Churchgate Railway Station Bombay – 2 Postcards 1900
Two postcards from 1900 to 1940 show the Churchgate railway station in Bombay (Mumbai). The Churchgate station was originally built in the Swiss chalet style. Completed in 1870 by the Bombay Baroda & Central India Railway (BB & CI), now the Western Railway. The station underwent several transformations over the years.
The Swiss chalet style station was replaced with a concrete station, undergoing a renovation for electric trains in 1926. The first shows a local steam suburban train pulling out of the Churchgate station on its way to the Colaba Station. The 2nd image shows the railway gate just after the station and the Rajabai Clock Tower. The Back Bay lay just adjacent to the Churchgate before its reclamation. The BB&CI’s Gothic office building was constructed opposite the Churchgate Station.
Read more Mumbai’s iconic Churchgate station completes 150 years.
Did you know – the foundation stone for the new Churchgate building was laid on October 31, 1956, and opened on August 5, 1957.
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