Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus

Mumbai City district, India

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Wheelchair access: Accessible

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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus is a historic railway station in Mumbai that ranks among India's busiest transit hubs and has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Designed by British architectural engineer Frederick William Stevens from an initial scheme by Axel Haig, the terminus was constructed between 1878 and 1887 in an exuberant Indo-Gothic style that merges Victorian and Indo-Saracenic architectural traditions. Inaugurated to the public on 20 May 1888—the year of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee—the station originally bore the name Victoria Terminus until 1996, when it was renamed to honor Shivaji, the 17th-century Maratha warrior king. Now serving as the headquarters of India's Central Railway zone, the terminus operates 18 platforms accommodating both long-distance and suburban services, functioning as a dead-end station on the surface of the Mumbai landscape.