Coordinates | 23°33′″N46°38′″N |
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State name | Maharashtra |
Metro | Mumbai ठाणे |
typesuburb |
inset_map_markeryes |
skylineHiranandani Meadows Thane.jpg|
skyline_captionHiranandani Meadows in Thane|
native_name ठाणे Thane |
latd 19.172431|
longd72.957019|
state_nameMaharashtra |
districtThane|
altitude|
leader_titleMayor |
leader_name Ashok Vaity |
leader_title_2 Municipal Commissioner |
leader_name_2 R. Rajeev |
population_as_of 2001 |
population_total 1261517 |
population_density |
area_magnitude |
area_total 147 |
area_telephone 022|
postal_code 400 6xx|
vehicle_code_range MH-04|
parliament_const Thane|
assembly_const Thane|
website www.thane.nic.in|
footnotes |
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At present, Thane has a predominantly Maharashtrian culture although, like its neighbouring city Mumbai, it has a cosmopolitan culture as well. Because of the huge residential boom, the city has witnessed a large number of immigrants from the neighboring city of Mumbai as well as from other pockets of state and country. The face of the city is nowadays becoming increasingly cosmopolitan. Beside Marathi, sizable populations of North Indians, South Indians, Sindhis, Gujaratis and Marwari and other people from different regions live in Thane, mainly because of its proximity to Mumbai. Thane is bordered by the Yeoor Hills on one side and is dotted with numerous beautiful lakes, which are a cause of cooler weather than that of Mumbai.
Festivals such as Ganesh Chaturthi, Navratri and Durga Puja are celebrated with great zest in the city. As in Mumbai, Thane offers high rewards amounting to 1 million rupees (US$ 25,000) for winners of Dahi Handi sport during the Gokulashtami festival.
Thane was the terminus for the first ever passenger train in India. On 16 April 1853, the first passenger train service was inaugurated between Bori Bunder (Now renamed Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus), Mumbai and Thane. Covering a distance of 34 kilometres (21 mi), it was hauled by three locomotives, Sahib, Sindh and Sultan.
Thane is well connected with neighbouring suburbs through Central Railways' sub-urban railway network. There are 4 railway stations in Thane city limit. Thane station is part of the Central Railway division of Indian railways, and is about 34 km away from the Mumbai city station. The other 3 stations are Kalwa, Mumbra, Diva which are also the suburbs of Thane.
Thane has gained new importance as a railway link to Navi Mumbai due to the Thane-Vashi/Nerul and Thane -Panvel local train line. Since February 2010 new fast trains have started between Thane Panvel- stopping at KoparKahirane, Neral,Belapur. This line runs many trains between Thane and Vashi, the principal node of Navi Mumbai, passing through Airoli, Ghansoli, Koparkhairane, Turbhe and Sanpada. Almost all trains going to Konkan railway from Mumbai have stops at Thane.
Thane Municipal Transport (TMT), Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST), Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT), Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Transport (KDMT), Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Transport (MBMT) and MSRTC (State Transport) corporations provide public bus service to the city. Autorickshaw on Meter is available to travel within City along with Taxies Normal as well as A/c.
A light rail network covering 42 km has been proposed in three phases. In the first phase, consultants have suggested connectivity between Balkum and Kolshet via Naupada. It will be 16.05 km long with 14.65 km elevated, and only 1.4 km on the surface, and 11 stations in all.
"The public transport on newly developed Ghodbunder road area is not satisfactory at the moment and needs lot of improvement .The newly constructed SATIS (Station Area Traffic Improvement Scheme)has however given good results" (May 2010). The New Flyover Bridge is being Constructed On the GB Road to overcome the traffic issues
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