- Salsette-Trombay Railway
The Salsette Trombay Railway also known as the Central Salsette Tramway was a rail service that linked
Andheri in the north with the village ofTrombay in the east, on the island of Salsette in the city ofMumbai (Bombay) inIndia . The line was opened in 1928 by theGreat Indian Peninsular Railway under theBombay Improvement Trust . The line was about 12 km long with astandard gauge heavy rail line. A couple of dozen standard gauge locos were used for these lines.Stations on this route were: Wadavali, Mahul Road,
Kurla Jn.,Agra Road , Kolovery, Kole-Kalyan,Sahar ,Chakala andAndheri .During weekends, the line was frequented by picknickers who used to travel to Trombay to buy toddy or palm liquor. In 1934 the line was shut to make way for the
Santacruz Airport . Most of the locomotives used were returned toEngland .ee also
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*Mumbai Suburban Railway References
* [http://irfca.org/faq/faq-gauge.html Irfca.org]
* [http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=14&articleid=102520050844578102520050557281 Mumbai Mirror] , 25 Oct, 2005, Manoj R Nair
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