Sewri

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Sewri is a suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway.

Neighbouring stations: Cotton Green, Wadala Road.

Sewri (pronounced as Shivdi) was a small hamlet on the eastern shore of the Parel island, one of the original seven islands that formed Mumbai. Sewri has a fort that dates back to 1770. The Agri-Horticultural Society had established gardens at Sewri, which were acquired in 1865 by Arthur Crawford, then the Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, for building a European cemetery. Large parts of Sewri belong to the Bombay Port Trust and were incorporated into the harbour facilities. In 1996, the mangrove swamps of Sewri were declared a protected ecology. This mangroves and its surrounding areas attract lot of Flamingos from other parts of India for breeding purpose. These flamingoes arrive at the mudflats from the months of October to March every year. These mudflats are near sewri jetty which is around 20 mins walk from the station.

On coming out of the station towards the east end, there are a number of gusto industrial units especially of Petrochemical industries. On the west side, there are a number of well known housing societies like SEWRI koliwada,BDD Chawls,Dnyaneshwar Nagar, Shivaji Nagar, Gulmohar Society, Labour Camp and Bhatwadi. The market area is called "Sewri Naka". Since it is situated in central Mumbai, it is quite conveniently located and is at equal distance from both North Mumbai and South Mumbai.

In the recent years a lot of construction activity has been taking place in this area due to opening up of mill lands and the Mumbai Port Trust area.A trans-harbour link from Sewri to Nhava Sheva(Sewri-Nhava Sheva transharbour link) is due to come up at it

The largest christian cemetery in Mumbai, Sewri Christian Cemetery is located here.

It is a quiet place and mostly populated by Hindus, Christians and Muslims.

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Sewri
Next station south: Cotton Green	Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line)			Next station north: Vadala Road
	Stop No: 7	KM from starting: 7	Platforms: 2