INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The first railway train, which ran between Bombay to Thane on 16 April 1853, was contributed by Lord Dalhousie. 16 April 1853 this date is considered one of the important milestones in the pathway of the rail revolution in India. It was a 14-carriage and the train was hauled by three steam locomotives.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. The Great Indian Peninsula Railway is the name of the train that ran first from Bori Bunder to Thane in 1853. With 14 carriages and 400 passengers, Great Indian Peninsula Railway operated the first passenger train in India from Bori Bunder to Thane.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first passenger train in India ran from Mumbai (Bori Bunder) to Thane on April 16, 1853 and covered a distance of 34 km.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first passenger train steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hooghly, a distance of 24 miles, on 15th August, 1854. Thus the first section of the East Indian Railway was opened to public traffic, inaugurating the beginning of railway transport on the Eastern side of the sub-continent.