The Thane Railway Station is a major railway junction that falls on the Central and Harbour Line. It can be reached from Dadar and Panvel by local trains. The Sahayadri Express, Koyna Express, Godavari Express, Sewagram Express, Kamayani Express, Kushinagar Express, Lokmanya Tilak-Coimbatore, Siddheshwar Express, Netravati Express and the Mahanagari Express are some of the trains that pass through this station. A little known fact is that Thane was credited as being the terminus for the first ever train in India in 1853.