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2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the train and tell the stations between which the India’s 1st corporate train will operate?
A
Lucknow-Delhi; Tejas Express
B
Lucknow-Mumbai; Train 18
C
Lucknow-Kolkata; Train 20
D
Lucknow-Chennai; Tejas Express
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s first “Corporate” train Tejas Express launched on the Delhi-Lucknow route on 4th Oct 2019. The inaugural run of Tejas express was on 24 May 2017 from Mumbai to Goa.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first Tejas Express train ran form Mumbai’s CST railway station to the Karmali railway station in Goa, and since then more trains have been added to the Tejas Express lineup.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The country’s first transport train, Red Hill Railway (built by Arthur Cotton to transport granite for road-building), ran from Red Hills to the Chintadripet bridge in Madras in 1836-1837.

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