Lower Parel railway station
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.
| Mumbai Suburban Railway station | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 18°59′43″N 72°49′48″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Western Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard on-ground station | ||||||||||
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| Station code | PL | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Western Railways | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1867 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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Lower Parel Location within Mumbai | |||||||||||
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, 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.