Major and important railhead of Mumbai, CST

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) is one of the prime attractions of Mumbai city and it is popular railway station. The CST is a 'World Heritage Site' declared by UNESCO in 2004. In the 1850s, the Great Indian Peninsular Railway built its railway terminus in this city and the station was took it’s named as Bori Bunder, which means a place where sacks has stored.

Finally it was as named Victoria Terminus, after the then ruling Queen and later it has been renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus after Maharashtra's. 

Architecture

The general architecture of the CST building shows the Victorian Gothic styles and made designs of the late 19th century. The style and decoration of building were acceptable of both Indian and European culture. The entrance of the CST is surrounded by figures of a lion and a tiger, it represents two countries like India and Great Britain. Main structure of CST is being made by limestone and sandstone, and the interiors are lined with high-quality Italian marble. 

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Opening and growth as Victoria Terminus

CST was taken ten years to complete and it was named as "Victoria Terminus" in honour of the Queen and Empress Victoria; it was opened in 1887 on the date of her Golden Jubilee. It was finished in 1888 and the cost was £260,000, the highest for any building of that era in Bombay. This is the famous architectural landmark in a Gothic-revival style, it was built as the headquarters of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. Since then, the railway station has to been came to be known as Bombay VT.

Originally intended only to house the important station and the administrative offices of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, a lot of ancillary buildings have been added subsequently, all designed so as to harmonise with the main structure. A new station to handle main line traffic was founded in 1929. The original building is still being used to handle suburban traffic and is used by more than three million passengers daily. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Central Railway.