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The country's first train, Red Hill Railway, ran from Red Hills

to Chintadripet bridge in Madras. The train was pulled by

a rotary steam locomotive engine which was manufactured by William Avery.

Built by Engineer Arthur Cotton, the railway was

mainly used for transporting granite stone for

road-building work in Madras.

Dowleswaram in Rajahmundry. This structure was also

built by Also built by Arthur Cotton. It mainly supplied stone

for the construction of a dam over the Godavari River.

‘Guarantee System’ was introduced which provided free land and a

guaranteed 5% return to private British companies who

were willing to build railways in India

by the Thomason steam locomotive engine. The railway transported

construction materials for an aqueduct over the Solani River.

India’s first passenger train ran between Bombay's Bori Bunder station and Thane,

which was dedicated by Lord Dalhousie. The 14-carriage train was pulled by three

steam locomotive engines which were Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan.

The train traveled a total of 34 km and carried a total of 400 people.

This passenger line was built and operated by the Great

Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR).

Hoogly and covered a distance of 39 km (24 miles).

The Railway line was built and managed by the East

Indian Railway Company (EIR).

with the Dapoorie viaduct over the Ulhas River which

was also India's first railway bridge.

In the same year, GIPR opened its

first Railway workshop in Byculla.

in August, the EIR Express and Fairy Queen

steam locomotives were launched.

to Wallajah Road in Arcot and covered a total distance of 97 km.

The train was built and operated by the Madras Railway department.

In the same year, Madras Railway's first workshop was opened at

Perambur (near Madras) and the Bombay-Thane line was extended to Khopoli.

opened in Calcutta. It was opened in between Sealdah

and Armenian Ghat Street which covered a distance of 3.8 KM.

In the following year, the Great South Indian and

Carnatic Railways combined to form the South Indian Railway Company.

its operation in Bombay between Colaba and Parel.

introduced lighting in passenger coaches

to introduce electric lighting as standard fixtures.

in India ran between Victoria Terminus (VT) and Kurla on

1,500 V DC overhead traction. The locomotives for this train

were manufactured by Cammell Laird and Uerdingen Wagon Fabrik.

The VT-Bandra section was electrified through the

elevated platform at Sandhurst Road, the Oudh and Rohil

khund Railway was merged with the EIR.

Also, electrification to Poona and Igatpuri with 1,500 V DC

over the Bhore and Thal Ghats was also completed.

In the same year, the Charbagh Railway Station/

Lucknow Railway Station was built.

In the same year, the country's first automatic color-light

signals became operational, on GIPR's lines between

Bombay VT and Byculla.

In the same year, the Grand Trunk Express started running between

Peshawar and Mangalore. Also, the Punjab Limited Express began moving between

Mumbai and Lahore, and automatic color-light signaling

was extended to the Byculla-Kurla section.

20024 (old number EA/1 4006). The route was electrified and the train

In the same year, the Hyderabad Godavari Valley Railway was merged into

Nizam's State Railway and the route of the Grand Trunk

Express was changed to Delhi-Madras.

North Eastern Railway zones were created

In the same year, the government of West Bengal also entered

into an agreement with the Calcutta Tramways Company

to take over its administrative functions and operations.

compartments in all classes of passenger accommodations,

and sleeping accommodations were launched in coaches.

In the same year, the first fully air-conditioned

train was introduced in between Delhi and Howrah

choosing SNCF as a technical consultant.

In the same year, the Main Line Electrification Project was

established which later became the Railway Electrification Project.

separated from the North-Eastern zone.

Kharswan to Dongoposi with 25kV AC traction.

Kharswan-Dongoposi section using 25 kV AC traction

The first freight service with containers

started between Bombay and Ahmedabad.

The electrification (with 25 kV AC) of several

suburban tracks over Delhi, Madras, and Calcutta was done.

into the Central Organization for Railway Electrification (CORE)

India's first metro train ran from Esplanade to

Bhowanipur (presently known as Netaji Bhawan station) in Calcutta.

reservations were introduced in New Delhi.

was introduced between New Delhi and Jhansi.

machine (SPTM) was introduced in New Delhi.

coaches and a sleeper class was introduced

service with 2 x 25 kV traction commenced on the Bina-Katni line.

reservations further commenced in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Chennai.

were launched at Mumbai CST.

In the same year, the South East Central Railway zone was

formed and credit cards were accepted for

tickets and reservations at some stations.

Central, North Central and West Central

Railway zones were formed.

ticketing and reservations.

to many cities of India

switched to 25 kV AC traction and ended its use of 1,500 V DC.

was extended to all trains available in India

made its maiden journey from Delhi to Agra

switched to 25 kV AC traction and ended its use of

DC traction in the Mumbai area country's main-line rail network.

was introduced for passengers

entire rail network would be electrified by 2022.