Railways’ plan to turn CSMT into museum chugs into controversy

Mumbai | Thursday | 22nd February, 2018

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Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station Mumbai. (Express Archive) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station Mumbai. (Express Archive)The Railway Ministry’s plan to convert the 130-year-old Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) building in south Mumbai, into a museum, has run into a controversy with architects and rail employees raising objections over the move. Stevens, who worked for the British colonial government in India, was entrusted with the task of designing the CSMT (formerly Victoria Terminus) building in 1877. The railway minister’s plan to convert the grand building into a museum would damage its grandeur..