the first railway train in india ran in 1853 from mumbai to thane.
the first railway train in india ran in 1853 from mumbai to thane.
the first railway train in india ran in 1853 from mumbai to?
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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
the first railway budget was presented in 1925. on 3 february 1925, the first electric passenger train in india ran between victoria terminus (vt) and kurla on 1,500 v dc overhead traction. cammell laird and uerdingenwagonfabrik manufactured the locomotives for this train. the vt-bandra section was electrified (with an elevated platform at sandhurst road), the oudh and rohilkhund railway was merged with the eir, the first railway budget was presented in the same year. in 1926, the kurla-kalyan section was electrified with 1,500 v dc. electrification to poona and igatpuri (both 1,500 v dc) over the bhore and thal ghats was also completed, and the charbagh railway station in lucknow was built that year. the bandra-virar section was electrified with 1,500 v dc in january 1928.
history of rail transport in india