Virar railway station
Railway station in Maharashtra, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Virar (Marathi pronunciation: [ʋiɾaːɾ]; station code: VR) is a railway station on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. Virar is a terminus station. It is around one and a half hours away by train from Churchgate. Virar is a very crowded area, among other adjacent stations like Vasai Road because it is a major tourist spot. It used to be the only railway station to have services to other stations in Palghar District(in which the city of Virar itself is located), Saphale, Palghar, Dahanu and distant southern cities of Gujarat like Vapi, Surat etc. Since 2013 however, the Western Railway zone Suburban network has been extended up to Dahanu.
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Mumbai Suburban Railway station | |||||||||||
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Location | Virar | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 19.4553°N 72.8120°E / 19.4553; 72.8120 | ||||||||||
Owned by | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Western Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 8 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 9 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Standard on-ground station | ||||||||||
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Status | Active | ||||||||||
Station code | VR | ||||||||||
Fare zone | Western Railway | ||||||||||
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Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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