Cotton Green
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Cotton Green is the name of a suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway. It lies along the Harbour Line which is a part of the famous Central Railway which was in the bygone days called "The Great Indian Peninsular Railway".
The station is probably named Cotton Green since barely a few metres from the railway station, facing east, is a huge beautiful Art Deco building of "Cotton Exchange" and a series of warehouses which used to store grains. So the name "Cotton Green" is derived from the words Cotton and Grains.
The Cotton Exchange was built in the year 1844 and used for trading in Cotton till early 20th century. (Thanks to the American Civil war, which stopped the trade of American slave-trader cotton). The building has a minty green colour, and is being demolished. The building is a stunning example of engineering and has not needed any maintenance except replacement of glass windows which are shattered by cricket balls as kids play cricket on roads around the building.
The railway station caters to the area called Kalachowki, Ferbandar and Ghodapdeo. Kalachowki is a big residential area comprising of a colony called "Abhyudaya Nagar" which has 43 Mhada built buildings which were made for the worker class who used to work in Textile Mills in and around the area.
The colony has now turned into a prime residential property which Mhada no more owns and because of its proximity to Mumbai's prime central areas such as Dadar (15 mins by vehicle) and Parel, Lower parel and Worli(20-25 odd mins by vehicle)
Kalachowki also has another as big colony called "Labour Docks" which was owned by Mhada.
The area has seen a steep rise in realty prices in past 2-3 years and has become home to several high rises (as high as 30 floors).
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Next station south: Reay Road |
Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line) | Next station north: Sewri |
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Stop No: 6 | KM from starting: ? | Platforms: 2 |
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