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Photo: Photo by Joe Ravi via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)It took ten years to build and still carries millions of commuters every day, beneath a Gothic dome crowned with a statue of Progress.
Formerly known as Victoria Terminus, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus is Mumbai's principal railway station and one of the busiest in India, completed in 1888 by architect Frederick William Stevens. Its Victorian Gothic Revival design incorporates traditional Indian architectural motifs, domes and stone carvings, blending British and Indian influences into one of the most photographed railway buildings in the world. Renamed after Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. The station remains fully operational today, carrying millions of commuters daily alongside its heritage gallery.
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The Portuguese built it in 1640 to watch for approaching ships. Now people come to watch the sun go down.
Portuguese fishing villages, old Catholic churches and the bungalows of the East Indian Catholic community, all within a single walk.
Mumbai's double-decker buses have been a fixture since 1937. Here they are kept, with old tram memorabilia, as part of the story of how the city moved.