TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
RAILWAYS
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Question
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7th March 1977
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4th May 1942
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9th September 1964
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3rd February 1925
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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: -The first electric train was inaugurated in India on 3 February 1925. It ran between Victoria Terminus (VT) – now Chatrapathi Shivaji Terminus-in Mumbai to Kurla. The first long-distance electric passenger train was the Deccan Queen.
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.