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'''Grant Road''' ([[Help:IPA/English|/graːnt/]]; station code: '''GTR'''), formerly known as Bombay Terminus, was named after [[Robert Grant (MP)|Sir Robert Grant]], the [[Governor of Bombay]] between 1835 and 1839, 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 = &#91;IRFCA&#93; 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>
 
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