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According to the 2011 India census, [2] Virar had a population of 1,221,233. Virar has an average literacy rate of 91.95%, higher than the national average of 59.5%.. Over a period of time Virar has become a cosmopolitan suburb with approximately 50% population being Marathi speaking and the rest a mix of other communities, mainly the Gujaratis and the Catholics. 70% of the population is below ...
Virar is a very crowded area, among other adjacent stations like Vasai Road because it is a major tourist spot. It used to be the only railway station to have services to other stations in Palghar District(in which the city of Virar itself is located), Saphale , Palghar , Dahanu and distant southern cities of Gujarat like Vapi , Surat etc.
The land acquisition of 71 hectares near Sahakar Nagar in Virar East and for the high-speed railway viaduct in the Vasai-Virar region began in 2019, and was completed in March 2024, marking the completion of the land to be acquired for the entire Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor. Hence, construction on both the station and the depot ...
Vasai-Virar is bordered by Mira-Bhayandar and Thane on its south and southeast, Bhiwandi-Nizampur on its east and Palghar rural district on its north. Vasai-Virar has several train stations. On the western line, it has Naigaon, Vasai Road, Nallasopara, Virar and Vaitarna train stations, where as on the central line it has Juchandra and Kaman ...
It will consist of a 63.27 km two-track elevated corridor running above the existing Western Line, occasionally going underground and at ground level.The elevated sections will be 15 to 20 m above the ground, and higher at Andheri in order to clear the new Mumbai Metro station. [26]
16 April 2013 : Extension of line from Virar to Dahanu Road 27 November 2016 : 37th station, Ram Mandir railway station at Oshiwara was opened between Goregaon and Jogeshwari station. 25 December 2017 : The first air-conditioned suburban train service in India began at 10:32 AM departing from Borivali to Churchgate.
Vasai-Virar city The local bus services of the city, which are operated by VVMC. The internal places of Vasai-Virar city which are far from the Virar, Nalasopara, Vasai Road Railway Stations are connected by VVMT. The major concentration has always been Vasai-Virar city and with vast growing population in the city. Vasai-Virar Villages
Slow Trains use Platform No(s). 1 and 2 (with an exemption of Fast Trains originating from and terminating at Bhayandar, Vasai Road, Nallasopara and many Virar locals which also use the same platforms) while Platform No(s). 3 and 4 are used by Fast Trains originating from and terminating at Virar. Mira Road station is also served by three bus ...