when did the mumbai suburban railway start functioning
Mumbai Suburban Railway The Mumbai Suburban Railway is an offshoot of the first passenger railway to be built by the British in India, and is also the oldest railway system in Asia. The first train ran between Bori Bunder (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) and Thane, a distance of 34 km, on 16 April 1853 at 15:35. The 14-coach train took 1.25 h to complete the 34 km journey, with a halt at Sion to refill the train's water tanks.[4] Since 1991, it has been expanded rapidly. The Bombay Railway & History Group has been striving to document railway heritage along this line.[5]