When the first train in India set off in 1853 from Bombay to Thane, pulled by three steam locomotives named Sahib, Sindh and Sultan, it covered just 34 km but ignited a transport revolution. In the ...
16 April 1853 — a day that made history in India. At 3:35 pm, a 14-coach steam train whistled for the first time from Bori Bunder station in Mumbai (then Bombay). The destination was Thane, about 34 ...
India today manufactures almost every type of railway rolling stock — locomotives, coaches, wagons, metro cars and modern trainsets — in large numbers and at competitive cost.