george turnbull was the man behind the first railway line in india.
george turnbull was the man behind the first railway line in india.
the man behind the first railway line in india was?
george turnbull
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royapuram railway station is the place from where the laying down of the second railway line of the south asia commenced in 1853. the idea of a railway in south india long predated any other railway lines in the indian subcontinent when a railway line for madras was proposed in 1832. in the early 1840s, about 15 years after stephenson's steam engine undertook that historic stockton-darlington journey with its passenger coach, laying of a railway line in south india was discussed in london. in 1845, the madras railway company was formed and the plan was still under discussion. four years later, the great india peninsula company was formed in 1849, which built a 21-mile-long route from bori bunder (later the victoria terminus) in bombay to thane, becoming india's first railway line opened for traffic on 16 april 1853. with the madras railway company reconstituting itself in 1849, the plans for a railway line in the south was revived further to the efforts by the mercantile community of madras presidency, which lobbied for rail connectivity. work on the southern line began in 1853 and the railway line was extended from royapuram (madras) to arcot, then titular capital of the nawab of the carnatic (the present day walajapet, near ranipet in tamil nadu). royapuram was selected as the location for the new station as it was on the edge of a settlement of british traders and natives near fort st. george. with the opening of the main terminus, the royapuram station, on 28 june 1856 by the then governor lord harris, the railway line was opened for traffic on 1 july 1856. on the inaugural day, two services—royapuram to ambur and royapuram to tiruvallur—were operated. the first train, manufactured by simpson and company, started its journey with the governor and 300 european people from royapuram to walajapet and a stately dinner was arranged in ambur. the second train carried indian invitees to a shorter distance till "triveloor" (the present day thiruvallur). however, it is not known whether dinner was arranged for the people in the second train.
royapuram railway station