Before the Sandhurst Rd station came up, there was a station named Mazagaon railway station located north, under the base of the
Hancock bridge. It was opened on 1 July 1894. It was listed as one of the nine important station within the city, by
The Gazetteer of Bombay City in 1909. It served both the local population, and the Portuguese and British suburb on either side. According to old maps, dating as late as at least 1914, and as early as at least 1909, the station was located just north or at the base of today's
Hancock Bridge in Mazagaon. It was closed on 31 January 1925. This was to pave way for the upcoming Sandhurst Road station, that was to be constructed to connect to the
Harbour Line (during its extension to
Victoria Terminus), since both the main and the Harbour line had to be served by the single two-tired station. The lower level station opened on 1 February 1925, while the upper level was opened on 3 February, the day the electrified Harbour line opened for service. According to the book
Halt Station India by author Rajendra Aklekar, that was published in 2014, the site of the former station there was the stone edge of the old station's platform hidden under the debris. Along with it, there were the remains of a stone arch, probably of a wall. It is India's first two-tier station with a long steel viaduct weighing that carries the Harbour line. == Gallery ==