Sewri is a suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway.
The famous Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road (RAK marg) which consist of four adjacent roads initiates at Sewri. The road which ends at Maheswari Udhyan (Matunga) near King's Circle station starts from the Sewri Station. Fatima High School can be found at the beginning of the RAK road.
On coming out of the station towards the east end, there are a number of gusto industrial units especially of Petrochemical industries.
On the west side, there are a number of well known housing societies like SEWRI koliwada,BDD Chawls,Dnyaneshwar Nagar, Shivaji Nagar, Gulmohar Society, Labour Camp and Bhatwadi.
The market area is called "Sewri Naka".Since it is situated in central Mumbai, it is quite conveniently located and is at equal distance from both North Mumbai and South Mumbai.
In the recent years a lot of construction activity has been taking place in this area due to opening up of mill lands and the Mumbai Port Trust area. A trans-harbour link from Sewri to Nhava Sheva (Sewri-Nhava Sheva transharbour link) is due to come up in this area.
The largest Christian cemetery in Mumbai, the Sewri Christian Cemetery, is located here.
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