Dahisar

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Dahisar is the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway (India) railway line.

Dahisar is last station that falls in Mumbai district. Dahisar is the city limits of the city of Mumbai. Past Dahisar is Mira Road, part of what is known as Mumbai extended suburbs which end at Virar. This town is growing bigger and bigger day by day.

The railway station (Dahisar) divides Dahisar into 2 section: Dahisar East and Dahisar West.

The main Schools in Dahisar are VPM-Vidya Mandir, Poorna Prajana, St. Mary's High School, Swami Vivekanand Vidyalaya , Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vidyalaya and St Thomas High School.

Popular landmarks in Dahisar include Moviegem Cinema (earlier termed as Rajashree cinema) and Toll Naka in the east side and Dahisar Bridge in the west side. There is also a large stretch of land belonging to the AAI (Airports Authority of India) in Dahisar(East) lying close to the nearby residential area of Anand Nagar and Ketkipada.

Along the westside of Dahisar, flows a river known as Dahisar River, which orginates from Sanjay Gandhi National Park. Until recent past, it has been poorly polluted due to dense population alongside the banks of the river. Parallel to Dahisar River on the west side of Dahisar lies St. Louis Church.

Once an Isolated Location, now is bustling to seams with large population. The Oldest Buildings in Dahisar are Simplex Bhavan & Madina Manzil near to the SV Road. In the West, there used to be large Salt Pans, which have now been re-claimed to become Townships.

Dahisar
Next station south: Borivali	Mumbai suburban railway : Western Railway		Next station north: Mira Road
	Stop Number:22	KM from starting:36.34

These are the stations on Western line of Mumbai suburban railway

Churchgate | Marine Lines | Charni Road | Grant Road | Mumbai Central | Mahalaxmi | Lower Parel | Elphinstone Road | Dadar | Matunga Road | Mahim Junction | Bandra | Khar Road | Santacruz | Vile Parle | Andheri | Jogeshwari | Goregaon | Malad | Kandivali | Borivali | Dahisar | Mira Road | Bhayandar | Naigaon | Vasai Road | Nala Sopara | Virar