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Santa Cruz or '''Santacruz''' is a Suburb of Mumbai . It is also the name of a Railway Station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway . The Domestic Terminal of the Airport Of Mumbai and one campus of the University Of Mumbai are situated in Santa Cruz. HISTORY The term ''Santa Cruz'' comes from the Portuguese words meaning ''Holy Cross''. There existed a cross on the site of the present Western Railway station, due to which the station was named as Santa Cruz GEOGRAPHY The neighboring suburbs of Santa Cruz are Vile Parle (north), Khar (south), Juhu (west) and Kurla (east). Santa Cruz is broadly divided in two areas - Santa Cruz ( East ) and Santa Cruz ( West ) by the Mumbai Suburban Railway line. The Milan subway and Santa Cruz subway connect the two areas, passing under the rail line. The East Santa Cruz(East) consists of Kalina and Vakola . The campus of University Of Mumbai is situated at Kalina. The Airport Authority land consists of the Mumbai Airport and Air India Colony. The main roads passing through Santa Cruz(E) are the Western Express Highway, Nehru Road and the Kalina- Kurla Link Road. The PIN code of this area is 400055. Vakola Vakola starts from the Western Express Highway which connects Mumbai 's Town and Suburbs, upto the Military Camp. Mainly compromising of Vakola Bridge, Vakola Pipeline, and Vakola Masjid areas is a densly populated region with all communities staying together mainly Hindus, Muslims and Catholics. The road streched from the Western Express Highway to the Military Camp is called Nehru Road. Kalina Kalina starts from the Military Camp and streches east upto the suburb of Kurla . It is a cosmopolitan area comprising of a number of schools, colleges and the University Of Mumbai , Kalina Campus. It is also a residential area. It houses three large apartment complexes belonging to two major Government owned airlines i.e. Air-India and Indian . Air-India owns "Old Air India Colony" and the "New Air India Colony". Indian owns "Indian Airlines Colony", and "New Indian Airlines Colony". Kalina is midway between two suburban stations Kurla and Santacruz , which are on the Central and Western Railway Lines respectively. Hence from Kalina one can easily access the city as well as most of its suburbs. It soon will have the Mumbai Police Headquarters. The Santa Cruz-Chembur Flyover will run through Kalina as part of the Mumbai Urban Transportation Project. The flyover is currently under construction. The West The main roads in Santa Cruz(West) are S.V. Road, Juhu Road, Juhu Tara Road and Linking Road (now officially called Vitthalbhai Patel Marg). It is primarily a rsidential area, with the Market situated near the railway station. The western half of the suburb is strikingly more affluent and is bordered by Khar, Juhu, and Vile Parle. The PIN of this area is 400054. Among historic landmarks in Santacruz would be the Ramkrishna Mission on the south side where Swami Vivekanad had stayed on few occasions during his illustratious life. GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS Postal Services
Police Stations
Miscellaneous
EMERGENCY SERVICES Day & Night Chemists
Medical and Support Services
Express Dispatch
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES Schools =Santa Cruz (East)
=Santa Cruz (West)
Colleges
Universities
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS Christian
Hindu
BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
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