Wadala Road railway station

Wadala Road (formerly Vuddalah Road, station code: VDLR/VD) is a railway station on the Harbour line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. It was earlier called Gowari station.^[1]

Wadala Road
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Wadala Road
General information
Location	Wadala
Coordinates	19.0160°N 72.8588°E / 19.0160; 72.8588
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Harbour line
Platforms	4
Connections	Wadala Bridge monorail station
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	VDLR VD (Harbour line)
Fare zone	Central Railways
History
Opened	22 February 1914
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station Sewri towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Harbour line King's Circle towards Goregaon Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar towards Panvel Out-of-system interchange Preceding station Mumbai Monorail Following station Acharya Atre Nagar towards Chembur Line 1 transfer at Wadala Bridge Dadar (East) towards Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk
Route map Legend Harbour line Central line to Karjat Konkan Railway to Roha Panvel to Vasai Road–Roha line Khandeshwar Mansarovar Taloja River Kharghar CBD Belapur Port 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 Blue Line Andheri Vashi Sahar Airport Vile Parle Thane Creek Sahar Airport Santacruz Mankhurd Yellow Line Khar Road Govandi Chembur Line 1 Bandra Tilak Nagar Mithi River Central line to Thane Mahim Junction Kurla Western line to Churchgate Central line to Dadar Chunabhatti King's Circle Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar Line 1 Wadala Road Line 1 Sewri Cotton Green Reay Road Dockyard Road Central line Sandhurst Road Masjid Aqua Line Mumbai CSMT This diagram: view talk edit
Location Wadala Road Location within India Show map of India Wadala Road Wadala Road (Maharashtra) Show map of Maharashtra Wadala Road Wadala Road (Mumbai) Show map of Mumbai

This station is infamous for deaths of people who are crossing the tracks. Previously, forty people were killed on the tracks here every year. After behavioral "nudges" were implemented, such as painting ties to help people judge the speed of oncoming trains, and adding pictures of men being run over, the number of deaths reduced to 10 each year.^[2]

History

This station was opened in February 1914. It was then renamed to Gowari between 1914-17. The station was temporarily closed along with Koliwada (GTB Nagar station) on 22 November 1919, before being reopened on 1 April 1921. It was renamed to Wadala Road in April 1933.^[3]

Platforms

This station has 4 Platforms. PF 1 for trains towards Panvel/Goregaon, PF 2 & 3 for trains terminating / originating from here and PF 4 for Trains towards CSMT.

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