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YEARS OF INDIAN RAILWAYS
YEARS OF INDIAN RAILWAYS
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FACTS OF INDIA’S FIRST RAILWAY- 16 APRIL 2016- Rajendra B. Aklekar
India’s first
passenger train with three Vulcan-built steam locomotives & 14 wooden rail
cars ran between the 21 mile (34km) distance of Boree Bunder (today called
Mumbai CST) & Thana (today called Thane) on Saturday, April 16, 1853 at
3:35pm. The journey completes 163 years today on April 16, 2016, also a
Saturday.
passenger train with three Vulcan-built steam locomotives & 14 wooden rail
cars ran between the 21 mile (34km) distance of Boree Bunder (today called
Mumbai CST) & Thana (today called Thane) on Saturday, April 16, 1853 at
3:35pm. The journey completes 163 years today on April 16, 2016, also a
Saturday.
Here are 16 fascinating points about it from my book Halt Station India.
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