flanked by the Eastern Express highway. Four buses (numbers 144, 453, 545 and 603), however, pass through Bhandup East, as the area is relatively sparsely populated. There is also a special bus service in the mornings for female commuters, going from Bhandup to Andheri. There is also a special State Transport Bus service in the morning which run between Bhandup and CWC (Navi Mumbai) and Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport Corporation runs a bus (route no 144) through Bhandup East which plies between Andheri East and Airoli. Bhandup is also a railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, between KanjurMarg and Nahur. Schools There are over 35 schools in Bhandup. Most of these schools are affiliated with the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. NES High School and Junior College Pawar Public School, L.B.S. Marg, Bhandup (W) Adarsha Vidyalaya Highschool & Junior College, Bhandup (West) Adarsh Vidyalay, Bhandup East (Marathi medium) Ahilya Vidyalaya (Jamil Nagar) Ahilya Vidyalaya (Utkarsh Nagar) B.E.S English High School, Next to Railway station, Bhandup (East) B.P.E.S. High School, Pratap Nagar, Bhandup (W) Cosmos English High School & Jr. College Bhandup (West) Gurunanak English High School Bhandup (W) I D U B S High School and Jr. College Bhandup (W) IES School, Bhandup East (English/Marathi medium) Navjeevan Vidyamandir & Jr. College New English School Dockyard Colony Kanjur West Pragatik Vidyalaya school Tembipada gavdevi Road Bhandup West. R.S.S Vidya Mandir English/Hindi Bhandup west Parag vidyalaya, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj talav, Bhandup West, Mumbai - 78. Sahyadri Vidyamandir, Shivaji Talav, Bhandup West, Mumbai-78. Shree Saraswati Vidyamandir Bhandup (West) St. Francis Xavier's High School Bhandup (East) Mohammadi Urdu High School (Sonapur Bhandup) St. Xavier's High School & Jr. College Bhandup (West) Yashwant Chandaji Sawant Vidyamandir, Utkarsh Nagar, Bhandup (West) Saraswati vidyalaya Kanjurmarg East Colleges Bhandup has five major accredited colleges, out of which two are in Bhandup (East) and three in Bhandup (West). All of them are affiliated to the University of Mumbai. The breakup is as follows: Sports Football Bhandup has several Football clubs which are members of the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA), including the Sunday Boys Football Club, the GKW Rangers, Ushanagar Youth CluB, DATAR CHAMP'S Football Club (DC), Samarth Garden Football Club (S.G.F.C), UshaComplex Football club (U.C.F.C). And Gunners Football Club and GN Boys and Loss Fc and Satya Vijay Football Club (SVFC),Bhandup Sports Academy(BSA). Bhandup also has its own