Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (officially Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj Terminus since 2017, formerly Victoria Terminus (VT), Bombay station
code: CSMT (mainline)/ST (suburban), is a historic
railway terminus and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
On 20 June 1887, Victoria Terminus was opened
in Bombay (now, Mumbai).
The terminus was designed by a British
architectural engineer Frederick William Stevens from an initial design by Axel
Haig, in an exuberant Italian Gothic style. Its construction began in 1878, in
a location south of the old Bori Bunder railway station, and was completed in
1887, the year marking 50 years of Queen Victoria’s rule.
In March 1996, the station's name was
officially changed from Victoria Terminus to "Chhatrapati Shivaji
Terminus" (with station code CST) after Shivaji, the 17th-century warrior
king and the first Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire who founded the state
in the western Marathi-speaking regions of the Deccan Plateau.
In 2017, the station was again renamed
"Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus" (with code CSMT), where the
title Maharaj has literal meaning, "Great king; emperor." Both
former initials "VT" and the current, "CST", are also
commonly used.
The terminus is the headquarters of India's
Central Railway. It is one of the busiest railway stations in India, serving as
a terminal for both long-distance and suburban trains with a total
number of 18 platforms.
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