Editing Thane (section)

=== Railways ===
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[[Thane railway station|Thana]] was the terminus for the first ever [[passenger train]] in [[Asia]]. On 16 April 1853, the [[passenger train]] service was inaugurated between [[Bori Bunder railway station|Bori Bunder]] (Bombay) and Thane.<ref>Colonialism: An International, Social, Cultural and Political encyclopedia By Melvin Eugene Page, Penny M. Sonnenburg,  [https://books.google.com/books?id=qFTHBoRvQbsC&q=colonialism:+An+International,+Social,+Cultural+and+Political page 135] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707074701/http://books.google.com/books?id=qFTHBoRvQbsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=colonialism:+An+International,+Social,+Cultural+and+Political |date=7 July 2014 }}</ref> Covering a distance of 34&nbsp;km (21&nbsp;mi), it was hauled by three locomotives: ''Sahib'', ''Sindh'' and ''Sultan''. The Thane viaducts, the first railway bridges, were built over the Thane creek when the Mumbai-Thane line was extended to Kalyan in May 1854.

Thane is connected with neighbouring suburbs through [[Central Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)|Central]] and [[Trans-Harbour Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)|Trans-Harbour Line]] [[Mumbai Suburban Railway|Suburban]] railway network. Thane is a railway junction for the Thane-[[Vashi]] & [[Panvel]] Harbour Line and Central Line. It is one of the busiest stations in [[India]] and handles 654,000 passengers daily.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Thane-is-busiest-railway-station-in-Mumbai/articleshow/20129363.cms Thane is busiest railway station in Mumbai – Times Of India] . Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (19 May 2013). Retrieved 16 July 2013.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/3-city-stations-among-dirtiest-in-the-country/articleshow/64278913.cms|title=Kalyan, Kurla and Thane among the 10 dirtiest stations in the country|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230234913/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/3-city-stations-among-dirtiest-in-the-country/articleshow/64278913.cms|archive-date=30 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Thane railway station will soon be revamped, Work to start soon on Rs 800-crore project.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thane/work-to-start-soon-on-rs-800-crore-revamp-of-thane-railway-station-maharashtra-minister/articleshow/100655884.cms?from=mdr|title=Work to start soon on Rs 800-crore revamp of Thane railway station: Maharashtra minister | date=31 May 2023| website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>