 & 12 are dedicated for Fast Local trains | Platforms 12-14 are dedicated for Outstation trains | ||
| Platform 13 | Towards →Kalyan Junction /Pune Junction | |
| FOB,Island platform |P14 Doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 14 | Towards →Kalyan Junction /Pune Junction | |
| G | South Entrance Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
There are multiple escalators available on both the sides for help in interchanging stations, which were inaugurated on 1 November 2013 on the Western line side byWestern Railway[18] And the remaining escalators were inaugurated on 21 January 2018 on the Central line side byCentral Railway.[19]
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Dadar is the busiest railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway network with an average of 211,888 passengers beginning their journey from this station per day contributing₹1,059,440 (US$13,000) of average daily revenue.[20]
In October 2012,CR announced plans to cease long-distance train services terminating at Dadar on the Central side within 5–6 years. The load would be transferred toLokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) by upgrading the number of platforms at LTT from five to 12.[21]
Dadar railway station handles a total of 88 long-distance trains. In which 12 trains are on the Western line side in which 3 long-distance trains originate and terminate atMidtown Terminus and 9 long-distance trains halt at the fast suburban route of Western line.[22][23]
Whereas, 76 trains are on the Central line side in which 11 long-distance trains originate and terminate atCentral Terminus and 65 long-distance trains halt at the fast suburban route of Central line.[24]
