the mumbai suburban railway started functioning on 16 april 1853.
the mumbai suburban railway started functioning on 16 april 1853.
when did the mumbai suburban railway start functioning?
16 april 1853
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the mumbai suburban railway is an offshoot of the first passenger railway to be built by the british east india company, and is also the oldest railway system in asia. the first train was run by the great indian peninsula railway (now central railway) between bori bunder (now chhatrapati shivaji maharaj terminus) and thane, a distance of 34 km, on 16 april 1853 at 15:35. the 14-coach train took 1.25 h to complete the 34 km journey, with a halt at sion to refill the train's water tanks.
mumbai suburban railway
the mumbai suburban railway is the first rail system in india which began services in mumbai in 1853, transports 6.3 million passengers daily and has the highest passenger density in the world. the kolkata suburban railway, was established in kolkata in 1854.









































the operational suburban rail systems in india are in mumbai suburban railway, kolkata suburban railway, lucknow-kanpur suburban railway, chennai suburban railway, delhi suburban railway, pune suburban railway, hyderabad multi-modal transport system, barabanki-lucknow suburban railway and karwar railway division.









































other planned systems are bengaluru commuter rail, ahmedabad suburban railway and coimbatore suburban railway.









































section::::rail.:metro.
transport in india