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- Charni_Road_railway_station abstract "Charni Road (Old spellings: Churney Road and Charney Road) is a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. The main significance of Charni Road station is that it is near the Girgaum Chowpatti beach and Marine Drive promenade, a major destination for tourists in Mumbai. It is also important because of the diamond trading industry located here, mainly in the Panchratna building near the railway station. The station derives its name from the fact that grazing lands for cattle and horses were located nearby in earlier days (Charne in Marathi means to graze)[citation needed] In 1838, the British rulers introduced a 'grazing fee' which several cattle-owners could not afford.[citation needed] Therefore, Sir Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy spent 20,000 from his own purse for purchasing some grasslands near the seafront at Thakurdwar and saw that the starving cattle grazed without a fee in that area.[citation needed] In time the area became to be known as "Charni" meaning grazing. When a railway station on the BB&CI railway was constructed there it was called Charni Road. The BB&CI line from Back Bay to Virar opened in 1867.Today Charni road is well known for its old charm Chawls, wholesale markets of diamonds (Opera House), garments, Irani cafés traditional Maharashtrian culture (Girgaon) and also tall skyscrapers.For information about the area, see Charni Road.".
- Charni_Road_railway_station fareZone "Western Railways".
- Charni_Road_railway_station numberOfTracks "4".
- Charni_Road_railway_station openingYear "1867".
- Charni_Road_railway_station owner Indian_Railways.
- Charni_Road_railway_station owner Ministry_of_Railways_(India).
- Charni_Road_railway_station owningOrganisation Indian_Railways.
- Charni_Road_railway_station owningOrganisation Ministry_of_Railways_(India).
- Charni_Road_railway_station railwayPlatforms "4".
- Charni_Road_railway_station servingRailwayLine Western_Line_(Mumbai_Suburban_Railway).
- Charni_Road_railway_station stationStructure "Standard on-ground station".
- Charni_Road_railway_station thumbnail Charni_Road.jpg?width=300.
- Charni_Road_railway_station type Mumbai_Suburban_Railway.
- Charni_Road_railway_station wikiPageID "626629".
- Charni_Road_railway_station wikiPageRevisionID "601013538".
- Charni_Road_railway_station hasPhotoCollection Charni_Road_railway_station.
- Charni_Road_railway_station line Western_Line_(Mumbai_Suburban_Railway).
- Charni_Road_railway_station name "60".
- Charni_Road_railway_station opened "1867".
- Charni_Road_railway_station owned Indian_Railways.
- Charni_Road_railway_station owned Ministry_of_Railways_(India).
- Charni_Road_railway_station platform "4".
- Charni_Road_railway_station structure "Standard on-ground station".
- Charni_Road_railway_station tracks "4".
- Charni_Road_railway_station type "Mumbai Suburban Railway station".
- Charni_Road_railway_station zone Western_Railway_zone.
- Charni_Road_railway_station subject Category:Mumbai_Suburban_Railway.
- Charni_Road_railway_station subject Category:Mumbai_WR_railway_division.
- Charni_Road_railway_station subject Category:Railway_stations_in_Mumbai.
- Charni_Road_railway_station subject Category:Railway_stations_opened_in_1867.
- Charni_Road_railway_station point "18.951565 72.818633".
- Charni_Road_railway_station type ArchitecturalStructure.
- Charni_Road_railway_station type Infrastructure.
- Charni_Road_railway_station type Place.
- Charni_Road_railway_station type Station.
- Charni_Road_railway_station type Wikidata:Q532.
- Charni_Road_railway_station type Place.
- Charni_Road_railway_station type Location.
- Charni_Road_railway_station type _Feature.
- Charni_Road_railway_station type SpatialThing.
- Charni_Road_railway_station comment "Charni Road (Old spellings: Churney Road and Charney Road) is a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. The main significance of Charni Road station is that it is near the Girgaum Chowpatti beach and Marine Drive promenade, a major destination for tourists in Mumbai. It is also important because of the diamond trading industry located here, mainly in the Panchratna building near the railway station.".
- Charni_Road_railway_station label "Charni Road railway station".
- Charni_Road_railway_station sameAs m.02y46v.
- Charni_Road_railway_station sameAs Q5121186.
- Charni_Road_railway_station sameAs Q5121186.
- Charni_Road_railway_station lat "18.951565".
- Charni_Road_railway_station long "72.818633".
- Charni_Road_railway_station wasDerivedFrom Charni_Road_railway_station?oldid=601013538.
- Charni_Road_railway_station depiction Charni_Road.jpg.
- Charni_Road_railway_station isPrimaryTopicOf Charni_Road_railway_station.
- Charni_Road_railway_station name "60px|left|link=Mumbai Suburban RailwayCharni Road".