King's Circle
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King's Circle is a railway station on Mumbai's Harbour Line. It is also the name of a circular park in Matunga
, Mumbai
, which has since been renamed Maheshwari Udyan. Like most other renamed places, locals still prefer calling it by its old name. Actually King's Circle and Matunga stations are next to each other albeit the former on the Harbour and the latter on the Central line. Thus these two places are one and the same.The trains passing through King's Circle station are only the ones going to Bandra and Andheri from CST and vice versa.
Located very close to King's Circle station is South Indian Education Society High School which is one of Mumbai's oldest and premier schools. King's Circle is also central to various other places like Dharavi
, Koliwada
, Wadala or Vadala
, Sion
, Dadar
and C.G.S. Colony
(Antop Hill
); and is a prime location for real estate and business due to which real estate costs are rather high. Most newcomers find it difficult to afford owning a house in King's Circle and those that are already owned belong to people living here since at least a couple of generations.
Traffic congestion and water logging during monsoon
are major problems facing the circle. The circle used to be a tram
terminus, until trams were decommissioned.
Matunga
Matunga is a district located in the central part of Mumbai. It is a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. This station is called Matunga on the Central railway line, Matunga Road on the Western line and King's Circle, on the Harbour Line...
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, which has since been renamed Maheshwari Udyan. Like most other renamed places, locals still prefer calling it by its old name. Actually King's Circle and Matunga stations are next to each other albeit the former on the Harbour and the latter on the Central line. Thus these two places are one and the same.The trains passing through King's Circle station are only the ones going to Bandra and Andheri from CST and vice versa.
Located very close to King's Circle station is South Indian Education Society High School which is one of Mumbai's oldest and premier schools. King's Circle is also central to various other places like Dharavi
Dharavi
Dharavi is a slum and administrative ward, over parts of Sion, Bandra, Kurla and Kalina suburbs of Mumbai, India. It is sandwiched between Mahim in the west and Sion in the east, and spread over an area of 175 hectares, or...
, Koliwada
Koliwada
Koliwada refers to a colony of Kolis in India. Several places named Koliwada are located across the Mumbai city in India:* Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar * Juhu Koliwada* Koliwada, Madh-Fish market:...
, Wadala or Vadala
Vadala Road
Wadala is a residential central suburb of the city of Mumbai. Wadala Road is a station on the Harbour Line of Mumbai's railway network.- Overview :...
, Sion
Sion, India
Sion is a suburb of Mumbai. The Marathi name for Sion is शीव , which means boundary or limit. In the 17th century the village formed the boundary between Mumbai and Salsette Island.- History :...
, Dadar
Dadar
Dadar is a place in Mumbai, and is also a railway station on both the Western and Central lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. Dadar is situated in the heart of Mumbai, and Dadar station is the only railway station common to both the Central and Western lines...
and C.G.S. Colony
C.G.S. colony
C.G.S. colony is Asia's largest housing colony to provide housing to employees and staff of any central government body/organisation. C.G.S. is derived from Central Government Employees Society - the "E" is not used usually because saying "CGS" is much easier and faster than saying "CGES", but...
(Antop Hill
Antop Hill
Antop Hill is a small hill in Mumbai running north-south to the eastern side of the Harbour Railway line between Wadala & Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar Stations. To the south is MBPT and to the north is the C.G.S. colony...
); and is a prime location for real estate and business due to which real estate costs are rather high. Most newcomers find it difficult to afford owning a house in King's Circle and those that are already owned belong to people living here since at least a couple of generations.
Traffic congestion and water logging during monsoon
Monsoon
Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea...
are major problems facing the circle. The circle used to be a tram
Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
terminus, until trams were decommissioned.
See also
- Mumbai Suburban RailwayMumbai Suburban RailwayThe Mumbai Suburban Railway system, part of the public transport system of Mumbai, is provided for by the state-run Indian Railways' two zonal Western Railways and Central Railways. The system carries more than 6.99 million commuters on a daily basis. It has the highest passenger densities of any...