Lokmanya Tilak Terminus


Lokmanya Tilak Terminus is a railhead and a major railway terminus in the Kurla suburb of Mumbai, India. LTT is managed by the Central Railway. The and suburban railway stations are located nearby. It is one of the five railway terminals within Mumbai, the others being Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Dadar (Central) on the Central line, and, Dadar (Western) and Bandra Terminus on the Western line.

History

In 1996, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation approved a plan to rename the Kurla Terminus station after Lokmanya Tilak, a popular leader of the Indian independence movement, and forwarded it to the Union Government through the Government of Maharashtra.
Then Union Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani approved the proposal in 1999, at the request of Ram Naik, the then Minister of State of Railway. In the first phase, two platformfaces, with 6000sq m of platform shelter, three stabling lines, two pit lines loco shed and station building with 2300 sq. m area etc. are to be provided at an estimated cost of Rs. 24.95 crores. Major portion of work in Phase-I was planned to be completed in 1989.
In 2003, Central Railway decided to expand LTT to take on more rail traffic, as the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus had reached its saturation point, and was unable to handle any more express trains. In 2006, the Mumbai division of CR cleared the designs for the construction of a elaborate station complex to replace the dilapidated terminus complex. The new station complex design was prepared by the architect P. K. Das. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority also agreed to construct a ramp from LTT to the flyover to be built nearby, as part of the Santa Cruz–Chembur Link Road. The revamped LTT was inaugurated on 16 April 2013 by Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. The revamp of the terminus took three years. The new station complex was built on 50,000 sq meter land and has a 3,300 sq meter concourse.
In October 2012, CR announced plans to cease long-distance train services at Dadar Terminus within 5–6 years. The load would be transferred to LTT by upgrading the number of platforms at LTT from five to 12. CR plans to introduce connectivity with other modes of transport as well as build a mall, multi-story parking, escalators, restaurants, food courts, better signage and indicators, budget hotels and an aesthetically pleasing exterior and interior. The project will be implemented in public–private partnership mode and is expected to cost 50–60 billion. The project will be executed by the Railway Land Development Authority on the 20 acres of land that CR possesses around LTT.

Major trains

The train which originates from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus are :
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Coimbatore Express
● Mumbai LTT–Saharsa Amrit Bharat Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Karaikal Weekly Express
● Godan Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Chhapra Express
● Pawan Express
● Kamayani Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Gorakhpur Express (Via Barhni)
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Gorakhpur Express (Via Varanasi)
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Madgaon Express
● Jnaneswari Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Sitapur Junction Superfast Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Patliputra Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Sultanpur Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Puri Superfast Express (via Titlagarh)
● Samarsata Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Rani Kamalapati Superfast Express
● Lashkar Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Chennai Central Weekly Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Gorakhpur Express (Via Prayagraj)
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Varanasi Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Haridwar AC Superfast Express
● Udyognagri Express
● Thiruvananthapuram North–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Garib Rath Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Secunderabad AC Duronto Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Ernakulam Duronto Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Prayagraj Duronto Express
● Bhagalpur–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Agartala AC Express
● Raxaul–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Karmabhoomi Express
● Matsyagandha Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Hatia Superfast Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Bhubaneswar Superfast Express
● Rajgir - Mumbai LTT Janta Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Bareilly Weekly Express
● Kashi Express
● Raxaul–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Antyodaya Express (Via Chhapra)
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Guwahati Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Dibrugarh Express
● Netravati Express
● Kakinada Port–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
● Shalimar–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
● Visakhapatnam–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express (Via Vijayawada)
● Ranchi–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Weekly Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Azamgarh Weekly Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Madurai Express
● Ayodhya Cantt – Lokmanya Tilak Superfast Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Balharshah Superfast Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Thiruvananthapuram North Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Karmali AC Superfast Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Lucknow AC Superfast Express
● Tulsi Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Chennai Central Weekly Express
● Saket Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Gaya Weekly Superfast Express
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express
● Kushinagar Superfast Express
● Raxaul–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Antyodaya Express (Via Patliputra)
● Chhapra–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Antyodaya Express
● Visakhapatnam–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express (Via Nagpur)
● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Puri Superfast Express (Via Jharsuguda Road)

Accessibility

LTT is in the middle of two suburban railway stations, Tilak Nagar and Kurla, on the Harbour line. It is easily accessible through as a direct overhead bridge is made to LTT from Tilak Nagar. A share rickshaw service is available from to LTT via level crossing. The average opening of the level crossing gate is 20 minutes.

Dormitories

Air-conditioned dormitories were inaugurated at LTT on 16 April 2013 by then Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. The dorm at LTT is a 24-bed AC dorm exclusively for women.

Rainwater harvesting

Central Railway completed the installation of a rainwater harvesting system at LTT in October 2012. The system cost and will conserve 700,000 litres of water, which is approximately 40% of the station's daily water requirement. The rainwater harvesting project will help in the percolation of water into the subsoil, which will reduce flooding in the vicinity during the monsoon. The project involved constructing a 2 km trench and filling it with crushed stones.