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Line 1: {{Short description\|Railway Station in Maharashtra, India}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2016}} {{Use Indian English\|date=January 2016}} Line 24 ⟶ 25: \| closed = \| rebuilt = \| status = Active \| electrified = Yes \| ~~ADA~~acessible = \| code = GTR \| owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)\|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]] Line 35 ⟶ 37: \| pass_system = \| mpassengers = \| services = {{~~s-rail~~Adjacent stations\|~~title~~system=Mumbai Suburban Railway\|line=Western\|left=Charni Road\|right=Mumbai Central}} ~~{{s-line\|system=Mumbai Suburban Railway\|line=Western \|previous=Charni Road \|next=Mumbai Central}}~~ \| map_type = Mumbai \| map_dot_label = Grant Road Line 43 ⟶ 44: }} '''Grant Road''' ([[Help:IPA/English\|/graːnt/]]; station code: '''GTR'''), ~~named~~formerly ~~after~~known ~~[[Robert Grant (MP)\|Sir Robert Grant]], the [[Governor of~~as Bombay]] ~~between 1835 and 1839~~Terminus, is a [[railway station]] in [[South~~-Central~~ Mumbai]], and is the former terminus of the erstwhile Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway.<ref>[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]</ref><ref>{{Cite web \| url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html \|title = [IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: IR History: Early Days - 1}}</ref> It was named after [[Robert Grant (MP)\|Sir Robert Grant]], the Governor of Bombay between 1835 and 1839. The terminus was established in 1859 to connect to [[Surat]], over the years the terminus facilities were moved to Bombay Central and facilities at Grant road were converted to cargo operations. Post independence the road which lends its name to the area and the station has been changed to [[Shaukat Ali (politician)\|Maulana Shaukatali]] Road<ref>{{Cite web \| url=http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html \|title = Historical Maps of India}}</ref> ==Overview== Towards the west of the Grant Road station is Nana Chowk (named after [[Jaganath Shunkerseth]]) and residential localities of Gamdevi, ~~New~~Raghav Wadi, Shastri Hall, Talmaki Wadi, Navi Chikhal Wadi, Juni ~~(Old)~~ Chikhal Wadi, Bhaji Gully (the local vegetable market). To the east of Grant Road station is the retail electronic market of Bombay along [[Lamington Road (Mumbai)\|Lamington Road]]. Grant Road station also connects famous Radha Gopinath Temple [ISKCON] at Chowpatty. Novelty cinema is at the junction of Grant Road with Lamington Road.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=http://www.mumbai77.com/pages/grant-road/ \|title = Grant Road Station Attractions - Mumbai\|date = 6 September 2013}}</ref> Famous places accessible to the West are [[Gowalia Tank]] (also known as August Kranti Maidan), Mani Bhavan at Gamdevi, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Bhavan's College, Wilson College, Girgaum Chowpatty and Walkeshwar. Famous places accessible from the East are Gol Deol off Duncan Road, Chor Bazaar on Mutton Street, Hurkisondas Hospital,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.hnhospital.com/aboutus.html \|title=~~Archived~~:: ~~copy~~Welcome to HN-Hospital ::\|accessdate=2010-07-26 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712142206/http://www.hnhospital.com/aboutus.html \|archivedate=12 July 2010 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> Prathana Samaj, Badr Baug. For information on area, see [[Grant Road (South Mumbai, India)\|Grant Road]] ==History== Grant Rd was the first Terminus of the BB&CI railway, when it began services from Bombay. The BB&CI's first train from Bombay to Ahmedabad, which first ran on 28 November 1864, too terminated at Grant Rd. The train would leave Grant Rd at 7:00 a.m. and would reach Ahmedabad at 5:30 p.m. the following day.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/once-upon-a-time-wr-was-mocked-as-a-waste-of-money/ \| title=Once upon a time, WR was mocked as a 'waste of money' \| date=9 December 2014 }}</ref> On 1 November 1865, a Suburban service was started between Grant Rd and Bassein Rd (today's [[Vasai Road railway station\|Vasai Road railway Station]]) . It was also a station on the first regular suburban service (started on 12 April 1867), though by then the terminus had been changed to the new [[Bombay Backbay railway station\|Bombay Backbay Station]]. The station, in later times became a goods shed, and carriages and wagons were also stabled there. ==Accessibility== Bus routes connecting Grant Road Station (West) include bus number 155 and 104. Bus number 155 is a ring route via [[Pedder Road]]. Bus routes connecting Grant Road Station (East) include bus number 102. Bus number 102 is a ring route via Vijay Vallabh Chowk or [[Pydhonie]]. Bus routes crossing the Grant Road station on the Frere Bridge include 104, 105, 135, 121, 126, 122, 42 and 85. == Gallery == <gallery> File:Grant Rd.Station Building.jpg\|The Stone Building of Grant Rd. Station File:Grant Rd. Station- view from FoB.jpg\|Grant Rd. Station- view from FoB File:Grant Rd. Station- Platform view.jpg\|Grant Rd. Station- Platform view </gallery> == See also == * [[Gowalia Tank]] * [[Nana Chowk]] * [[Kamathipura]] == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * [https://www.past-india.com/photos-items/grant-road-railway-station-british-era-bombay-1870-photo/ Grant Road Station in 1870- Past India] {{commons category\|Grant Road railway station}} {{Mumbai - Suburban Railway, Western}} Line 70 ⟶ 92: [[Category:Mumbai Suburban Railway stations]] [[Category:Mumbai WR railway division]] [[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1859]]