Vile Parle railway station
{{Short description|Railway Station in Maharashtra, India}}
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Vile Parle
| type = Mumbai Suburban Railway station
| image = Mumbai 03-2016 01 Vile Parle station.jpg
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| coordinates = {{Coord|19.099532|N|72.843964|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| owned = Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
| tracks = 7
| structure = Standard on-ground station
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| parking = No
| bicycle = yes
| status = Active
| code = VLP
| zone = Western Railways
| closed =
| style = Mumbai Suburban Railway
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| electrified = Yes
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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Mumbai Suburban Railway
|line1=Western|left1=Santacruz|right1=Andheri
|line2=Harbour|left2=Santacruz|right2=Andheri|type2=Goregaon}}
| map_type = Mumbai
| map_dot_label = Vile Parle
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| line = Western Line, Harbour Line
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| platform = 6
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| route_map = {{MSR Harbour line}}{{MSR Western line}}
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Vile Parle (station code: VLP) is a railway station on the Western line and Harbour line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It serves the Vile Parle locality.
In July 2013, Vile Parle became the first station on the Western line, and second on the Mumbai Suburban Railway (after Thane railway station), to have an escalator. It cost {{INRConvert|5|m}}.{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Vile-Parle-railway-station-to-get-escalator-by-July/articleshow/20450932.cms?referral=PM|title=Vile Parle railway station to get escalator by July|last=Mehta|first=Manthan K|date=6 June 2013|work=Times Internet|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=20 September 2014}}
History
Vile Parle Station was opened in 1906, at the behest of Seth Goculdas Tejpal, an industrialist who had built a mansion in the village.{{Cite book |last=Rahul Mehrotra |first=Sharada Dwivedi |title=Anchoring A City Line |publisher=Eminence Designs Pvt. Ltd |year=2000 |isbn=81-900602-4-4 |pages=88 |language=English}} After Independence, an additional platforms was built at Vile Parle, Khar Rd, Santacruz, Andheri, and other works were completed at a cost of 31 Lakh, to ease the overcrowding.{{Cite book |last=Rahul Mehrotra |first=Sharada Dwivedi |title=Anchoring A City Line |publisher=Eminence Designs Pvt. Ltd |year=2000 |isbn=81-900602-4-4 |pages=134 |language=English}}
Gallery
File:Mumbai 03-2016 02 Vile Parle station.jpg|Local train at Vile Parle station
File:Mumbai Suburban Railway.jpg|Old Local rake at Vile Parle
File:Aerial View of Vile Parle Station.JPG|VIle Parle station: View from FoB
File:Parle 09.jpg|Vile Parle Station board
File:Parle 01.jpg|Entry Board from Parle market
References
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{{Mumbai – Suburban Railway, Western}}
{{Mumbai – Suburban Railway, Harbour}}
Category:Railway stations in Mumbai Suburban district
Category:Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
Category:Mumbai WR railway division
Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1906
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