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INTRODUCTIONLocated on the mainland across Thane Creek, the complex is the gateway to New Bombay by rail from the city of Bombay.

Linked to Bombay by Mnakhurd - Belapur- Panvel rail link, via. Thane creek Railway bridge.In these type of design, a slab runs across the sides of the tracks. Thus commuter is allowed to enter at the concourse level. concourse level has facilities like ticket booking counter, cafeteria, etc. from there he is leaded to the subway, this is achieved by using brightly lit signals. From here he is taken up to the platform level with the help of a staircase.

(wikipedia.org.2014)VASHI RAILWAY STATION1ARCHITECTConstructed by C.I.D.C.O. and Indian Railway

VASHI RAILWAY STATION2Approach RoadsService RoadsParking lotMarshes/ Thane CreekVashi Railway StationExcel college of Higher EducationBSEL Infrastructure Ltd

VASHI RAILWAY STATION3LAND USE PLANAmple parking space has been provided in the forecourt area of the complex But according to the survey more parking needs to be provided. Material used for walls and floor finishes is a combination of Granite and Marble.

Interiors of the station on the whole took very neat and elegant.

Service cores of the railway station and the commercial complex has been segregated, so that traffic going to the station going to two different places dont Intermix causing panic and congestion.

SUBWAY LEVEL PLANFIRST LEVEL PLANOFFICE LEVEL PLAN(Lokhande , R. 2008)4VASHI RAILWAY STATION4

SUBWAY LEVEL PLANUnclear plans, floor plans, city connectivity and surrounding land use4SALIENT FEATURES OF VASHI TERMINAL:- TOTAL AREA - 90,000 SQ.M.- TOTAL BUILT UP AREA - 71,723 SQ.M.- FOR RAILWAY USE - 7,914 SQ.M.- FOR C.I.D.C.O. USE - 63,809 SQ.M.- APPROX COST OF THE PROJECT - 8 022 LAKHShttp://www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/NM_Railway_Infrastuture.aspx

Vashi Railway Station is the gateway station to Navi Mumbai located in Sector-30A of Vashi Node and on south of Sion-Panvel Express Road.

It caters to the passenger demand of Vashi node, Sector 1 to 30 with present population of 1,09,524.

It is the most magnificent of all the station complexes.

The commercial complex has been converted into an International InfoTech Park in collaboration with Software Technology Park India (STPI).VASHI RAILWAY STATION5

MAIN FEATURE BELOW MAIN DECK:The railway portion below the deck level hasa) Four tracks with double discharge platform .b) Two subways each 7 mts. wide and each subway has stair case to reach platformlevel. There are 10 staircase in each subway.

ABOVE MAIN DECK:a) Total of 6 number of Multi storeyed shopping cum commercialblocks are there in this complex(Deck + 4 Floor). Access to the6 blocks are from front 6 service towers.Shops and offices have been segregated from each other byproviding shops at the deck level.Offices are provided at the upper floors.

SERVICE TOWERSThere are in ail 12 service towers. 6 towers have facilities for 3 lifts in each towerswith staircase arrangement, Fire fighting shaft, telephone PABX Room and Electricduct. Rear 6 towers have provision of lift with staircase service shaft, Meter Roomand toilet block.

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CONCOURSEa) Main ConcourseIt consists of booking offices and 6 upper floors comprising of professional officesPUBLIC ENTRY LOBBY PLATFORMPUBLIC PARKINGand other offices.b) Shopping ConcourseVashi station cum commercial complex will have a 2 storied shopping concourse.c) Sub - way ConcourseThere will be 2 sub - ways with 10 staircase each leading to the platform levelPRIVATE ENTRYCONCOURSElevel.The forecourt area consists of the station complex consists of 5,400 sq.m. exclusivelyfor parking the cars, taxis, buses, cycles e.t.c. There are 12 Kiosks with 4 shops eachprovided in the forecourt area for Impulse shopping.40 meters wide Central avenue with Landscape, Water bodies and pedestrianwalkway is provided. Around the Forecourt area 30 meters wide, peripheral roadhas been

oocities.org,2012VASHI RAILWAY STATION7INFERENCE OF THIS STUDY

Vashi station is the first Multifunctional terminal to be built This station is G + 6 storey's with one storey dedicated to shopping and railway station each. Four storeys of Offices are being proved to f fulfill the commercial space requirement of this node.

In this station the space above the rail tracks has been achieved by covering the whole length of the station .This has been done by casting a deck slab. As a result of which their is no natural light on the railway station concourse .

As a result of which Artificial light is needed for all 24 hours, which is not a good idea. This problem could have been solved by putting sky lights These skylights could be made as part of the shopping plaza

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(wikipedia.org.2012)VASHI RAILWAY STATION8CONCLUSIONSThis is a new kind of station building introduced in the country, in this building railway station and shopping complex are combined together to utilize the precious time of passenger which was otherwise go waste if there is any delay in arrival/departure of train.

By doing so we can also treat two main problems of metro cities. one is the shortage of land and other one is pollution.

We provide all required things a single building, there will be no need to go some where else.

One can easily come by train, get down, buy his stuff from the station building and can again go by train to his desired destination.

In my opinion this will reduce the amount of traffic on road which ultimately reduce the pollution and helps in keeping the city more fresh and better to live.

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