"Khar was planned to meet the needs of the growing suburban population north of Bandra where the Bombay development departments were carrying out many developmental schemes," a Western Railway official said.
Large tracts of wasteland on the western side were reclaimed and converted into residential sites with 842 building plots aimed at a population of around 10,000.
"The main hitch was that a new housing scheme was largely dependent on its success for the provision of a convenient railway station. Khar would thus facilitate not just newcomers planning to shift there but also existing residents of the famous Pali Hill and its extensions to get a convenient neighbourhood station," the official said.
The Western Railway had estimated that around 1,700 people would use the Khar station in the then foreseeable future.
