ABC Wednesday - 'J' for JUINAGAR

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'J' for JUICE

The Railway Juice Stall at Dadar Railway Station

ABC Wednesday - 'D' for DADAR

• If you ask any Mumbaiite, what is 'D' for? Most of them will say D for DADAR.
• Dadar, the most crowded railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway, is divided into Dadar East and Dadar West by the railway line.
• Dadar has the only railway station common to both the Central line and the Western line; this makes it a transit point and the most crowded railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway.
• Dadar West market is a very popular shopping destination for residents of central Mumbai.
• Some of the prominent landmarks of Dadar are Pritam Restaurant & Dhaba, Hindmata Cloth Market; St. Paul the Apostle Church, behind Hindmata Theatre; Guru Nanak Gurudwara, opposite Chitra Cinema; behind Chitra Cinema; Dadar T.T. Circle.
• The Parsi Colony in Dadar has the famous Five Gardens, actually something like seven to eight gardens separated by roads.
• Opposite the exit of the Dadar Railway Station is located the newly constructed Swaminarayan Temple .
• Hindu Colony in Dadar has several major educational institutes clustered together: the Ruia College, the Ruparel College, the Podar College and formerly the King George, but now known as the I.E.S. School, after its operators, the Indian Education Society.

Dadar Railway Station

A view of Dadar railway station from the bridge I showed you yesterday. The bridge takes you to Dadar(West) which is a shopping haven for many.

Shopping on Railway Overbridge

This is the Dadar railway overbridge and is always crowded with train passengers and people who want to cross over from Dadar (West) to Dadar(East). Unlike other overbridges at Dadar station, you need not have a railway ticket to cross over to the other side.

There are many hawkers on the bridge selling kid's clothes, watches, toys, woollen sweaters and jackets, fruits, flowers, ladies handbags and lots more. These stalls are illegal, and the hawkers are driven away by BMC officials (who conduct a surprise raid and confiscate the goods), but the hawkers are back after a day or two.
I asked this young man if I could take a photo of his little stall, and he was more than happy to pose in front of his stall. He is selling little girl's dresses at Rs.80 each. If chosen carefully, it's a good bargain.

Fresh Juice At The Station

Mumbai Local Train Week continues.... I took this photo at Dadar railway station. The juice centre has a wide variety of fresh juices to choose from. Carrot juice and sweet lime juice are very popular. The hot selling one is fresh lime juice priced at Rs. 3 only and is a treat in summers. There's watermelon & pineapple juices, rose milk & kokam sharbat, and grape & mango juices are available seasonally. The juice centres are at most Western railway stations and serve safe to drink, unadulterated fresh juice. So the next time you visit Dadar station or change trains here, grab two glasses of cold fresh lime juice and beat the heat.

Dadar Railway Station

Dadar is the only railway station in Mumbai, common to both, the central line and the western line. It is a transit point and the most crowded railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway. The crowd you see in the photo is at non peak hours.(Oops, I'm a bit late. My internet connection had a problem)