TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Mumbai’s iconic railway station, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus has been rechristened with addition of an honorific ‘Maharaj’ after ‘Shivaji’ in its old name. The British-era landmark, which was Victoria Terminus before it was named after the Maratha warrior king a couple of decades back, will now be known as “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai.”
The Central Railway (CR) issued a notification to this effect on June 27.The CR, however, made it clear that the code initials of the station will remain as they were in the past – CSTM. “The Central Railway issued a notification to this effect on June 27 and necessary changes have been made, including in the announcement system at the railway stations,” a senior CR official said.
The station was built in 1887 in Bori Bunder area of Bombay (now Mumbai) to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Known for over a century as Victoria Terminus, the facility was renamed after Shivaji by the Union government in 1996, months after Bombay was renamed as Mumbai.
Another example of this is Bombay Central station, which was renamed as Mumbai Central, though its code was not changed from BCT to MCT, he said. “Necessary corrections should be made in the alphabetical list of railway stations in India,” it further reads.
