Bhandup railway station

Bhandup is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. A few fast trains stop at Bhandup station, mostly during the peak hours.

History

Bhandup's relationship with trains goes back to the very earliest times, for it was during a visit to Bhandup in 1843 that Colonel George Thomas Clark, Chief Engineer to the Bombay Government, first had the idea of linking Mumbai to Thane by railway. The route of the Bombay railway was worked out by G. T. Clark while on a visit to Seth Framji Cawasji Banaji's Bhandup Estate. Bhandup was a stop on the first railway service between Bombay's Bori Bunder Railway Station and Tannah, when it opened on 16th April 1853.