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World’s first railway line was opened between Stockholm and Darlington in northern England in 1825 and railways became important mode of transport.
The first railway on Indian sub-continent ran over a stretch of 21 miles from Bombay to Thane.
The idea of a railway to connect Bombay with Thane, Kalyan and with the Thal and Bhore Ghats inclines first occurred to Mr. George Clark, the Chief Engineer of the Bombay Government, during a visit to Bhandup in 1843.
The formal inauguration ceremony was performed on 16th April 1853, when 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder at 3.30 pm "amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns."
The first passenger train steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hooghly, a distance of 24 miles, on 15th August, 1854. Thus the first section of the East Indian Railway was opened to public traffic, inaugurating the beginning of railway transport on the Eastern side of the sub-continent.
In south the first line was opened on Ist July, 1856 by the Madras Railway Company. It ran between Veyasarpandy and Walajah Road (Arcot), a distance of 63 miles. In the North a length of 119 miles of line was laid from Allahabad to Kanpur on 3rd March 1959. The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic on 19th October, 1875.
Over the years the Indian railways system has grown to be the largest in the Asia and fourth largest in the world. Now-a-days rail transport has become important mode of transport in India. In India railways are owned and managed by central government. It is a public utility transport.
It carries 3/4 of the country’s passenger’s traffic and 4/5 of its freight i.e. over 350 million tonnes of frieght annually. In terms of daily passenger’s traffic, India is next to Russia and Japan. The Indian railway consists of an extensive network spread over 63,140 kms. Its operations covers twenty-seven states and three Union territories and also links the neighbouring countries of Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
These were the small beginnings which is due course developed into a network of railway lines all over the country. By 1880 the Indian Railway system had a route mileage of about 9000 miles.
Latest reports show that the railway carries over 11mn passengers a day. It has over 62,000 route kilometers, over 1, 07,000 track kilometers and the largest railway system under single management.
Freight and passenger traffic carried by Indian Railway has recorded an impressive growth. This has been possible due to conscious efforts put in by the railways in improving the productivity of the assets and modernization and technology upgradation in various fields.
In some areas like track, signalling, communication systems, computerization, etc., the technology in use is comparable to that in the very advanced countries
The first railway on Indian sub-continent ran over a stretch of 21 miles from Bombay to Thane.
The idea of a railway to connect Bombay with Thane, Kalyan and with the Thal and Bhore Ghats inclines first occurred to Mr. George Clark, the Chief Engineer of the Bombay Government, during a visit to Bhandup in 1843.
The formal inauguration ceremony was performed on 16th April 1853, when 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder at 3.30 pm "amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns."
The first passenger train steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hooghly, a distance of 24 miles, on 15th August, 1854. Thus the first section of the East Indian Railway was opened to public traffic, inaugurating the beginning of railway transport on the Eastern side of the sub-continent.
In south the first line was opened on Ist July, 1856 by the Madras Railway Company. It ran between Veyasarpandy and Walajah Road (Arcot), a distance of 63 miles. In the North a length of 119 miles of line was laid from Allahabad to Kanpur on 3rd March 1959. The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic on 19th October, 1875.
Over the years the Indian railways system has grown to be the largest in the Asia and fourth largest in the world. Now-a-days rail transport has become important mode of transport in India. In India railways are owned and managed by central government. It is a public utility transport.
It carries 3/4 of the country’s passenger’s traffic and 4/5 of its freight i.e. over 350 million tonnes of frieght annually. In terms of daily passenger’s traffic, India is next to Russia and Japan. The Indian railway consists of an extensive network spread over 63,140 kms. Its operations covers twenty-seven states and three Union territories and also links the neighbouring countries of Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
These were the small beginnings which is due course developed into a network of railway lines all over the country. By 1880 the Indian Railway system had a route mileage of about 9000 miles.
Latest reports show that the railway carries over 11mn passengers a day. It has over 62,000 route kilometers, over 1, 07,000 track kilometers and the largest railway system under single management.
Freight and passenger traffic carried by Indian Railway has recorded an impressive growth. This has been possible due to conscious efforts put in by the railways in improving the productivity of the assets and modernization and technology upgradation in various fields.
In some areas like track, signalling, communication systems, computerization, etc., the technology in use is comparable to that in the very advanced countries