Ram Mandir railway station

19°09′04″N 72°51′01″E / 19.151006°N 72.850144°E / 19.151006; 72.850144Elevation7 metres (23 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysLine(s)Western Line, Harbour LinePlatforms4Tracks7ConstructionStructure typeStandard on-ground stationAccessibleOther informationStatusActiveStation codeRMARFare zoneWestern RailwaysHistoryOpened22 December 2016ElectrifiedYesServices

Preceding station	Mumbai Suburban Railway			Following station
Jogeshwari towards Churchgate		Western line		Goregaon towards Dahanu Road
Jogeshwari towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus		Harbour line		Goregaon 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 Vasai Road - Roha line Naigaon Vasai Creek Bhayandar Mira Road Dahisar Dahisar River Borivali Kandivli 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 Legend Konkan Railway to Roha to Uran Panvel Konkan Railway to Karjat and Vasai Road Khandeshwar Mansarovar Taloja River Kharghar CBD Belapur Nerul–Uran line to Uran 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 Mahim Junction 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 CSMT

Location

Ram Mandir railway station (station code: RMAR) is a railway station on the Western and Harbour lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, serving the Oshiwara locality.^[1][2] The station is located in between Jogeshwari railway station and Goregaon railway station and is named after the century-old temple of Lord Ram in its vicinity.^[3][4][5] The station was opened to commuters on 22 December 2016.^[6]

History

The Ram Mandir Road station, the 37th station on the Western Line, was inaugurated on 22 December 2016, by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, after seemingly interminable stages of construction since 2008. Its first train, running from Churchgate to towards Borivli, arrived at 6 pm, while another bound for Churchgate pulled up at 6.10 pm.

The distance between Jogeshwari and Goregaon stations was considered long enough, hence this station was created.

The station has four platforms, two each for Western line slow trains and two for Harbour line section. Harbour line was extended to Goregaon on 29 March 2018.^[7]

The station got its name from a 150 year old temple of Lord Ram. The temple is located on sprawling grounds, in Goregaon West, and its weathered dome lends it a pleasant patina of age. A signboard inside the temple informs visitors that it was renovated in 1897, and residents say that a temple existed at the current location prior to that year. The idols—of Lord Ram, Lakshman and Sita—inside the sanctum sanctorum of the smaller temple, were transferred to the renovated structure.^{[citation needed]}

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