GIPR Abandoned Siding In Thane Photos
Railway siding at Kopri in Thane near Mumbai in India
A visit to the eastern creek side of Thane railway station on June 8, 2007, at a place called Kopri revealed an old railway siding of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway.The end-point of the tracks is clearly visible buried under a road divider.
An old wooden cargo shed with remains of old iron weighing scale is also seen with cobblestone flooring. The place today is a small promenade, where children play cricket and the land in possession of the Maritime Board of India.
Text and pics by Rajendra Aklekar
The front view of the old abandoned cargo shed
This is how the entire structure made up of thick wooden frame looks
A closer look at the shed
Remains of weighing machines and cobblestone flooring
A view of the rail-ends buried under a garden
Another view of rail-ends
