Lower Parel (Pronunciation: [pəɾəɭ], [pəɾeːl]; station code: PL) railway station is a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, India. The next station south is Mahalaxmi railway station; the next station north is Prabhadevi.
Lower Parel railway station has three platforms. From platform no.1, slow local trains go towards Dadar-Bandra-Andheri-Borivali -Virar, from platform no.2, slow local trains go towards Mumbai Central-Churchgate, and Platform No.3 is kept as a reserve that can be used in emergency and during mega-block on Sundays.
As Lower Parel has become a corporate hub, thousands of people use the railway station daily, which makes the Lower Parel railway station one of the most crowded local railway stations in Mumbai.
It has a connection to phase II of the Mumbai Monorail,[1] opened in 2019.
The Delisle Bridge, which connects to Lower Parel, was shut to traffic in 2018 and reopened in November 2023 after pandemic-caused delays.[2]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Mumbai Monorail Phase 2 inaugurated: India's 1st monorail network fully operational – Fare, route, frequency". Times Now. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ Baliga, Linah (23 November 2023). "After being shut for 5 years, Delisle Bridge to open fully today". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
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