Lower Parel railway station

Not to be confused with Parel railway station.

Lower Parel
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
General information
Coordinates	18°59′43″N 72°49′48″E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Western Line
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	PL
Fare zone	Western Railways
History
Opened	1867^[citation needed]
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station Mahalaxmi towards Churchgate Western line Parel-Prabhadevi towards Dahanu Road
Route map Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line Dahanu Road Vangaon Boisar Umroli Palghar Kelve Road Saphale Vaitarna River Vaitarna Virar Nallasopara Vasai Road Central line & Vasai Road–Roha line Naigaon Vasai Creek Bhayandar Mira Road Dahisar Dahisar River Borivali Kandivli Malad planned extension to Borivali Goregaon Ram Mandir Jogeshwari Andheri Line 1 Vile Parle Sahar Airport Santacruz Sahar Airport Khar Road Bandra Mithi River Mahim Harbour line Matunga Road Central line Dadar planned Monorail Prabhadevi Parel Central line Lower Parel Mahalaxmi Line 3 Mumbai Central Line 3 Grant Road Line 3 Charni Road Marine Lines Churchgate Line 3
Location Lower Parel Location within Mumbai

Lower Parel (Pronunciation: [pəɾəɭ], [pəɾeːl]; station code: PL) railway station is a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, India. The next station south is Mahalaxmi railway station; the next station north is Prabhadevi.

Lower Parel railway station has three platforms. From platform no.1, slow local trains go towards Dadar-Bandra-Andheri-Borivali -Virar, from platform no.2, slow local trains go towards Mumbai Central-Churchgate, and Platform No.3 is kept as a reserve that can be used in emergency and during mega-block on Sundays.

As Lower Parel has become a corporate hub, thousands of people use the railway station daily, which makes the Lower Parel railway station one of the most crowded local railway stations in Mumbai.

It has a connection to phase II of the Mumbai Monorail,^[1] opened in 2019.

The Delisle Bridge, which connects to Lower Parel, was shut to traffic in 2018 and reopened in November 2023 after pandemic-caused delays.^[2]

Lower Parel platformboard

See also

• Carriage Repair Workshop, Lower Parel, Mumbai

Notes and references

1. "Mumbai Monorail Phase 2 inaugurated: India's 1st monorail network fully operational – Fare, route, frequency". Times Now. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
2. Baliga, Linah (23 November 2023). "After being shut for 5 years, Delisle Bridge to open fully today". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 23 November 2023.