Marine Lines is a locality in

South Mumbai South Mumbai, colloquially SoBo from South Bombay in Anglo-Indian English, administratively the Mumbai City District, is the city centre and the southernmost precinct of Greater Bombay. It extends from Colaba to Mahim and Sion neighbour ...

. The name ''Marine Lines'' is derived from the Marine Battalion Lines, a military establishment built by the British in the 19th century. The battalion was later converted to an

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residential quarters, and now lies just south of Metro Adlabs. It is also the name of a

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on the

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on the

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railway line. Marine Lines was also the name of the road on which Bombay Hospital and Liberty Cinema stand. It is now known as V Thackersey Marg.

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is the famous promenade near the station. Marine Drive has one of the finest

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Residential Buildings facing the sea. Built in 1951, it is India's oldest aquarium and is named after Parsi entrepreneur DB Taraporewala, who provided funds for its development.

is one of the greatest sites to see the monsoon in Mumbai if you're travelling during the rainy season. Near the station there is a Muslim cemetery and a municipal

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; Chandanwadi. Adjoining the station is the famous Marine Drive flyover; the only link to Marine Drive over the tracks from Princess Street beginning to end. Marine Drive/Marine lines is also known as the Queen's Necklace because the street lights resemble a string of

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in a

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when viewed at night from an elevation location anywhere along the drive. Signage makes UNESCO tag visible at Marine Drive ''New Marine Lines'' is the area just south of the station near

Churchgate Churchgate (Marathi pronunciation: ͡ʃəɾt͡ʃɡeːʈ is an area in South Mumbai. During the eighteenth and up to the mid-19th century, Mumbai was a walled city. The city walls had three gates, and Churchgate, named after St. Thomas Cathe ...

. It is home to a number of offices including the UTI, R.O.C. (Registrar of Companies), Customs (Marine and Preventive Wing),

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office and various other Governmental agencies.

Religious places

* Ambe Mata temple * The Church of Our Lady of Seven Dolours * Hanuman Temple at Picket Road * Kalbadevi Temple * Gol Masjid

Schools and colleges

* St. Xavier's College, Bombay *Our Lady of Dolours High School *HVB Academy *Beramjee Jeejeebhoy Parsee Charitable Institution *Elphinstone School

Literature and Popular Culture

" ... at Mrs Inverarity’s house in Marine Lines." From

Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British Raj, British India, which inspired much o ...

's short story, ''Baa Baa Black Sheep'', published 1888.

References

{{Mumbai metropolitan area Neighbourhoods in Mumbai