Thane (formerly Thana, station code: TNA) is an A1 category major railway station of the Indian Railways serving the city of Thane. Located in Maharashtra, it is one of the busiest railway stations in India. As of 2013[update], Thane railway station handles 260000 people daily. More than 1,000 trains visit the station each day, including 330+ long-distance trains.[1] The station has ten platforms. It is the origin and destination station of all the trans-harbour suburban trains.
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Thane Thana | |
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Location | Thane, Maharashtra India |
Coordinates | 19°11′10″N 72°58′33″E |
Owned by | Indian Railways |
Operated by | Central Railway zone |
Line(s) | Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line Mumbai–Chennai line Konkan Railways |
Platforms | 10 |
Tracks | Multiple |
Connections | ![]() ![]() |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Platform levels | 01 |
Parking | Yes |
Other information | |
Station code | TNA |
Zone(s) | Central Railway zone |
Division(s) | Mumbai CR |
History | |
Opened | May 1853; 169 years ago (1853-05) |
Electrified | 25 kV AC 50 Hz |
Previous names | Thana railway station |
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Thane, Maharashtra India | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°11′10″N 72°58′33″E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Central Line, Trans-Harbour Line | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 10 | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | Multiple | |||||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 01 | |||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||
Station code | TNA | |||||||||||||||
Zone(s) | Central Railway zone | |||||||||||||||
Division(s) | Mumbai CR | |||||||||||||||
Fare zone | Central Railway zone | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1853; 169 years ago (1853) | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | 25 kV AC 50 Hz | |||||||||||||||
Previous names | Thana railway station | |||||||||||||||
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Thane railway station was the terminus for the first ever passenger train in India. On 16 April 1853, the first passenger train service was inaugurated from Bori Bunder (now renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus), Mumbai to Thane.[2] Covering a distance of 34 kilometres (21 mi), it was hauled by three locomotives: Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan, and carried around 400 passengers.
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus–Goregaon Route | |
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