A Grade I heritage station used by more than three million commuters a day: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Background
The terminus stands in Mumbai, the city at the centre of the Bombay High Court's current directions to the State, the BMC and the pollution board.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, formerly Victoria Terminus, was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004 under criteria (ii) and (iv).
The property covers 2.85 hectares with a 90.21-hectare buffer zone.
Construction began in 1878 and was completed over roughly ten years, to a design by the British architect F. W. Stevens with Indian craftsmen contributing.
It blends Victorian Gothic Revival style with Indian palace architecture, including a stone dome, turrets and pointed arches.
It was the first terminus station on the subcontinent, is used by more than three million commuters daily, and is designated Heritage Grade I under Maharashtra State law.
In plain words
Heritage Grade I Heritage Grade I — The highest level of heritage protection for a building under Maharashtra State law.