Bandra Terminus
railway terminus in Mumbai, India
Bandra Terminus (station code: BDTS), also known as Vandre Terminus (in Marathi), is a railway terminus in Bandra, Maharashtra from where trains bound for northern India and western India are scheduled regularly. It was built in the 1990s to address congestion at the main Mumbai Central station. It is one of the five railway terminus within Greater Mumbai, along with Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai Central, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Dadar. It is close to Bandra Kurla Complex, a commercially important part of Mumbai, as well as Mumbai Airport.
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