Dadar railway station

This article is about the railway station. For the area of the same name, see Dadar.

Dadar दादर
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
General information
Coordinates	19.0184°N 72.8432°E / 19.0184; 72.8432
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Central Line, Western Line
Platforms	15
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Other information
Station code	DR (Central Line), DDR (Western Line)
Fare zone	Central Railways, Western Railways
Passengers
5,00,000/Day

Dadar is a railway station on both the Western (Dadar) and Central Lines (Dadar T.T.) of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network and having terminals on both sides. The Western and Central Line terminals are connected by a walkway and foot over bridge. Dadar is situated in the heart of Mumbai, and Dadar station is common to both the Central and Western Lines. This makes the station a transit point for thousands of passengers using the Mumbai Suburban Railway.

Platforms 5 and 6 on the Western Line, cater to outstation trains, local trains terminating at Dadar and the 15-car local trains.

On the Central Railway side, Dadar station caters to both Central Railway Suburban trains and also outstation trains. There is a separate terminus for outstation trains which terminate at Dadar on the Central side called as Dadar TT.

Elevated deck

Western Railway (WR) is currently constructing a "mid-town" terminus to decongest Dadar station. It will consist of a new elevated station premise with escalators. "The entire premise will be up parallel to the Tilak Bridge up above and commuters on the foot over bridge will be able to catch cabs at the first floor level itself. The space below the elevated deck will be used to carry additional tracks to connect Mumbai Central station, thus increasing the capacity of stations as the separate tracks would then be dedicated for outstation trains, segregating outstation trains. This will give us more space for trains and passengers," a WR official said. The project will cost ₹30 crore (US$3.5 million).

The new terminus will also become the hub of the new 12-car and 15-car suburban trains will introduced in the future. The new premise will have entry and parking facilities for vehicles from the Tilak Bridge itself. Commuter will no longer have to pass through narrow alleys and bridges to access the station. Several foot overbridges are also planned to connect the Tulsi Pipe Road directly to the new station.