Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station

Structure
The station building is outlined in the High Victorian Gothic style of engineering. The building shows a combination of impacts from Victorian Italianate Gothic Revival design and conventional Indian engineering. The horizon, turrets, pointed curves, and whimsical ground plan are near conventional Indian castle engineering. Remotely, the wood cutting, tiles, decorative iron and metal railings, barbecues for the ticket workplaces, the balustrades for the fantastic staircases and different adornments were the work of understudies at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art. The station remains for instance of nineteenth century railroad building wonders for its progressed auxiliary and specialized arrangements.
       CST was built utilizing abnormal state of designing both as far as railroad building and structural building. It is one of the first and is considered as one of the finest results of the utilization of modern upset innovation converged with recovery of the Gothic Revival style in India . The halfway domed office structure has a 330 feet long stage associated with a 1,200 feet long prepare shed, and its blueprint gives the skeleton plan to building. CST's vault of dovetailed ribs, worked without focusing, was considered as a novel accomplishment of the period. The inside of the building was considered as a progression of substantial rooms with high roofs. It is an utilitarian building and has had different changes required by the clients, not generally thoughtful. It has a C-formed arrangement which is symmetrical on an east-west pivot. Every one of the sides of the building are given equivalent esteem in the plan. It is delegated by a high focal vault, which goes about as the point of convergence. The arch is an octagonal ribbed structure with a titanic female figure symbolizing Progress, holding a light indicating upwards in her right hand and a spoked wheel in her left hand. The side wings encase the yard, which opens on to the road. The wings are moored by amazing turrets at each of their four corners, which adjust and outline the focal arch. The façades display the presence of proportional columns of windows and curves. The ornamentation as statuary, bas-reliefs, and friezes is extravagant yet very much controlled. The sections of the passageway doors are delegated by figures of a lion (speaking to Great Britain) and a tiger (speaking to India). The principle structure is worked from a mix of India sandstone and limestone, while excellent Italian marble was utilized for the key beautiful components. The primary insides are additionally enriched: the ground floor of the North Wing, known as the Star Chamber, which is still utilized as the booking office, is decorated with Italian marble and cleaned Indian blue stone. The stone curves are secured with cut foliage and grotesques.
      Inside, the roof of the booking corridor was initially painted blue, gold and solid red on a ground of rich blue with gold stars. Its dividers were fixed with coated tiles made by Maw and Co of Britain. Outside, there are statues speaking to Commerce, Agriculture, Engineering and Science, with a statue speaking to Progress on the focal arch of the station. A statue of Queen Victoria underneath the focal vault has been removed.