Panvel railway station

Panvel पनवेल
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Location	Panvel
Coordinates	18°59′22″N 73°07′20″E / 18.98932°N 73.12229°E / 18.98932; 73.12229
Elevation	12.175 metres (39.94 ft)
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Harbour Line, Central Line
Platforms	7 (4: Suburban, 3: Central)
Tracks	10
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	PNVL (Central), PL (Suburban)
Fare zone	Central Railways
History
Rebuilt	2007
Electrified	Yes (Both AC and DC)
Services
Preceding station   Mumbai Suburban Railway   Following station Khandeshwar toward Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus or Andheri Harbour Line Terminus Kalamboli toward Vasai Road Central Railway Vasai Road-Diva-Panvel line Terminus
Location
Panvel Location within Maharashtra

Panvel Junction is an important railway station on the Harbour Line and CST - Diva - Panvel - Somtane route of the Central Line.

Panvel railway station is one of the most important junctions on the Central Railway. Harbour line from Mumbai CST, Central Line from Diva/Kalyan/Bhiwandi and from Roha, Central Line from Karjat, Western Freight Corridor from JNPT meet at Panvel. Panvel Railway station comes under Mumbai Division of Central Railway. The station is technically divided into Suburban and Main Line. The Main line station is located at Chainage 68/5 from Mumbai CST, while the suburban station is at 48/9. There are a total of 7 platforms (4 suburban and 3 Main Line) while two more are being constructed.^[1]

Panvel is the terminating station of Mumbai Railway's Harbour Line. Platforms 1, 2, 3 and 4 are for Suburban Trains while Platforms 5,6 and 7 are for main line trains. 9 pairs of daily express trains, 13 pairs of non-daily express trains and 12 daily commuter (passenger) trains stop here. Also, the Ernakulam-Nizamuddin Duronto has a technical halt at Panvel for crew change, refuelling and catering. In addition, Panvel handles 116 suburban trains which go to destinations Mumbai CST, Wadala Road, Andheri and Thane. The station also handles a sizeable amount of freight trains. Panvel is a very major station and is considered equivalent to Mumbai for trains which skip Mumbai. The trains run on Diesel Traction and electricity (the tracks to Konkan are not electrified south of Panvel), and Panvel is a refueling point for their locomotives. In addition to refueling, Panvel has a huge number of parcel bookings, and most trains stop for periods varying from 5 minutes to 20 minutes for technical purposes. Panvel also handles crew and locomotive change for long distance passenger/freight trains.

The next Railway station of Panvel is Somatne Railway station (SMNE). Currently, the passenger trains run in this way and the route is Dadar - Thane - Diva- Panvel - Somatne- To Pen and ahead. However, Central Railway has plan to connect Suburban (Local) Trains between Panvel to Somatne and continue ahead to the route till Pen.

Gallery

Panvel railway station - Interior

12431 Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani at Platform 7 of PNVL

View of Panvel Station from FOB

Suburban (local) trains waiting for departure on Platforms 2,3 and 4

External links

• Media related to Panvel railway station at Wikimedia Commons

References