Byculla, Mumbai: Photos, Reviews & Location

At a glance

#10 of 24 Train stations in Mumbai

LocalGuideWorld score: 4.21

2.0 km from the center of Mumbai

Rating breakdown

5 ★50%
4 ★30%
3 ★13%
2 ★2%
1 ★5%

Byculla West, Mazgaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400010, India

Quick facts

What is the rating of Byculla?: Byculla is rated 4.2 out of 5 based on 690 reviews.
How does Byculla rank in Mumbai?: Byculla is #10 of 24 Train stations in Mumbai by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
Where is Byculla located?: Byculla West, Mazgaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400010, India — 2.0 km from the center of Mumbai.

Byculla is the 2nd Main Station on Central Line after CSMT being the 1st Main Station.

Most of the Fast Trains halt here along with Slow Trains.

Only few Fast Trains have no halt here.

Platforms 1 & 2 are for Slow Trains & Platforms 3 & 4 are for Fast Trains.

Platforms 1 & 3 - (North side) towards Khopoli Route & Kasara Route.

Platforms 2 & 4 - (South side) towards CSMT.

Shakeel Ahmed 2023 Jun 27

Byculla is one of the oldest railway stations in Mumbai. The British architecture can be easily identified here. Thankfully the structure is still maintained though its so nicely constructed that any future expansion wont harm the original structure. The zoo is few steps from the station east side. Lot of hotels around for food both veg and non-veg. Gloria church is really glorious out there. It's the stop for the iconic JJ hospital and prince Aly Khan hospital. Few good educational institutions around. Neat and tidy station.

Kailash Maheshwari 2023 Jun 02

Central station ,alight here for Rani baug,on the east,and for mahalaxmi temple from the west side.

Atharva Patil 2023 May 27

A beautiful piece of rail heritage, even more so, after the recent restoration scheme. The railway has taken good efforts to preserve the station, and I'm proud of it. As a matter of fact, if anyone's interested, the current station building was opened in June 1891.(The original Byculla station was next to today's Mankeshwar shiv temple, and was a station on the first passenger service of India) Considering the current building is over 120 yrs, it is amazing the way its restored.
The station itself is a trove of historical relics.
I've attached a photo of an 1863 GIPR Railway bell I spotted outside the station master's office and a poster on the restoration scheme. (excuse the blur)

Manjit Itape 2023 May 12

Clean
Good availability of Suburban trains
Yess there are express trains but which do not take a nap there so non availability of express and superfast trains
Fast local takes stop here

Praful Tapase 2023 Apr 21

Byculla was one of the original stations when the Bombay–Thane railway was inaugurated in April 1853. It had been built as a wooden structure the year before, but took on its current form in 1857. The first locomotive was brought to Mumbai through street of Byculla and around 200 labourers pulled it.

The railway has setup the wifi in platform no. 1 and platform no. 2

All the fast stations halt at Byculla station and the station is comparatively clean compared to others. However train is still crowded if you go towards north or south direction.