The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
is a UNESCO world heritage site and historic railway station in Mumbai,
which serves as the headquarters of the central railway. In March 1996 its name was changed to the present name in honour of the Maratha warrior King shivaji. It is an outstanding example of the meeting of two cultures, as British
architects worked with Indian craftsmen to include Indian architectural
tradition and idioms thus forging a new style unique to Bombay. The terminus is one of the first and the best products of use of
industrial revolution technology merged with the Gothic Revival style,
which was based on late medieval Italian models.
It is the busiest railway station in India. The station was eventually rebuilt as the Victoria Terminus, named after
the then reigning Queen, and has been subsequently renamed Chhatrapati
Shivaji Terminus (CSTM) after Maharashtra's and India's famed 17th
century king.
The VT was constructed using high level of engineering both in terms of railway engineering and civil engineering. The centrally domed office structure has a 330 feet long platform
connected to a 1,200 feet long train shed,
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