Bombay Railway History Group
The story of Bombay's railway heritage
The first passenger railway train in the east (in Asia) ran between 21 miles of Bombay and Thane on 16 April, 1853. laid by the first railway company called the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR). Citizens of Bombay celebrated the day as a public holiday.
GIPR called this an 'experimental line'. Today 153 years later, this 'experimental line' has become the lifeline of Bombay, now called Mumbai, India's financial capital, ferrying a record 3 million passengers every single day.
As the railway line today runs on the same old blueprint, there are a lot of relics here that attach national heritage value.
It is important to document and gather those silent structures that so vividly tell the tale of the glorious past.
May it be that neglected, old and rusted metal shell lying in one corner of the line or a crumbling stone structure. It may be just a piece of scrap for everyone else, but here for members of this society-- 105 from eight countries --we believe in respecting for being a part of our railway history.
Rajendra Aklekar
Latest Update (Feb 11 , 2008)
Kurla, Mumbai Central stations and
Nahur railway shed in Mumbai
classified as heritage structures
by local municipal body..
