Virar
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Virar is the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway railway line.
Virar is the name of a suburb in Northern Mumbai, and also of an eponymous suburban railway station. Virar is the last station on the Western Suburban local train route of Mumbai. It is around one and a half hours away by train from Churchgate the first station on the Western Railway Line.
Schools
John XXIII high school, Agashi, Virar(w). Dr.N.P.Shah English Medium School,Agashi,Virar(W).
| Virar | |||
| Next station south: Nala Sopara | Mumbai suburban railway : Western Railway | Next station north: [[]] | |
| Stop Number:28 | KM from starting:59.98 | ||
| These are the stations on Western line of Mumbai suburban railway |
| Churchgate | Marine Lines | Charni Road | Grant Road | Mumbai Central | Mahalaxmi | Lower Parel | Elphinstone Road | Dadar | Matunga Road | Mahim Junction | Bandra | Khar | Santacruz | Vile Parle | Andheri | Jogeshwari | Goregaon | Malad | Kandivali | Borivali | Dahisar | Mira Road | Bhayandar | Naigon | Vasai Road | Nala Sopara | Virar |
An outpost of Bombay, Virar was connected with the mainland with electric train way back in 1925. Over a period of time Virar has become a cosmopolitin surburb with approx 70% population being Marathi speaking and the balance mix of other communities with the persentage of Gujarati being on the higher side. The suburb is fully developed with all the banking facilities and residential infra-structure to accommodate the growing population. 70% of the population is below 30 years and basically the result of migration from Bombay mainland to this part of the greater city due to ever increasing cost of land.
The growth of Virar is yet to be seen in full when the qudrapleting of the railway line between Borivali and Virar takes place by 2006. Virar is endowed with an excellent beach with is around 6kms away - Arnala . There are various farmhouses, shacks and picnic hotels on the bach to make day stay comfortable.
