Civil Engineering - Railways - Discussion

Railways were introduced to India in 1853 from Mumbai to Thane, and 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 under Project Unigauge. The steam locomotives have been replaced over the years with diesel and electric locomotives.

Can anyone tell me that, what is the total distances of track that first Indian railway travels?

@Vikas. It is 33.8 km.

First commercial train actually run from a place named bori bunder in Bombay to thane on 16 April 1853 and covered a distance of 34Km along with 14 carriageways and 400 passengers hauled by 3 engines named -- sahib, sind and sultan. This was the first commercial train but actually first train run between red hills and chintadripet for transportation of granite for road making in 1837.

Actually, 1st train in India started From Roorkee to Piran kailyard (Uttarakhand).

After this, 1st commercial train started from Mumbai to Thane.