Wednesday, 17 March 2010

The eternal CST

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), earlier known as Victoria Terminus (VT) houses the headquarters of Central Railway. It is a world heritage site and one of the busiest railway stations in India. It was designed by Frederick William Stevens in 1887-1888. It bears some resemblance to St. Pancras Station in London.

6 comments:

ani_aset said...

lovely angle :)

R. Ramesh said...

wow..this brings nostalgic memories...i used to go to the cst canteen at odd hours..tea used to cost 75 paise and coffee a rupee. this was just in the 90s..not 1890s...hehe..also used to walk around VT after night duty and it's a bustling area...u should try vada pav in aram rest near capital cinema opp vt..it used to cost rs5..now how much ya? hey nikss..take care ya..cheers

Haddock said...

Well framed.
I still prefer to call it VT Stn.

Himanshu Bhagat said...

@ani_aset - thank you!

@Ramesh - hello Sir! Will surely try to find out tht vada pav when we go there again! By the way - I clicked this pic, not Nikki :P
Howz life goin? Wen r u coming back to India to visit us? :)

@Haddock - I'd prefer tht too! Thanks and keep visiting! :)

Mumbai Paused said...

Brilliant. I wish it was bigger.

Himanshu Bhagat said...

@Mumbai Paused - Click on the image - it is bigger! :)