Goregaon ( �oːɾeɡaːʋ is a suburb of

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city, in the

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of India. It has a

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on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Line. An extension of the Harbour Line was completed in 2018 due to which it has regular trains to CSMT. This is in addition to existing trains to

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on the Western Line. Owing to rapid urbanization (mainly due to 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 at

Goregaon Goregaon (Help:IPA/Marathi, �oːɾeɡaːʋ is a suburb of Mumbai city, in the Mumbai Suburban district of India. It has a Goregaon railway station, railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Line (Mumbai Suburban Railwa ...

. Platforms 1 and 2 operate slow trains towards

and CSMT whereas Platform 7 operates fast trains towards

Transport

Goregaon Railway Station is the transport hub of Goregaon. The station currently has seven platforms, two of which are new harbor-line platforms, and was expanded as a part of the Harbour Line extension (under MUTP 2) from Andheri. 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 constructed

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connects one of the foot-over-bridges to S. V. Road near Citi Centre, a shopping complex near the M. G. Road junction.

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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 the

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construction work. There is a new flyover at Ram Mandir road, connecting Goregaon West and Goregaon East. In addition, Ram Mandir railway station is operational since December 2016. 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 to Bhandup.

Nature and conservation

Goregaon shares a boundary with the

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from the south-western side and is home to the Conservation Education Centre (CEC), run by the

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(BNHS). The area is home to a diverse flora and fauna. High-rises visible from Aarey Milk Colony in November 2013

Recent development on the eastern side has led to a huge amount of

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sightings and even the occasional attacks are not very rare and not just in the

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inside the

Aarey Milk Colony Aarey Milk Colony is within Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). Of which 25.6% (812 acres) are classified as mixed moist deciduous type forest. It acts as a buffer between SGNP and the city, being one of the few green spaces (spread over 2000 ac ...

but also in large residential colonies like Nagari Nivara Parishad.

Education

Colleges

* Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research * Patkar-Varde College

Schools

* Oberoi International School * Vibgyor High School * Gokuldham High School and Junior College * A. B. Goregaonkar High School * St. Thomas Academy * Pragnya Bodhini High School * Vivek Vidyalaya & Junior College

References

{{Mumbai metropolitan area Suburbs of Mumbai Mumbai Suburban district