Panvel railway station

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Panvel
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Panvel railway station – Suburban entrance
General information
LocationPanvel - Navi Mumbai
Coordinates18°59′22″N 73°07′20″E / 18.98932°N 73.12229°E / 18.98932; 73.12229
Elevation12.175 metres (39.94 ft)
Owned byMinistry of Railways, Indian Railways and CIDCO[1]
Line(s)Harbour Line, Vasai Road - Roha line, Panvel-Karjat line, Panvel-JNPT line
Platforms7 (including 4 island platform and 3 end platform)+2(under construction)[1]
Tracks10
Construction
Structure typeStandard on-ground station
ParkingYes
Other information
StatusActive
Station codePL(suburban)
PNVL (mainline)
Fare zoneCentral Railway
History
Opened1962
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
20131 million[2]
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station
Khandeshwar
towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
 Harbour line
 Terminus
Khandeshwar
towards Thane
 Trans-Harbour line
Kalamboli
towards Vasai Road
 Vasai Road–Roha line Somtane
towards Roha
Location
Panvel is located in Maharashtra
Panvel
Panvel
Location within Maharashtra

Panvel railway station, station code is: PL (suburban)/PNVL (mainline)) is a railway station on the Harbour Line and Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.

The station inter-connects to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport.[3] Panvel station was originally opened as a rail freight transport in 1962, for limited service to Diva railway station. Regular commuter service began in 1964 for passengers headed to Khopoli.[4]

Inbound and outbound trains shares a twelve-car platform on the inbound track, requiring Panvel passengers to embark or debark from the forthcoming coaches of outbound trains or the rear coaches of inbound trains. Panvel also serves a parallel route for Karjat which is known as the Panvel–Karjat route.[5] The route has been set up for cargo services travelling from Karjat} to Navi Mumbai. An in-development terminus of the station had been proposed in 2007.[6]

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport buses from the station run in both Old and New Panvel. it is expected to increase ridership at Old Panvel from 94% total daily boardings and alightings.[7] After the success of the bus services, NMMT proposed to expand the bus services from the station.[8]

It Has 4 Platforms for Suburban Traffic out which 2 have been closed for the WDFC. As a replacement 2 more platforms will be constructed in the far west of the station. One is already operational while second's construction would start shortly.

The remaining 3 are for the mainline Central Railways. PF 5 is for Trains going towards Diva/Vasai Road/Kalyan. PF 6 is for Trains terminating here, Trains going towards Roha, or for trains going to Vasai Road/Kalyan/Diva. PF 7 is for trains going towards Roha or Konkan railway.

It handles 2 Rajdhani Express

  1. ^ a b "NM Railway Infrastructure". CIDCO. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  2. ^ Sandeep Shivadekar (28 October 2013). "Develop Panvel station in one stretch to avoid encroachment". Times of India. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  3. ^ Manthank Mehta (27 January 2016). "High-speed rail corridor from CST to new airport will now run along Palm Beach Rd". Times of India. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. ^ Amit Shrivastava (29 December 2013). "Panvel–Diva rail section turns 50". DNA India. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference panukar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Rajendra B. Aklekar (17 August 2015). "CR Revives 2007 Plan to Make Panvel Station a Terminus". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  7. ^ TNN (10 October 2015). "NMMT launches bus service from railway station to Old Panvel". Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  8. ^ TNN (5 October 2015). Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/navi-mumbai/Panvel-to-get-new-bus-route-from-Oct-6/articleshow/49218361.cms. Retrieved 23 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |otitle= ignored (help)