Chinchpokli railway station
Chinchpokli (formerly Chinchpugli, station code: CHG) is a railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. The station was opened on 9th December 1867.[2]
History
Chinchpokli railway station was opened on 9th December 1867, along with Parel railway station. Work on a new station began in February 1893, and was completed in 1895, along with similar works for Currey Road.[3]
In 1896, during the Bombay plague epidemic, the station was converted into medical transit place. Actual cases detected among passengers at Kalyan railway station, along with all cases and suspects from Sion station were sent to Chinchpokli station by trains. Here, they were met by Ambulances and conveyed to Arthur Rd Hospital (presently, Kasturba Hospital). Telegraphs were dispatched by the Station Master at Kalyan to that of Chinchpokli station, and this was conveyed to an ambulance coolie, who was constantly on duty. The telegraph would report the number of cases sent, and the trains transporting them, and this information would be used by the coolie to provide the necessary ambulance for their removal to the said hospital. The compartments inside which the patients were sent, were labelled as "To be disinfected."[4]
Gallery
Chinchpokli Platform board- Chinchpokli Station boards
- Chinchpokli station Banner
References
- ^ "[IRFCA] CR Mumbai Timeline of Suburban Stations". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "[IRFCA] CR Mumbai Timeline of Suburban Stations". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ "[IRFCA] CR Mumbai Timeline of Suburban Stations". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ "Report of the Bombay Plague Committee, appointed by government resolution No. 1204/720P, on the plague in Bombay, for the period extending from the 1st July 1897 to the 30th April 1898 / under the chairmanship of Sir James MacNabb Campbell; examined by Captain the Hon. R. Mostyn". Wellcome Collection. 1898. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
