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Here is a sneak peek into unexplored parts of the CSMT museum
Updated On: 21 June, 2023 08:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Devanshi Doshi
Here’s our report card after we took a peek at the unexplored and unseen parts of the museum at CSMT as part of a re-launched heritage walk
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The ticket counter at the station is called the star chamber, owing to its star-filled ceiling
The meeting point for our heritage walk inside Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) on a Saturday morning is outside the McDonald’s outlet facing the mighty railway terminus. When we reach the destination, we spot two older women, accompanied by a girl in a sky-blue T-shirt that reads Raconteur. We approach the trio who will be our companions for the next hour and a half that rewinds into the rich past of the former Victoria Terminus, known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus since 1996. Anushka, sporting the blue tee, is our guide for the day as she leads the group of three into the Gothic structure which also houses a museum.
The CSMT tower clock is a mechanical clock and is keyed 14 times on Thursdays and Tuesdays every week between 10.25 am and 10.30 am. The statue atop the dome is called the Statue of Progress. It is often mistaken to be a statue of Queen Victoria, after whom the terminus was originally named. Incidentally, Queen Victoria’s statue, placed right below the tower clock, went missing rather mysteriously after in 1950. The space below the tower clock still remains vacant.
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