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{{Short description|Railway Station in Maharashtra, India}}
{{Distinguish|Parel railway station}}
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{{Infobox station
| name          = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px|up|link=Mumbai Suburban Railway]]<br>Lower Parel
| type          = [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]] station
| image         = Lower Parel main entrance.jpg
| image_size    = 
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| address       = 
| coordinates   = {{Coord|18|59|43|N|72|49|48|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| line          = [[Western Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)|Western Line]]
| other         = 
| structure     = Standard on-ground station
| platform      = 3
| depth         = 
| levels        = 
| style = Mumbai Suburban Railway
| tracks        = 5
| parking       = 
| bicycle       = 
| baggage_check = 
| opened        = 1867{{citation needed|date=March 2012}}
| closed        = 
| rebuilt       = 
| electrified   = Yes
| ADA           = 
| code          = PL
| owned         = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]]
| zone          = [[Western Railways]]
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| services      = {{s-rail|title=Mumbai Suburban Railway}}
{{s-line|system=Mumbai Suburban Railway|line=Western |previous=Mahalaxmi |next=Prabhadevi}}
| map_type   = Mumbai
| map_dot_label = Lower Parel
| route_map     = {{MSR Western line}}
| map_state     = collapsed
}}
'''Lower Parel''' (Pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[pəɾəɭ]]], [[Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu|[pəɾeːl]]]; station code: '''PL''') railway station is a [[railway station]] on the Western Line of the [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]], India. The next station south is [[Mahalaxmi railway station]]; the next station north is [[Prabhadevi railway station|Prabhadevi]].

Lower Parel railway station has three platforms. From platform no.1, slow local trains go towards Dadar-Bandra-Andheri-Borivali -Virar, from platform no.2, slow local trains go towards Mumbai Central-Churchgate, and Platform No.3 is kept as a reserve that can be used in emergency and during mega-block on Sundays.

As Lower Parel has become a corporate hub, thousands of people use the railway station daily, which makes the Lower Parel railway station one of the most crowded local railway stations of Mumbai.

It will have a connection to phase II of the [[Mumbai Monorail]],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/11/stories/2008111157261800.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907163725/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/11/stories/2008111157261800.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 September 2012 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | title=L&T consortium bags Mumbai monorail project  | date=11 November 2008}}</ref> due to open in 2015.

[[File:Lower Parel.jpg|thumb|Lower Parel platformboard]]

==See also==
*[[Carriage Repair Workshop, Lower Parel, Mumbai]]

==Notes and references==
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