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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Railway station in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}<br /> {{refimprove|date=October 2011}}<br /> {{Infobox station <br /> | name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px|up|link=Mumbai Suburban Railway]]&lt;br&gt;Bhandup<br /> | type = &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Mumbai Suburban Railway]]&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;station&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> | levels = 01<br /> | style = Mumbai Suburban Railway <br /> | image = Bhandup railway station - Main Entrance.jpg<br /> | image_size = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | address = <br /> | coordinates = {{Coord|19.14|N|72.93|E|region:IN_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}<br /> | line = [[Central Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)|Central Line]]<br /> | other = <br /> | structure = Standard on-ground station<br /> | platform = 4<br /> | elevation = {{convert|5.205|m|ft}} <br /> | tracks = 6<br /> | parking = only for bikes<br /> | bicycle = <br /> | baggage_check = <br /> | opened = 1853 {{citation needed|date=March 2012}}<br /> | closed = <br /> | rebuilt = <br /> | electrified = Yes<br /> | ADA = <br /> | code = BND<br /> | owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]]<br /> | zone = [[Central Railways]] <br /> | former = <br /> | passengers = <br /> | pass_year = <br /> | pass_percent = <br /> | pass_system = <br /> | mpassengers = <br /> | services = {{s-rail|title=Mumbai Suburban Railway}}<br /> {{s-line|system=Mumbai Suburban Railway|line=Central |branch=Main Line |previous=Kanjurmarg |next=Nahur}}<br /> | map_type = India#Mumbai<br /> | map_dot_label = Bhandup<br /> | route_map = {{MSR Central line}}<br /> | map_state = collapsed<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Bhandup&#039;&#039;&#039; is a railway station on the Central line of the [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]] network. A few fast trains stop at Bhandup station, mostly during the peak hours.<br /> <br /> [[File:Bhandup stationboard.jpg|thumb|Bhandup stationboard]]<br /> [[File:Bhandup platformboard.jpg|thumb|Bhandup platformboard]]<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Bhandup&#039;s relationship with trains goes back to the very earliest times, for it was during a visit to Bhandup in 1843 that George Clark, Chief Engineer to the Bombay Government, first had the idea of linking Mumbai to Thane by railway.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JA3OuhBKxAIC&amp;pg=PA91 | page=91 | title=A Complete Course In ISC History I &amp; II | first1=Usha | last1= Bhatt | first2=U. | last2=Maheshwari | publisher=Pitambar Publishing | isbn= 9788120913004 <br /> }}&lt;/ref&gt; The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company ran its first train on 16 April 1853.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Refimprove|date=March 2012}}<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{commons category|Bhandup railway station}}<br /> <br /> {{Mumbai - Suburban Railway, Central}}<br /> [[Category:Railway stations opened in 1853]]<br /> [[Category:Railway stations in Mumbai Suburban district]]<br /> [[Category:Mumbai Suburban Railway stations]]<br /> [[Category:Mumbai CR railway division]]<br /> <br /> {{Maharashtra-railstation-stub}}</div>

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