Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Opening Anniversary: Historical Facts About India’s One of Busiest Railway Stations in Mumbai
Mumbai, June 20: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), previously referred to as Victoria Terminus (VT) and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), was opened for public on June 20 in 1887. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, generally referred to as CST or VT, is one of the busiest railway stations in India. Recognised as a world heritage website by the United Nations Academic, Scientific and Cultural Group or UNESCO, the CSMT is one of the well-known landmarks in Mumbai.
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus was constructed to switch the Bori Bunder railway station, in the Bori Bunder space of Mumbai, previously referred to as Bombay. The station was designed by British born architectural engineer Frederick William Stevens, and was named Victoria Terminus, after the then reigning Empress of India, Queen Victoria. In 1996, the station was renamed as Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in honour of Shivaji, the 17th-century founder of the Maratha Empire.
The phrase ‘Maharaj’ was added in the station’s identify in 2017. Nevertheless, each the previous initials “VT” and “CST” are generally used. The model of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus is just like different public buildings of the 1870s in Mumbai, such because the Elphinstone Faculty however particularly the buildings of Mumbai College. It took ten years to finish building of the station, the longest for any constructing of that period in Mumbai.
CSMT has a complete of 18 platforms; seven platforms are for suburban native trains and eleven platforms (platform eight to platform 18) are for long-route specific trains. Air-conditioned dormitories had been inaugurated at CST on 16 April 2013. The ability has 58 beds for males and 20 for ladies.
