the first passenger train in india run between bombay and then was on 16 april 1853.
the first passenger train in india run between bombay and then was on 16 april 1853.
the first passenger train in india run between bombay and then when was this?
16 april 1853
the first passenger train in india ran between bombay (bori bunder) and thane on 16 april 1853. the 14-carriage train was hauled by three steam locomotives: sahib, sindh and sultan. it ran for about 34 kilometers between these two cities carrying 400 people. the line was built and operated by gipr. this railway line was built in broad gauge, which became the standard for the railways in the country. the first passenger railway train in eastern india ran from howrah, near calcutta to hoogly, for distance of 24 miles, on 15 august 1854. the line was built and operated by eir. the first passenger train in south india ran from royapuram / veyasarapady (madras) to wallajah road (arcot) on 1 july 1856, for a distance of 60 miles. it was built and operated by madras railway. on 24 february 1873, the first tramway (a horse-drawn tramway) opened in calcutta between sealdah and armenian ghat street, a distance of 3.8 km.
history of rail transport
in the evening of 4 april 1975, a crowded passenger train no. 513 traveled from vilnius to kaunas. it was friday, a week after easter, and many students from vilnius were returning home for the weekend. at 17:35 local time, the train at a speed of hit a 60-tonne tank car of a cargo train. the cargo train no. 2719 of 93 tank cars was traveling from paneriai railway station near vilnius to near kaunas at slower speeds and had to give way to the faster passenger train by moving to the side track at the . however, its last car protruded too far into the live track. the cargo train carried fuel which leaked and caught fire. the first two cars (the locomotive and the first passenger car) of the passenger train derailed, while the third car got stuck in the tank car and suffered from particularly fierce flames. in total, there were four passenger train cars.
žasliai railway disaster