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Monday, November 15, 2010

some memories of the old bombay which is currently mumbai

the old shipping port of mumbai(bombay) which was known as apollo bandar,major trading from foreign countries used to be carried out by ships,this was the coastline for the major trade of goods.
the same place is now turned to gate way of india,officially a tourist spot n also still its used for trading purposes....
have a look on the current apollo bandar(gate way of india)

gate way of india (mumbai)



old church-gate railway station,it was beauty in its olden times


new reconstructed church-gate station by the british empire...they speciallity lies in its fine art work and how strongly its built,tht its still standing after 100 years..

victoria terminus the main trading junction from where the railways start,this station was built by british empire n its named after the british empire queen VICTORIA..



victoria terminus name was changed to chhatrapati shivaji terminus on 1948,same station still standing from more than 150 years...

this place was known as colaba railway station,,,after some years this station was closed forever...

oval ground near churchgate station,,previously used for playing cricket...


newly well made oval ground now used for playing cricket as well as football,this ground is under a club,which offers to play their members on this ground on the base of membership..


DADAR railway station,,the purpose of this station was,,, its a junction from which whole bombay was connect throught railways...


new pics of dadar station... u can see the slight change in its construction..as the railway line cannot be stopped for building it..the change was made little..


these are the old railways used for travel n transport,,,the bigger then engines faster will be the train...

the new fast railways made now ...they are fast,friction less,with shockers,n better facility...the looks itself made it royal..