Panvel Junction railway station

Panvel पनवेल
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Panvel Railway Station
Coordinates	18°59′22″N 73°07′20″E / 18.98932°N 73.12229°E / 18.98932; 73.12229Coordinates: 18°59′22″N 73°07′20″E / 18.98932°N 73.12229°E / 18.98932; 73.12229
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways and CIDCO
Line(s)	Harbour Line and Central Railway
Platforms	7 (including 4 island platform and 3 end platform)
Tracks	10
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	PNVL (Central), PL (Suburban)
Fare zone	Central Railways
History
Opened	1962
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	1 million
Services
Preceding station   MSR   Following station Khandeshwar toward Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus or Andheri Harbour Line Terminus Kalamboli toward Vasai Road Vasai Road-Roha line Somtane toward Roha Chikhale toward Karjat Central Railway Karjat-Uran line Dapoli toward Uran City
Location
Panvel Location within Mumbai

Panvel is a railway station on the Harbour Line and Central zone of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.

The station inter-connects to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport integrating along with Palm Beach Marg.Panvel station was originally opened as a rail freight transport in 1962, for limited service to Diva railway station. Regular commuter service began in 1964 for passengers headed to Khopoli.

Inbound and outbound trains shares a twelve-car platform on the inbound track, requiring Panvel passengers to embark or debark from the forthcoming coaches of outbound trains or the rear coaches of inbound trains. Panvel also serves a parallel route for Karjat railway station which is known as the (Panvel-Karjat route). The route has been set up for cargo services travelling from Karjat to Navi Mumbai. An in-development terminus of the station had been proposed in 2007.

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport buses from the station run in both Old and New Panvel. it is expected to increase ridership at Old Panvel from 94% total daily boardings and alightings. After the success of the bus services, NMMT proposed to expand the bus services from the station.

The station was introduced as the "Panvel-Diva railway line", serving as rail freight transport in 1962 and was used for cargo services. The Indian Railways ministry had commissioned the independent commuter railway services in 1964. In addition, a number of development activities have been conducted, including track expansions, electrification of the coaches and addition of long-route express trains.