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Grandson of the man behind Mumbai Central station visits city

Named Bombarci, after the old name of Western Railway - Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway (BB&CI) - the spacious bungalow located on Altamount Road, was built in 1925

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Jackson spoke of his fond memories of the bungalow Bombarci and the city

Jackson spoke of his fond memories of the bungalow Bombarci and the city

Can I see the garden in the backyard? I know there is one," smiled a nostalgic Englishman visiting the spacious bungalow of Mumbai's Western Railway General Manager. Richard Campbell-Jackson, grandson of Sir Ernest Jackson, who built the then Bombay Central station as the General Manager of the Western Railway, was visiting the city with his wife. "The road in the front was much farther then," the 81-year-old (born in 1937), exclaimed as he took an emotional tour of the bungalow that he lived in decades ago.

Named Bombarci, after the old name of Western Railway — Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway (BB&CI) — the spacious bungalow located on Altamount Road, was built in 1925.
Sir Ernest Jackson was the General Manager for Western Railway between 1925 and 1932, when he got the (now) Mumbai Central station built along with starting the iconic Frontier Mail train, playing a crucial role in electrification of railways and founding the railway co-operative credit society.

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