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Mumbai: City trains turn 100; will there be a party?
Updated On: 26 August, 2024 07:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Maiden journey of the electric train ran from Mumbai’s Victoria Terminus to Kurla in 1925. Rail officials have called for a grand celebration as the centenary year approaches
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The first electric train running between Victoria Terminus and Kurla
Mumbai’s lifeline the electric local train is completing a centenary in February 2025 and retired rail officials, enthusiasts, and engineers are writing to the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to commemorate the occasion in a grand manner.
Indian Railways is also marching towards 100 per cent electrification of its railway network and as per the latest update, 95 per cent is done. India’s first railway electric train ran on Tuesday, February 3, 1925. It ran between Bombay (Victoria Terminus) and Kurla, a distance of 16 km, and was opened by the Bombay Governor Sir Leslie Orme Wilson. The power was to be supplied by the Tatas, while the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) built its in-house power-generating plant at Thakurli. All inputs for electrification, except power supply, were imported from various companies in England.
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