LokmayaTilakTerminus was earlier known as Kurla Terminus, as it is situated in Kurla. The Kurla and Tilak Nagar suburban railway stations are located nearby. In 1996, the Muncipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai approved a proposal to rename the station after Lokmanya Tilak and forwarded it to the Union Government through the State Government of Maharashtra. The Union Home Minister, Mr. Lal Krishna Advani, approved the proposal in 1999 at the request of Mr. Ram Naik, the Minister of State, Ministry of Railways. After the decision was announced, Mr. Gurudas Kamat, the Lok Sabha member from Mumbai North-East, met Mr. L K Advani and submitted a memorandum asking that the terminus be renamed after Babasaheb Ambedkar.
In 2003, the Central Railway decided to expand LTT to take on more rail traffic, as the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus had reached its saturation point, and was unable to handle any more express trains. In 2006, the Mumbai division of Central Railway cleared the designs for construction of a swanky station complex to replace the dilapidated terminus complex. The new station complex design was prepared by the architect Mr. P K Das. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) also agreed to construct a ramp from LTT to the flyover to be built nearby, as part of the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road.
In 2003, the Central Railway decided to expand LTT to take on more rail traffic, as the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus had reached its saturation point, and was unable to handle any more express trains. In 2006, the Mumbai division of Central Railway cleared the designs for construction of a swanky station complex to replace the dilapidated terminus complex. The new station complex design was prepared by the architect Mr. P K Das. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) also agreed to construct a ramp from LTT to the flyover to be built nearby, as part of the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road.
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