Thane railway station

Thane ठाणे
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Coordinates	19°11′10″N 72°58′33″E / 19.18611°N 72.97583°E / 19.18611; 72.97583
Elevation	7.10 MSL
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Central Line Harbour Line Mumbai Dadar-Solapur section Trans-Harbour Line
Platforms	10
Construction
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	TNA
Fare zone	Central Railways
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2016-17)	243,000 (daily)
Services
Preceding station   MSR   Following station Mulund toward Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Central Line Main Line Kalwa toward Kalyan Terminus Trans-Harbour Line Airoli toward Vashi or Nerul
Location
Thane ठाणे Location within Mumbai

Thane is a major railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is one of the busiest railway stations in India. Thane was ranked as the busiest railway station on the Mumbai suburban network, followed by Andheri and Kalyan. As of 2013^[update], Thane railway station handles 650,000 people daily. More than 1,000 trains visit the station each day, including 130-140 long distance trains.

The station has ten platforms; platform numbers 1 to 4 are reserved for slow trains and platform numbers 5 to 8 for fast trains & long distance trains, 9 and 10 for trains going towards Vashi, Nerul & Panvel.

Thane was the terminus for the first ever passenger train in India. On 16 April 1853, the first passenger train service was inaugurated between Bori Bunder (Now renamed Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus), Mumbai, and Thane. Covering a distance of 34 kilometres (21 mi), it was hauled by three locomotives: Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan.

Trans-Harbour line: Thane - Vashi/Nerul/Panvel local train line. This line runs many trains between Thane and Vashi, the principal node of Navi Mumbai, passing through Airoli, Ghansoli, Kopar Khairane, Turbhe and Sanpada. Since February 2010 new fast trains have started between Thane Panvel- Stopping at Kopar Khairne, Nerul, Belapur CBD and Kharghar. It is the origin and destination point of all the Trans-harbour local suburban trains. But however, In 2016 the fast trains network is halted and further converted to slow trains.