Goregaon (Marathi pronunciation: [ɡoːɾeɡaːʋ], formerly Goregaumn, station code: GMN) is a railway station on the Western line and Harbour line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It serves the suburb of Goregaon. As a general rule, Virar-bound fast trains skip Goregaon, while Borivali-bound fast trains halt here (although there are exceptions) but being in middle between Andheri and Borivali ; it hosts as an important halt for termination and origination of Churchgate and Mumbai CSMT/ Panvel bound services with access to various areas of Dindoshi, Oshiwara, Film City and outlining areas from Malad and Jogeshwari.

Goregaon
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
General information
Coordinates	19°9′51.85″N 72°50′58.13″E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Western Line , Harbour Line
Platforms	7
Tracks	8
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Platform levels	Upper(Concource) Lower(Platforms)
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	GMN
Fare zone	Western Railways
History
Opened	1867[citation needed]
Rebuilt	2014
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station Ram Mandir towards Churchgate Western line Malad towards Dahanu Road Ram Mandir towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Harbour line Terminus
Route map Legend Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line Dahanu Road Vangaon Boisar Umroli Palghar Kelve Road Saphale Vaitarna River Vaitarna Virar Nallasopara Vasai Road Central line and Konkan Railway Naigaon Vasai Creek Bhayandar Mira Road Dahisar Dahisar River Borivali Kandivali Malad planned extension to Borivali Goregaon Ram Mandir Jogeshwari Andheri Line 1 Vile Parle Sahar Airport Santacruz Sahar Airport Khar Road Bandra Mithi River Mahim Harbour line Matunga Road Central line Dadar planned Monorail Prabhadevi Parel Central line Lower Parel Mahalaxmi Line 3 Mumbai Central Line 3 Grant Road Line 3 Charni Road Marine Lines Churchgate Line 3 Colaba/Backbay Legend Konkan Railway to Roha and Goa to Uran City Panvel Konkan Railway to Karjat and Vasai Road Khandeshwar Mansarovar Taloja River Kharghar CBD Belapur Nerul–Uran line to Uran City Western line to Dahanu Road Seawoods-Darave planned extension to Borivali Nerul Goregaon Juinagar Ram Mandir Trans-Harbour line to Thane Jogeshwari Sanpada Line 1 Andheri Vashi Sahar Airport Vile Parle Thane Creek Sahar Airport Santacruz Mankhurd Khar Road Govandi Chembur Line 1 Bandra Tilak Nagar Mithi River Central line to Thane and Karjat Mahim Kurla LTT Western line to Churchgate Central line Chunabhatti King's Circle Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar Line 1 Vadala Road Line 1 Sewri Cotton Green Reay Road Dockyard Road Central line Sandhurst Road Masjid Line 3 Mumbai CST
Location
Goregaon Location within India Show map of India Goregaon Goregaon (Mumbai) Show map of Mumbai

What distinguishes Goregaon from Jogeshwari is the four Churchgate-bound fast 'Goregaon Locals' (which depart from platform number 7) at an interval of approximately 30 minutes during the morning rush-hour and Goregaon consists of a numerous amount of Churchgate-bound slow "Goregaon locals" throughout the day which originates and terminates at Goregaon. Although, Goregaon has not been granted a permanent halt for all fast bound locals as compared to Andheri and Borivali but this station is an important hub for a large number of Western and Harbour line locals which terminate and originates from here.[1] Harbour line which previously ran from Mumbai CSMT till Andheri was extended till Goregaon and services commenced on March 29, 2018. It is supposed to be extended to Borivali in near future.[2]

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  Goregaon stationboard
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  Harbour Line station under construction at Goregaon

Station Upgrades

A ₹103 crore remodel for Andheri, Jogeshwari, and Goregaon stations was completed in 2014.[3] This remodelling included creation of additional two platforms on the west side of existing platform number 3 (then platform 1) to accommodate Harbour line trains. It also included building an elevated deck above the new platforms with ticketing facilities, and connections to central FOB and skywalk leading to both east and west sides of the station.

Layout

The station currently has three foot-over-bridges (FOBs) and 7 platforms. This station has an additional loop line which serves as Platform 7 as it is useful not only during morning hours for Goregaon-Churchgate bound fast locals during peak hours but also as an extra line during emergency conditions for trains.The outer rail tracks of this station has diversion points for changing of tracks for trains which are the only diversion points present between Andheri railway station and Borivali railway station and extra loop rail tracks for out of service local trains to halt sideways when they are not operational. The upper deck of the station serves as a facility for ticket counters and ATVMs. The southernmost FOB serves passengers exiting the station on the western side and newly constructed eastern side. The middle FOB is connected on the western side to a skywalk that leads to Swami Vivekanand Road. Auto-rickshaw services are available on the main entrances or exits on both the sides of the station.

• Platform 1 caters Churchgate bound slow locals (rarely Mumbai CSMT/Panvel locals also available) (trains originate and terminate here)
• Platform 2 caters Mumbai CSMT/ Panvel bound slow locals (rarely Churchgate locals also available) (trains originate and terminate here)
• Platform 3 caters Virar/Borivali bound slow and semi-fast locals (slow from Andheri)
• Platform 4 caters Churchgate bound slow and semi-fast locals (fast from Andheri)
• Platform 5 caters Virar/Borivali bound semi-fast locals (slow from Andheri)
• Platform 6 caters Churchgate bound semi-fast locals (fast from Andheri)
• Platform 7 caters Churchgate bound fast locals originating from Goregaon (in the morning)

Bus Services

On either side of the station BEST has a bus station. The Goregaon depot operates most of the bus routes on the western side of the station (some services are rarely supplied through Oshiwara Depot also) while Dindoshi depot operates most of the eastern side of the station (Bus Route 341 is an exception which is operated by Pratiksha Nagar Depot when it is transported through and from Antop Hill). The Western side of bus services caters bus services from the station to the western areas of Goregaon along with Chincholi area of Malad and farther western areas in Jogeshwari and Andheri. Bus services on the east serves the areas of Dindoshi, Yashodham, Gokuldham and residential hubs nearby Aarey Colony.

References

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