Over the years, all calculations went awry, and today Khar is like one of the other bustling mid-junction stations with around 85,000 commuters using the Western Railway suburban network daily.
Though falling in a shadow zone - as suburban fast trains do not halt here - Khar retains its importance with as many as 648 Western Railway trains and 108 Harbour Line trains daily.
Its neighbours are Bandra to the south and Santa Cruz to the north.
By the 1960s, Khar developed into a swanky, posh suburb with many private bungalows, fashionable hotels, restaurants, and later skyscrapers and mega housing complexes, with scores of important schools and colleges coming up in its vicinity.
