The Once Existing Colaba Railway Station Bombay, 1900 Postcard

The Once Existing Colaba Railway Station Bombay, 1900 Postcard

An old 1900 postcard of the Colaba Railway Station during British Era Bombay (Mumbai). The Colaba Railway Station is now non-existent it was shut down in 1930. The station was opened in 1873 by the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India (B.B.& C.I) Railway. It served the people residing in Fort and its neighbouring areas.

Prior to the Colaba Station coming up, the B B & C I trains halted at Grant Road Terminus. The line was later extended to Churchgate in 1870, then to Colaba in 1873. The Gothic type station building was built after the extension of the line. By the 1920s the Back Bay reclamation scheme began to take place preliminarily, the railways, were asked to demolish the station since it hindered the reclamation project. The building was demolished in 1930 thus giving way to the Back Bay reclamation project of Colaba.

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Did you know – Churchgate became the new terminus. The railway colony Badhwar Park stands at the Colaba Station’s place today

Past posts – M. Suriyamoorthy Charcoal Drawing 1964 (#19)., Royal Bombay Yacht Club, 1915 Old Photo., Basket Mart & Tram Chennai – Old Postcard 1900., Early Aviation Biplane In British India Era 1913.