Thane railway station


Thane is a major railway station of the Indian Railways. Located in Maharashtra, It is one of the busiest railway stations in India., Thane railway station handles 600,000 people daily. More than 1,000 trains visit the station each day, including around 180 long distance trains. The station has ten platforms. It is the origin and destination station of all the trans-harbour suburban trains.

History

Thane railway station was the terminus for the first ever passenger train in India. On 16 April 1853, the first passenger train service was inaugurated from , Mumbai to Thane. Covering a distance of, it was hauled by three locomotives: Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan, and carried around 400 passengers.

Platforms

  1. - For UP Thane trains
  2. - For DOWN slow trains
  3. - For UP and DOWN Thane trains
  4. - For UP slow/fast trains
  5. - For DOWN fast trains / Mail-Express trains
  6. - For UP fast trains / Mail-Express trains
  7. - For DOWN Mail-Express trains
  8. - For UP Mail-Express trains
  9. - For Thane - Vashi/Nerul/Panvel trains
  10. - 10A.- For Thane - Vashi/Nerul/Panvel trains