Vidyavihar

Vidyavihar (Marathi: विद्याविहार) is a suburb of Mumbai. It has a railway station with the same name on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Central Railway line.

History

Vidyavihar (Abode of Education in Marathi Vidya means Knowledge and Vihar means place or location) is named after the Somaiya Vidyavihar campus, one of the largest education campuses in Mumbai and a landmark. The railway station was established to facilitate travel for students of Somaiya Vidyavihar. Vidyavihar station is about 2K.M. from Kurla Terminus, and an easy transfer point (however, it does not have a connecting railway).

In the 1960s and 1970s, the Railways lost their land on both sides of the Vidyavihar station tracks due to the illegal encroachments along both the suburban lines. A vast stretch of their land on the eastern side of Vidyavihar Station was in a vulnerable state waiting to be encroached. The Railways came up with a plan to save this land from encroachment by utilizing it. The railway administration divided this stretch into 2 parts. On the first part they constructed a hostel for their technical apprentices and several railway quarters for their staff. This hostel has been demolished as two additional rail tracks are being laid.

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Plucky security guard dies in Vidyavihar building fire

Hindustan Times 25 Mar 2025
Plucky security guard dies in Vidyavihar building fire. Uday, a security guard at the 13-storey Takshashila building in Neelkanth Kingdom Complex in Vidyavihar, was the only casualty in a fire that ...

Fire at housing society in Mumbai's Vidyavihar kills one, leaves several injured

Hindustan Times 24 Mar 2025
One security guard died, and another was injured after a fire broke out at a 13-storey high residential building of Takshshila Co-operative Housing Society in the Vidyavihar area of Mumbai on Monday.
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