TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
RAILWAYS
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January 4, 1928
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February 3, 1925
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March 2, 1926
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December 1, 1924
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first electric train ran in India with the inauguration of services between Bombay VT and Kurla Harbour on 3rd Feb 1925 on ex-GIP Railway system. The section was electrified on 1500 Volt DC.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first electric train in India was ‘Deccan Queen’. It was introduced in 1929 between Bombay and Poona.
Detailed explanation-3: -Deccan Queen, which has been running between Mumbai and Pune since 1930, is the country’s first superfast train, first long-distance electric-hauled train, first vestibuled train, first train to have a “ladies only” car and the first train to feature a dining car.
Detailed explanation-4: -And with success: on May 31, 1879, Siemens & Halske presented the world’s first electric train in which power was supplied through the rails.
Detailed explanation-5: -The first electric passenger train ran from the Bombay Victoria Terminus (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai) to Kurla, a distance of 16 km, in 1925 on February 3 on the Harbour line.