Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : Mumbai - Thane
The correct answer is Mumbai - Thane.
India’s first rail run on Mumbai – Thane route in 1853. - It was the first passenger train to run in India.
- It had three locomotives – Sahib, Sultan, and Sindh, and 14 carriages.
- A distance of 34 km was covered by the train.
- Based on the success of this rail, the launch of Eastern railway in 1854 and South railway in 1856.
- Lord Dalhousie is considered as the “Father of Indian Railway”.
- 1st electric train in India – Feb 03, 1925, between Borivali (Mumbai) and Kurla Harbour (Mumbai) on ex-GIP (Great Indian Peninsular) railway system
- 1st locomotive to start work in India – THOMSON (December 22, 1851)
- 1st goods train in India – Between Roorkee and Kaliyar Sharif (Uttarakhand) in 1852; this train remained operational for 9 months after its engine caught fire and the line was shut.
- 1st locomotive’s name was renamed from THOMSON to JENNY LIND.
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