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- Apr 16, 185390% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Apr 16, 185388% CONFIDENCEfrom irfca.org
Great Indian Peninsula Railway Runs India's First Passenger Train
- The customary first train in India left Bombay's Bori Bunder for Thane at 3:35pm on 16 April 1853, with 14 carriages and 400 guests, hauled by three locomotives to a 21-gun salute and taking an hour and fifteen minutes[3]
- The Great Indian Peninsula Railway ran India's first passenger line: the original 21 miles (33.8 km) between Bombay and Thane[2]
- The identity of the locomotives is still a subject of research per IRFCA, so the names of the engines are not settled[3]
- Dignitaries including Jagannath Shankarseth had already ridden the full Bombay-Thane line on 18 November 1852[3]
- The GIPR was incorporated on 1 August 1849; the first sod was turned at Sion on 30 October 1850, and it later folded into Central Railway in 1951[2]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=3raiLUdPVB4youtube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Apr 16, 1853 ✓· 33% of score
Confirmed by IRFCA's[3] Indian Railways history FAQ and multiple independent sources, which date India's first passenger train from Bori Bunder to Thane to April 16, 1853.
- [2]80%Great Indian Peninsula Railway - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 15, 2026· Starts Apr 16, 1853· 33% of score
Wikipedia's article on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway corroborates that the company operated India's first passenger train, from Bori Bunder to Thane on 16 April 1853, consistent with the pin's account.
- [3]88%IRFCA - Indian Railways FAQ - Historyirfca.org· Added Sep 15, 2026· Starts Apr 16, 1853· Ends Apr 16, 1853 ✓· 33% of score
IRFCA's Indian Railways history FAQ dates the first passenger train on the subcontinent to the Great Indian Peninsula Railway's run from Bombay (Bori Bunder) to Thane on 16 April 1853, matching the pin exactly.
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