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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox Historic building<br />
| name = Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Railway Station<br />
| image = CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ TERMINUS.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Railway Station on the eve of republic day in 2016<br />
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| native_name= <!-- Please do not add any India script in this infobox, per BP:INDICSCRIPT policy. --><br />
| native_name_lang= [[Marathi]]<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|18.9398208|N|72.83546760000002|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| location_town = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| location_country = [[India]]<br />
| embedded = <br />
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site<br />
|child = yes<br />
|ID = 945<br />
|Year = 2004<br />
|Criteria = Cultural: ii, iv<br />
}}<br />
|architect=[[Frederick William Stevens]], [[Axel Haig]]<br />
|client=[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]<br />
|engineer=[[Wilson Bell]]<br />
|construction_start_date= {{start date and age|1878|5}}<ref>[[:File:India Mumbai Victor Grigas 2011-15.jpg]]</ref><!-- Please do not edit war. If you want to change the date, please provide a better source than the one provided --><br />
|completion_date= {{start date and age|1888|5}}<!-- Please do not edit war. If you want to change the date, please provide a better source than the one provided --><br />
|date_demolished=<br />
|cost={{INRConvert|1614000}}(at that time) Now, {{INRConvert|2013.4|m}}<br />
|structural_system=<br />
|style=[[Indo-Saracenic]]<br />
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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station<br />
| image = Victoria Terminus - CST.JPG<br />
| type = <br />
| address = <br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|18.9398|N|72.8355|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN-MH|display=inline}}<br />
| line = [[Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line]]<br/> [[Mumbai-Chennai line]]<br />
| structure = At-grade<br />
| platform = 18<br />
| levels = 01<br />
| tracks = Multiple<br />
| connections = {{rint|mumbai|suburban}} {{rint|bus}}<br />
| parking = Yes<br />
| opened = {{start date and age|1853|5}}<br />
| rebuilt = {{start date and age|1888|5}}<br />
| electrified = [[25 kV AC]] [[50 Hz]]<br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
|code = CSTM<br />
|zone = [[Central Railway zone]]<br />
|division ={{rwd|Mumbai CR}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Central Railway zone]]<br />
| former = Victoria Terminus Railway Station<br/>[[Bori Bunder railway station]]<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
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| mpassengers = <br />
| map_state = collapsed<br />
| map_type = Mumbai<br />
| map_dot_label = Mumbai CST<br />
| services = <br />
}}<br />
'''Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus''' is a historic railway station in the city of [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. It is a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]. Its name used to be '''Victoria Terminus'''.<ref name="Gupta2006">{{cite book|author=Om Gupta|title=Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KR9m6TzO-PsC&pg=PA507|accessdate=8 July 2012|date=1 April 2006|publisher=Gyan Publishing House|isbn=978-81-8205-389-2|pages=507–}}</ref> The station is also called VT (as short-form of ''V''ictoria ''T''erminus) or CST (as short-form of ''C''hhatrapati Shivaji Terminus). The station was built in 1887. It was designed by Frederick William Stevens.<ref name="Bandopadhyay2010">{{cite book|author=Manohar Bandopadhyay|title=Tourist Destinations in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-PaxM04v9wC&pg=PA57|accessdate=8 July 2012|year=2010|publisher=Pinnacle Technology|isbn=978-93-80944-00-5|pages=57–}}</ref> The station is in the Bori Bunder area of Mumbai.<ref name=mu2006>{{cite book|last=Aruṇa Ṭikekara|first=Aroon Tikekar|title=The cloister's pale: a biography of the University of Mumbai|year=2006|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=81-7991-293-0|pages=357|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dz9wl5vvKCAC&dq=}}Page 64</ref><br />
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It is the [[wikt:busy|busiest]] railway station in India.<ref name=rediff>{{cite web|title=India's impressive railway stations|url=http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-indias-impressive-railway-stations/20111013.htm|publisher=Rediff.com}}</ref> There are always a lot of people at the station. Short-distance trains and long-distance trains come to this station.<br />
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==Related pages ==<br />
* [[List of World Heritage Sites in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Other websites==<br />
{{commons cat-inline|Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)|Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations]]<br />
[[Category:Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:World Heritage Sites in India]]<br />
[[Category:1888 establishments]]<br />
[[Category:1880s establishments in India]]</div>WikiDwarfBOT