BOMBAY -BALLARD PIER RAILWAY STATION -NOW THAT STATION IS NO MORE-THE FASHION WAS WHITE PANT/TROUSER- WHITE SHIRT AND WHITE COAT WITH EUROPEAN SUN HAT

story Behind The Photo

A track to the past

This picture of the Ballard Pier Mole railway station on the Bombay Port Trust railway line was shot by Masyk, the chief photographer of Hamilton Studios, in the mid 1920s. Back then, Hamilton Studios was commissioned to shoot all the images for the Bombay Port Trust. The Ballard Pier Mole railway station, which was started in the early 1900s, was shut in 1944. Some of the oldest trains in the country such as the Punjab Mail and the Frontier Mail (now renamed the Golden Temple Express) used to run from Ballard Pier Mole railway station to Peshawar.

Pic Courtesy: Hamilton Studios Pvt Ltd Archives