Dahanu Road is a railway station near the town of

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. It lies on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is the northern limit of the Suburban network, although the track continues north to Gholvad and beyond.

History

A table listing the elevations of stations and major bridges along the line was published in the journal ''The Bombay Builder'' on 5th April 1867 mentions a station around 13 km from Boisur ( Boisar) by the name of Dhanoo Road (referring to this station) along the line. This suggests that the station was opened sometime around that year. The railway was extended as a double track from Palghar to Dahanu Road on 17 January 1898 and continued as single track up to Gholvad on 18 October 1900. In 2002 Western Railway announced that it would extend the EMU service from Virar up to Dahanu Road. On 16 April 2013 Western Railway Started Services For Dahanu Road to Churchgate Using EMU Trains. In January 2012 the Vasai and Virar Municipal Corporation started litigation to force the railway to run direct services from Mumbai Churchgate to Dahanu Road, rather than making passengers change at Virar as at present. The railway replied that they did not have enough trains for through services and the tracks north of Virar were already too busy. In March 2012, Railway Minister

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announced additional services on the Virar-Dahanu Road railway.

Gallery

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Major trains

The following trains stop at Dahanu Road railway station: *

Bandra Terminus–Dehradun Express Bandra (Indian English, æːɳɖɾa is a coastal suburb located in Mumbai, the largest city of the Konkan division in Maharashtra, India. The area is located to the immediate north of the River Mithi, which separates Bandra from the Mumbai C ...

Saurashtra Express The 19015 / 19016 Saurashtra Express is an express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 19015 from Dadar Western to Porbandar and as train number 19016 in the reverse direction. It is ...

Firozpur Janata Express The 19023 / 19024 Firozpur Janta Express was an Express train belonging to Indian Railways that ran between and Firozpur Cantonment in India. It operated as train number 19023 from Mumbai Central to Firozpur Cantonment and as train number 190 ...

Lok Shakti Express The 22927 / 22928 Lok Shakti Express is an express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Bandra Terminus and Ahmedabad in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 22927 from Bandra Terminus to Ahmedabad and as t ...

* Gujarat Mail *

Flying Ranee The 12921/12922 ''Flying Ranee'' is a superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between (MMCT) and (ST) in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12922 from Surat to Mumbai Central and as train number ...

Gujarat Superfast Express The 22953 / 22954 Gujarat Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Rai ...

Ahimsa Express The 22185/22186 Ahimsa Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 22185/22186 train numbers on a weekly basis. It operates as train number 22185 from Ahmedabad ...

* Bhagat Ki Kothi–Pune Express *

Veraval–Pune Express The 11087 / 11088 Veraval-Pune Express is an express train of the Indian Railways connecting Pune Junction railway station, Pune in Maharashtra and Veraval Junction railway station, Veraval Junction of Saurashtra (region), Saurashtra. It is cur ...

* Amrapur Aravali Express * Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (via Alappuzha) *

Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (via Kottayam) The 22653 /22654 Thiruvananthapuram Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Superfast Express is an express train belonging to Indian Railways – Southern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 22653 from Thiruvanantha ...

* Sayajinagari Express * Paschim Express

Notes and references

{{Mumbai – Suburban Railway, Western Transport in Palghar Railway stations in India opened in 1898 Mumbai WR railway division Railway stations in Palghar district Mumbai Suburban Railway stations