Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria Terminus) (Mumbai) | UNESCO World Heritage Site, station building (railway)

India / Maharashtra / Mumbai
 UNESCO World Heritage Site, station building (railway)
The station was designed by Frederick William Stevens, a consulting architect in 1887-1888. He received INR 16.14 lakh as the payment for his services. Stevens earned the commission to construct the station after a masterpiece watercolour sketch by draughtsman Axel Haig. The final design bears some resemblance to St Pancras station in London. It took ten years to complete and was named "Victoria Terminus" in honour of the Queen and Empress Victoria. It was opened on the date of her Golden Jubilee in 1887. This famous architectural landmark in Gothic style was built as the headquarters of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. Since then the station came to be known as Bombay VT.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhatrapati_Shivaji_Terminus
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Coordinates:   18°56'23"N   72°50'7"E

Comments

  • Every Bombayite knows this place, admires it and loves it. Almost every single tourist in Bombay vists this place. Its in the Heart of the City. Millions of People use this station on a daily basis.
  • Go and soak up the amazing atmosphere here. Incredible building and equally incredible train system.
  • Superb Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus(Victoria Terminus).
  • Bori Bunder (alternatively "Bori Bandar") was one of the areas along the Eastern shore line of Mumbai, India which was used as a storehouse for goods imported and exported from Mumbai. In the area's name, 'Bori' mean sack and 'Bandar' means Bhandaar or store; So Bori Bunder literally means a place where sacks are stored. In the 1850s, the Great Indian Peninsular Railway built its railway terminus in this area and the station took its name as Bori Bunder.On 16th April, 1853 the Great Indian Peninsula Railway operated the historic first passenger train in India from Bori Bunder to Thane covering a distance of 34 km, formally heralding the birth of the Indian Railways. The train between Bori Bunder and Thane was 57 minutes it was a distance of 35 I'm apart. The station was eventually rebuilt as the Victoria Terminus, named after the then reigning Queen, and has been subsequently renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CSTM) after Maharashtra's and India's famed 17th century king. Though the shortened name is now CST, it still continues to be referred to as VT by the masses.
  • awesome place.............
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