<P> The country 's first passenger train , which ran between Bombay 's Bori Bunder station and Thane on 16 April 1853 , was dedicated by Lord Dalhousie . The 14 - carriage train was hauled by three steam locomotives : the Sahib , Sindh , and Sultan . Travelling 34 kilometres ( 21 mi ) , the train carried 400 people . The passenger line was built and operated by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway ( GIPR ) . It was built in 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge , which became the country 's standard for railways . </P>
<P> The country 's first passenger train , which ran between Bombay 's Bori Bunder station and Thane on 16 April 1853 , was dedicated by Lord Dalhousie . The 14 - carriage train was hauled by three steam locomotives : the Sahib , Sindh , and Sultan . Travelling 34 kilometres ( 21 mi ) , the train carried 400 people . The passenger line was built and operated by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway ( GIPR ) . It was built in 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge , which became the country 's standard for railways . </P>
the first railway train in india ran in 1853 from mumbai to
the first railway train in india ran in 1853 from mumbai to
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