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Detailed explanation-1: -The Western Railway zone of the national transporter recently operated its first double stack dwarf container train between Jamnagar and Sanjaan near the city of Mumbai.

Detailed explanation-2: -"With this remarkable development, Indian Railways has proudly become the first Railway to run double stack container train with high reach pantograph in high rise OHE territory,” it added.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Howrah–Dhanbad Double Decker Express was a Superfast train of Indian Railways, which was the first of its type to be introduced. It was accommodated with latest stainless steel LHB coach, manufactured at Kapurthala Coach Factory.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first container block train from Finland to India is on its way carrying 32 containers loaded with paper-based products of a Swedish company. It is the first such service linking Europe and India using the western wing of a new transport corridor that seeks to cut transit time and cost of transportation.

Detailed explanation-5: -India’s first railway opened in 1853, a 32 km line between Bombay and Thane. However, there was an earlier plan to build a line from Calcutta to Delhi, and this rare map from 1846, which helped hail the rise of Modern India, was prepared for the East India Railway Company’s initial survey.