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The market's official name is Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai, though everybody still calls it Crawford Market. Say "Crawford Market" to any taxi driver and they will take you there.
Mumbai Metro Line 3 runs 33.5 km underground from Aarey JVLR in the north to Cuffe Parade in the south, across 27 stations, and has been fully operational since 8 October 2025. At the market end the Line 3 stations are CSMT Metro (about 0.9 km, a 10-12 minute walk), with Kalbadevi and Girgaon also on the line; Hutatma Chowk serves the Fort and Flora Fountain area.
Trains run daily, including Sundays, from about 5:55 AM; the last trains leave the termini around 10:30 PM — check the Mumbai Metro app for the day you travel. Crawford Market's own opening hours are on our opening hours page.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), universally called CST or VT, is the main-line station for the market: about 0.9 km, a 10-12 minute walk. It is the terminus for Central Line locals and for long-distance trains, and both the Central and Harbour suburban lines serve it. From the station's main exit, walk up Dadabhai Naoroji Road and turn onto Lokmanya Tilak Marg; the market building is on your right. CSMT is one of India's busiest railway stations, and the UNESCO-listed Victorian Gothic building is a landmark in its own right. The Line 3 station, CSMT Metro, is underground at Azad Maidan and linked to the main-line station.
The nearest suburban stations are Masjid Bunder (about 0.5-0.7 km — Central and Harbour lines) and CSMT (0.8-0.9 km); Sandhurst Road and Dockyard Road are the next stops.
BEST buses stop on Lokmanya Tilak Marg at the stop signed Mahatma Phule Market — a couple of minutes on foot from the market, and the city's very first bus route (Afghan Church to Crawford Market, 1926) ended here. Route numbers change as BEST rationalises its network, so check the Chalo app or the BEST route planner before you travel.
Three of the routes that serve the stop are 3 (Jijamata Udyan ↔ Navy Nagar/Colaba), 51 (Santacruz Depot ↔ Colaba Bus Station) and 124 (Worli Depot ↔ Colaba Bus Station).
Taxis and app-based cabs are the most relaxed way to reach the market, and drivers can drop you at the Lokmanya Tilak Marg entrance. In this part of the city use a taxi (kaali-peeli) or an app-based cab — auto-rickshaws are not permitted in South Mumbai. Insist on the meter in a black-and-yellow taxi; app-based fares are meter-equivalent and usually the most predictable, and they are the best option if you are travelling with luggage or shopping bags.
Crawford Market is roughly 20-25 km from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM): allow 30-60 minutes by taxi or ride-hailing app in normal traffic, and longer at peak hours. Metro Line 3 is the traffic-proof option — it has stations inside both terminals (CSIA T1 and CSIA T2) and runs direct to the market end with no change of train.
To reach the market from the airport take a taxi for about 20-25 km, or you may consider using local transport. The best route therefore would be as follows — it is the way this page has always sent visitors in, and it still works.
From Andheri railway station take a southbound Western Line local to Dadar.
At Dadar Western change to the other line to catch a train going south towards CSMT.
Get off the train at Masjid Station, which is the station after Sandhurst Road.
Outside the station head towards Dongri Police Station and pass by it onto Kazi Syed Street.
Follow that street to Lokmanya Tilak Marg which has a great range of eateries, and follow that until you see the Sir JJ flyover, overhead road, and then going under that you will find the market.
Due to the high tower of the market it is easy to see when you approach it.
Once there you will find many other interesting things within easy walking distance.
Arriving with a bag? Our guide to the hotels, lodges and musafirkhanas near the market says which ones publish a tariff, which you can book online, and which you have to phone.
The same site holds the Crawford Market fish market, in the redeveloped fish halls at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai.
If you want to see the Dhobi Ghat at Mahalaxmi as well, our guide covers the route from the market and the best hour to go.
The licensed wholesale yards are a different journey, out at Vashi and Turbhe rather than on this side of the harbour — getting to the APMC yards covers the addresses and phone numbers APMC publishes.
Crawford Market shares an interesting connection with that great great representative of the British Empire in India, Mr Kipling. But not as you might have though, the author and journalist Rudyard Kipling, but his father John Lockwood Kipling.