Lokmanya Tilak Terminus

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (station code=LTT), formerly known as Kurla Terminus (station code=CLAT), is a railhead in suburb of Mumbai, India. LTT is managed by the Central Railway. The Kurla and Tilak Nagar suburban railway stations are located nearby.

History

LTT was earlier known as Kurla Terminus, as it is situated in Kurla. In 1996, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation approved a proposal to rename the station after Lokmanya Tilak, and forwarded it to the Union Government through the State Government of Maharashtra. [cite news
url = http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/99jan11/national.htm#8
title = Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
publisher = Daily Excelsior
date = January 11, 1999
accessdate = 2007-11-18] The Union Home Minister, Lal Krishna Advani approved the proposal in 1999, at the request of Ram Naik, the Minister of State of Railway. [cite news
url = http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990110/01050125.html
title = Advani clears Kurla terminus renaming
publisher = The Indian Express
date = January 10, 1999
accessdate = 2007-11-18] After the decision was announced, Gurudas Kamat, the Lok Sabha member from Mumbai North-East, , met L K Advani and submitted a memorandum asking that the terminus be renamed after Babasaheb Ambedkar. [cite news
url = http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990113/01350515.html
title = Kamat demands renaming of Kurla station after Dr Ambedkar
publisher = The Indian Express
date = January 13, 1999
accessdate = 2007-11-18]

In 2003, the Central Railway decided to expand LTT to take on more rail traffic, as the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus reached its saturation point, the Railway was unable to handle any more express trains. [cite news
url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/43808094.cms
title = Kurla terminus will be expanded soon
publisher = The Times of India
date = April 19, 2003
accessdate = 2007-11-18] In 2006, the Mumbai division of Central Railway cleared the designs for construction of a swanky station complex to replace the dilapidated terminus complex.cite news
url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/589186.cms
title = Makeover for Kurla terminus
publisher = The Times of India
date = November 26, 2006
accessdate = 2007-11-18] The new station complex design was prepared by the architect P K Das. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) also agreed to construct a ramp from LTT to the flyover to be built nearby, as part of the Santa Cruz-Chembur Link Road (see Mumbai Urban Transport Project).

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