Q:- When was the first railway line started in India?
-> 1853..
On April 16, 1853, the first passenger train between Bori Bunder, Bombay and Thana covering a distance of 34 km (21 miles) was inaugurated, formally heralding the birth of railways in India.
However, The first train in India was operational on December 22, 1851, used for the hauling of construction material in Roorkee.
The Governor-General of India at that time, Lord Hardinge deliberated on the proposal from the
commercial, military and political viewpoints. He came to the conclusion that the East India
Company should assist private capitalists who sought to setup a rail system in India. In 1832 a proposal was made to build a railroad between Madras and Bangalore but it never materialised.
The British government encouraged the setting up of railways by private investors under a scheme that would guarantee an annual return of 5% during the initial years of operation.
Once completed, the company would be passed under government ownership, but would be operated by the company that built them.
by the time of India's independence in 1947 they had grown to forty-two rail systems. In 1951 the systems were nationalised as one unit—Indian Railways—to form one of the largest networks in the world. The broad gauge is the majority and original standard gauge in India; more recent networks of metre and narrow gauge are being replaced by broad gauge. The steam locomotives have been replaced over the years with diesel and electric locomotives.
The Indian Railways is the largest railway system in the world under a single management. It employs about 1.6 million people, making itself the second largest commercial or utility employer in the world. Each year, more than 4 billion passenger journeys are made by Indian railway. Trains in India are not merely means of transportation, they are living organisms- accommodating mini-Indias inside them and traveling place to place...
-> 1853..
On April 16, 1853, the first passenger train between Bori Bunder, Bombay and Thana covering a distance of 34 km (21 miles) was inaugurated, formally heralding the birth of railways in India.
However, The first train in India was operational on December 22, 1851, used for the hauling of construction material in Roorkee.
The Governor-General of India at that time, Lord Hardinge deliberated on the proposal from the
commercial, military and political viewpoints. He came to the conclusion that the East India
Company should assist private capitalists who sought to setup a rail system in India. In 1832 a proposal was made to build a railroad between Madras and Bangalore but it never materialised.
The British government encouraged the setting up of railways by private investors under a scheme that would guarantee an annual return of 5% during the initial years of operation.
Once completed, the company would be passed under government ownership, but would be operated by the company that built them.
by the time of India's independence in 1947 they had grown to forty-two rail systems. In 1951 the systems were nationalised as one unit—Indian Railways—to form one of the largest networks in the world. The broad gauge is the majority and original standard gauge in India; more recent networks of metre and narrow gauge are being replaced by broad gauge. The steam locomotives have been replaced over the years with diesel and electric locomotives.
The Indian Railways is the largest railway system in the world under a single management. It employs about 1.6 million people, making itself the second largest commercial or utility employer in the world. Each year, more than 4 billion passenger journeys are made by Indian railway. Trains in India are not merely means of transportation, they are living organisms- accommodating mini-Indias inside them and traveling place to place...
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