Bhiwandi Road railway station

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Bhiwandi Road
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
General information
Coordinates	19°16′06″N 73°02′46″E / 19.268462°N 73.046174°E / 19.268462; 73.046174
Elevation	23.132 metres (75.89 ft)
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Central Line
Platforms	5
Tracks	Double electric line
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	BIRD
Fare zone	Central Railways
History
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station Kharbao towards Vasai Road Vasai Road–Roha line Kopar towards Roha
Route map Legend to Bhusawal–Kalyan section Kasara Umbermali Khardi Thansit Atgaon Asangaon Vasind Bhatsa River Khadavli Kalu River Titwala Ambivli Ulhas River Shahad Waldhuni River Vithalwadi Kalyan Junction Ulhasnagar Thakurli Ambarnath Dombivli Badlapur to Ahmedabad-Mumbai main Line Vangani Western line Vasai Road Shelu Juchandra Neral Junction to Matheran Kaman Road Bhivpuri Road Kharbav Karjat Bhiwandi Road to Panvel Ulhas River Palasdari to Mumbai Dadar– Solapur section Kopar Kelavli Diva Junction Dolavli Dativali Lowjee Nilaje Khopoli Taloje Panchnand to Karjat Mumbra Navde Road Kalwa Kalamboli to Trans-Harbour line Panvel to Harbour line Thane Creek Somatne Thane Rasayani Trans-Harbour line Apta Mulund Jite Nahur Hamrapur Bhandup Pen Kanjur Marg Kasu Vikhroli Nagothane Line 1 to Versova Ghatkopar Nidi Vidyavihar Roha LTT to Konkan Railway Kurla Sion Harbour line Harbour line to Goregaon Western line to Dahanu Road Matunga Dadar planned Monorail Prabhadevi   Parel Western line to Churchgate Currey Road Chinchpokli Byculla Harbour line Sandhurst Road Masjid Line 3 Mumbai CSMT
Location Bhiwandi Road Location within Mumbai

Bhiwandi Road is a railway station in Thane, India, on the Vasai Road–Diva–Panvel route of the Central Railway, of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. The Bhiwandi station lies on the Vasai–Diva corridor, between the Western Line and Central line. A Mainline (MEMU) service runs from Diva to Vasai. Computerised reservation services has been installed at this station obviating the need to go to Kalyan for tickets.

The platforms at Bhiwandi railway station are very spacious. There are 5 platforms. The trains towards Kopar & Diva halt at platform 1, 2 or 3 and the train moving towards Vasai Road halt at platform 4 or 5. A Decent number of trains halt at Bhiwandi.

There was a necessity for a suburban rail line for Bhiwandi. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority started to construct the Thane–Kalyan Line 5 of the Mumbai Metro through Bhiwandi.^[1]

In British times, sweet sugarcane was spread from Saltbunder road to Bhiwandi. In this area railway was stopped by the British for transporting salt by freight.

• Number of halting trains :51
• Number of originating trains :0
• Number of terminating trains :0

• 61002-Dombivli-Boisar MEMU
• 69164-Dahanu Road–Pavel MEMU
• 69165-Panvel–Vasai Road MEMU
• 61003-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU
• 61004-Diva–Vasai Road MEMU
• 61005-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU
• 61006-Diva–Vasai Road MEMU
• 61007-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU
• 61008-Diva–Vasai Road MEMU
• 61009-Vasai Road–Diva MEMU
• 61021-Vasai Diva MEMU   Not on Sunday & Saturday
• 61022-Diva–Vasai MEMU   Not on Sunday & Saturday
• 69166-Vasai Road–Panvel MEMU
• 69167-Panvel–Vasai Road MEMU
• 69168-Vasai–Panvel MEMU
• 69161-Panvel–Dahanu Road MEMU
• 19201–Secunderabad Porbandar Weekly Express
• 19202–Secunderabad Express
• 17017–Secunderabad Express
• 17018-Rajkot Express
• 16613-Coimbatore Express
• 19311-Pune–Indore Express
• 19312-Indore–Pune Express
• 22943-Pune–Indore SF Express
• 22944-Indore–Pune SF Express
• 16506-Gandhidham Express
• 16507-KSR Bengaluru Express
• 165335-Nagercoil Weekly Express
• 16336-Gandhidham Express
• 16333-Thiruvananthapuram Express
• 16337-Okha–Ernakulam- Express
• 16338-Ernakulam–Okha Express
• 11049-SCSMT Kolhapur Express
• 11050-Ahmedabad Express
• 16505-KSR Bengaluru Express
• 16507-KSR Bengaluru Express
• 16508-Jodhpur Express
• 16531-KSR Bengaluru Express
• 16532-Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express
• 11087-Veraval–Pune Express
• 11088-Pune–Veraval Express
• 11089-Pune Express
• 11090-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
• 11092-Pune–Bhuj Express
• 11095-Pune Ahimsa Express
• 11096-Ahmedabad Ahimsa Express
• 16209-Ajmer–Myusuru Express
• 16210-Mysuru–Ajmer Express

The platforms are well sheltered. The station is well connected by auto. It provides parking facilities. Smart card-based booking is also installed in the station.

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