Panvel railway station

Train station in Navi Mumbai, India

Panvel railway station (station code: PL (suburban)/PNVL (mainline)) is a railway station on the Harbour Line and Central line 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 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. It handles 2 Rajdhani Express 12431/12432 Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express 22413/22414 Madgaon Rajdhani Express From Wikipedia