Sion

Sion is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, located in the neighborhood of . Its location near the Mithi River means that the railway between and , directly to the north, has flooded frequently during the Indian monsoon.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: Railway Station in Maharashtra, India
  • Also known as: “Mumbai Sion railway station” and “Sion railway station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sion Fort and Riwa Fort.

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The Sion Hillock Fort is a fort in , . It was built under the regime of the English East India Company, between 1669 and 1677, atop a conical hillock when Gerard Aungier was the Governor of Bombay. is situated 450 metres east of Sion.

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The , locally known as Kala Qilla or Black Fort, is a fort in central , on the banks of the Mithi River. The fort is currently in a dilapidated condition amidst the slums. is situated 600 metres northwest of Sion.

Railway station
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Chunabhatti is a railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. is situated 1 km northeast of Sion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dharavi and North Central.

Locality
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is a residential area in , Maharashtra, India. It has often been considered one of the world's largest slums. It has an area of just over 2.39 square kilometres and a population of about 1,000,000.

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Mumbai is a solidly middle-class district at the northern edge of Old . Once an industrial heartland, Mumbai is now a white-collar office location of the city.

Suburb
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, ) is a neighborhood in , , India. The on the Western Railway and Harbour Railway of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network is the last station of the , as neighboring is part of the Mumbai . is situated 2½ km west of Sion.

Sion

Latitude
19.04652° or 19° 2′ 48″ north
Longitude
72.86328° or 72° 51′ 48″ east
Inception
November 3rd, 1873
Operator
CR
Network
IR
Open location code
7JFJ2VW7+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2663263713
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q7525368
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Sion” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “锡永站”
  • French: “Sion”
  • Hindi: “शीव”
  • Hindi: “सायन रेलवे स्टेशन”
  • Hindi: “सायन”
  • Malayalam: “സായൻ റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷൻ”
  • Marathi: “शीव रेल्वे स्थानक”
  • Marathi: “शीव”
  • Santali: “ᱥᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱞᱣᱮ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ”
  • Urdu: “سائین ریلوے اسٹیشن (انڈیا)”
  • Urdu: “سائین ریلوے اسٹیشن”

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