HISTORY: India’s First Train Named Sahib, Sultan And Sindh Launched In the Year 1853; Learn More.
The history of Indian Railways dates back to over 160 years ago. On 16th April 1853, the first passenger train ran between Bori Bunder (Bombay) and Thane, a distance of 34 km. It was operated by three locomotives, named Sahib, Sultan and Sindh, and consisted of fourteen carriages and carried about 400 people.
The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built in the United Kingdom in 1804 by Richard Trevithick, a British engineer born in Cornwall. This used high-pressure steam to drive the engine by one power stroke. When an Englishman launched the first practical steam locomotive, it averaged less than 10 mph. Today, several high-speed rail lines are regularly travelling 30 times as fast. As you can see in this video module, how fast the trains transformed back then and in modern days.
WATCH THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE TRAIN
Now that the world has advanced in technologies, that is to travel around the globe is much faster than those trains which took days and weeks just to travel from state to state.
Shanghai Maglev of China with its speed of 460 kph/286 mph. The world’s fastest public train is also unique as it’s the only link in the world currently carrying passengers using magnetic levitation (Maglev) rather than conventional steel wheels on steel rails.
In India Vande, Bharat Express is the fastest train with a speed of 180 km/hr, followed by Gatimaan express with a speed of 160km/hr.
