First Railway Journey in India 1853: Bori Bunder to Thane
Lord Dalhousie dedicated the first passenger railway train, which travelled between Bombay's Bori Bunder station and Thane on April 16, 1853 in India, three steam locomotives, the Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan, pulled the 14-car train.
Interesting Facts of first railway train in India 1853
From Bombay to Thane, the first railway on the India ran for 21 miles. During a visit to Bhandup in 1843, Mr. George Clark, the Bombay Government's Chief Engineer, had the idea of building a railway to connect Bombay with Thane, Kalyan, and the Thal and Bhore Ghats inclines.
The ceremonial inauguration event took place on April 16, 1853, when 14 railway coaches carrying roughly 400 visitors left Bori Bunder at 3.30 p.m. "amidst the loud applause of a great throng and the salute of 21 cannons," accor...