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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px|up|link=Mumbai Suburban Railway]]<br>Lower Parel<br />
| type = [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]] station<br />
| image = Lower Parel main entrance.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
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| address = <br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|18|59|43|N|72|49|48|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| line = [[Western Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)|Western Line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard on-ground station<br />
| platform = 3<br />
| depth = <br />
| levels = <br />
| style = Mumbai Suburban Railway<br />
| tracks = 5<br />
| parking = <br />
| bicycle = <br />
| baggage_check = <br />
| opened = 1867{{citation needed|date=March 2012}}<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = Yes<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = PL<br />
| owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| zone = [[Western Railways]]<br />
| former = <br />
| passengers = <br />
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| mpassengers = <br />
| services = {{s-rail|title=Mumbai Suburban Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Mumbai Suburban Railway|line=Western |previous=Mahalaxmi |next=Prabhadevi}}<br />
| map_type = Mumbai<br />
| map_dot_label = Lower Parel<br />
| route_map = {{MSR Western line}}<br />
| map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
'''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]].<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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[[File:Lower Parel.jpg|thumb|Lower Parel platformboard]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Carriage Repair Workshop, Lower Parel, Mumbai]]<br />
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==Notes and references==<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1867]]<br />
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