Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
लोकमान्य टिळक टर्मिनस लोकमान्य तिलक टर्मिनस |
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Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail Station | |
New terminal building at LTT
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Location | Pipeline Road, Kurla, Mumbai, Maharashtra India |
Coordinates | 19°04′N 72°53′E / 19.07°N 72.89°ECoordinates: 19°04′N 72°53′E / 19.07°N 72.89°E |
Elevation | 7 metres (23 ft) |
Owned by | Indian Railways |
Operated by | Central Railway zone |
Platforms | 5 |
Connections | Taxi Stand, Prepaid Auto service |
Construction | |
Structure type | Standard on-ground station |
Parking | Available |
Other information | |
Status | Functional |
Station code | LTT |
Zone(s) | Central Railway zone |
History | |
Opened | 1991 |
Electrified | Yes |
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Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT), is a railhead in the Kurla suburb of Mumbai, India. LTT is managed by the Central Railway. The Kurla and Tilak Nagar suburban railway stations are located nearby. It is one of the railway terminals within Mumbai. The others being Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Dadar on the Central Line, and Mumbai Central and Bandra Terminus on the Western Line.
Kurla Terminus situated in Kurla has been renamed to LTT. In 1996, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) approved a proposal to rename the station after Lokmanya Tilak, a popular leader of the Indian Independence Movement, and forwarded it to the Union Government through the Government of Maharashtra. Then Union Home Minister, Lal Krishna Advani approved the proposal in 1999, at the request of Ram Naik, the then Minister of State of Railway. After the decision was announced, Gurudas Kamat, the Lok Sabha member from Mumbai North-East, met L. K. Advani and submitted a memorandum asking that the terminus be renamed after Babasaheb Ambedkar.