Some of the busiest train stations can also be the most unsafe. The Dombivli railway station is said to be haunted by people who tried to return home but never got off the tracks.
According to local legends, Dombivli Railway Station is both an crucial transport hub and a chilling portal into the unknown. It is an aged station built in 1886. Amidst the bustle of commuters and trains, whispers of paranormal activity echo like a haunting melody from the platforms.
Dombivli itself is a suburban town on the Ulhas River in Maharashtra near Mumbai, with many people passing through it. The station is also the busiest railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, with five platforms and serving over 300,000 commuters every day.
Death by crossing the tracks
Not far from the larger Dombivli station is the Kopar railway crossing, a seemingly innocuous junction that belies its sinister reputation. According to local tradition, this passage claimed the lives of many unfortunate souls. Before the crossing bridge was built, track encroachment caused hundreds of deaths each year around nearby stations.
Kopar station is the next stop in Dombivli town and locals claim that all these deaths are due to some other paranormal reason. According to some, an evil spirit lurks around this place and lures people to the tracks. They say they pass out and for no reason go to the middle of the tracks, waiting for an oncoming train.
Some say the ghost comes from one of these intersection accidents. Other variants say that he is waiting for the trail to reach the station.
Crying woman on the platform
But let's get back to the Dombivli railway station itself, which is haunted by many ghosts. There is one ghost story from this stop that is more talked about than others:
One chilling account tells of a man on a train who encountered a mysterious woman overdue at night on the platform or at a crossing, depending on the different sources telling the story. Appearing to be in her 40s or 50s in office attire, she was seen crying inconsolably. When asked why she was crying and if she needed aid, she replied that she wanted to go home but couldn't.
The next day, the man returned to the Dombivli railway station with a friend and saw the same woman crying. He tried to discuss it with his friend, but to his complete surprise, his friend didn't see the woman at all.
Haunting at Dombivli railway station
Passengers tell not only the story of the crying woman on the platform of Dombivli station, but also the feeling of a strange energy that seemed to linger in the crowded station.
It is also said that a strange and terrifying wailing can be heard echoing throughout the haunted station. It's challenging to say when the haunting rumors about Dombivli Railway Station actually started circulating. The earliest online sources date back to at least 2014 (at least the earlier English sources).
Reference:
https://hauntingindia.blogspot.com/2015/10/top-10-nawiedzone-miejsca-w-dombivli.html
Dombivli – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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