Sandhurst Road (station code: SNRD) is a railway station serving Dongri area of South Mumbai, India, on the Central and Harbour Lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. It is the third stop from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. Named after Lord Sandhurst, the

Governor of Bombay Until the 18th century, Bombay consisted of seven islands separated by shallow sea. These seven islands were part of a larger archipelago in the Arabian sea, off the western coast of India. The date of city's founding is unclear—historians tr ...

between 1895 and 1900, the station was built using funds from the Bombay City Improvement Trust, which he helped raise.

History

Before the Sandhurst Rd station came up, there was a station named Mazagaon railway station located north, under the base of the Hancock bridge. It was opened on 1 July 1894. It was listed as one of the nine important station within the city, by ''The Gazetteer of Bombay City'' in 1909. It served both the local population, and the Portuguese and British suburb on either side. According to old maps, dating as late as at least 1914, and as early as at least 1909, the station was located just north or at the base of today's Hancock Bridge in Mazagaon. It was closed on 31 January 1925. This was to pave way for the upcoming Sandhurst Road station, that was to be constructed to connect to the Harbour Line (during its extension to Victoria Terminus), since both the main and the Harbour line had to be served by the single two-tired station. The lower level station opened on 1st February 1925, while the upper level was opened on 3rd February, the day the electrified Harbour line opened for service. According to the book ''Halt Station India'' by author Rajendra Aklekar, that was published in 2014, the site of the former station there was the stone edge of the old station's platform hidden under the debris. Along with it, there were the remains of a stone arch, probably of a wall. The Sandhurst Road railway station (upper level servicing the Harbour Line) was built in 1921. The supporting pillars of the edifice bear the inscription " GIPR 1921 Lutha Iron Works, Glasgow". The fabricated metal was imported from the United Kingdom. It is India's first two-tier station with a long steel viaduct weighing that carries the Harbour line.

Gallery

File:Sandhurst Road - Elevated station.jpg, Sandhurst Road - Elevated station File:Sandhurst Road platformboard.jpg, Sandhurst Road Platform board File:Sandhurst Road.jpg, Station Board File:Upper Level Sandhurst Rd. Station.jpg, Wadi Bunder Viaduct (Upper level Sandhurst Rd station) File:Foot Ramp connecting Upper and Lower level Sandhurst Rd stations.jpg, Ramp connecting the upper and lower level Sandhurst Rd stations File:Lower Level Sandhurst Rd station from the Upper level station.jpg, View of the Lower level Sandhurst Rd station File:Local Train moving down the Sandhurst Rd Viaduct.jpg, Local train moving out of the upper level station File:Entrance into Upper Level Sandhurst Rd Station, and Booking Office.jpg, Entrance into the upper level station File:Sandhurst Rd. (Upper level) Platform view.jpg, Platform view of the upper level station File:Wadi Bunder Carshed from Sandhurst Rd (Upper level) station.jpg, Wadi Bunder Carshed from Sandhurst Rd station File:GIPR Plaque at Sandhurst Rd Station.jpg, GIPR plaque on the upper level footbridge

References

{{Mumbai - Suburban Railway, Harbour Railway stations in India opened in 1921 Railway stations in Mumbai City district Mumbai Suburban Railway stations Mumbai CR railway division