Chhatrapati Shivaji
Terminus-
Chhatrapati
Shivaji Terminus (CST) is one of the important 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.
Loved your picture of the VT building at night. It has a charm that will make you stop and stare for at least a few minutes!
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