The British-era landmark initially got its name, Victoria Terminus, after Queen Victoria to commemorate her golden jubilee. In the year 1996, it was named after the Maratha warrior king, now it will be known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), is a historic railway station and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India which serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways. Designed by Frederick William Stevens with influences from Victorian Italianate Gothic Revival architecture and traditional Mughal buildings, the station was built in 1887 in the Bori Bunder area of Mumbai to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The new railway station was built on the location of the Bori Bunder railway station and is one of the busiest railway stations in India, serving as a terminal for both long-distance trains and commuter trains of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. The station’s name was changed to its present one in March 1996 and it is now known simply as CST (or CSTM). Total 154 passenger trains Start/End/PassThrough Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. Total 591 Stations are directly connected to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus via these 269 passenger trains.
