The big junction of the eastern suburbs.
Kurla is where the Central and Harbour lines cross, and at rush hour its footbridges are as full as its trains. It was a Portuguese village with a sixteenth-century church, then a mill town, and is now the back door to the Bandra Kurla Complex, the city's newest business district. Long-distance trains leave from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus next door.
Known for
- Central–Harbour interchange
- Bandra Kurla Complex
- Holy Cross Church, 1588
- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
The guide
Around Kurla
4 places worth getting off the train for. See the whole guide
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Holy Cross Church
A parish founded by the Portuguese in 1588, long before there was a railway or a suburb here.
Rickshaw ride from the stationMap for Holy Cross Church (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
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Phoenix Marketcity
One of the largest malls in the city, built on old mill land on LBS Marg.
Rickshaw ride from the stationMap for Phoenix Marketcity (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
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Bandra Kurla Complex
The business district built on reclaimed marsh beside the Mithi river: glass offices, consulates, the diamond bourse and wide, empty Sunday roads.
Rickshaw ride from the stationMap for Bandra Kurla Complex (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
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Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
The long-distance terminus next door, where trains leave for the south and east of the country.
Rickshaw ride from the stationMap for Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
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