Vande Bharat India’s engine less train flagged off
- 1.The Railway Budget was merged with Union budget ending a 92-year-old practice of a separate budget for the nation's largest transporter.
- Project Bullet Train launched
Gatimaan Express is India's first semi-high speed train that runs between Delhi and Jhansi flagged off.
On 3 August 2002, Railways began online train reservations and ticketing.
In February 2000, the Indian Railways website went online.
Coupon validating machines (CVMs) were introduced at Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
The CONCERT system of computerized reservation ns was deployed in New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai in September 1996.
Air-conditioned three-tier coaches and a sleeper class (separate from second class) were introduced on Indian Railways.
The first self-printing ticket machine (SPTM) was introduced in New Delhi.
First Shatabdi Express was introduced between New Delhi and Jhansi; it was later extended to Bhopal.
Computerized ticketing and reservations were introduced in New Delhi.
Indian Railways endured a 20 day strike, which drastically damaged the nation's economy.
The first containerised freight service began between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
The first fully air-conditioned train, now called Poorva Express, was introduced between Howrah and Delhi .
- The Railways started organizing itself into regional zones. The Southern (14 April 1951), Central (5 November 1951), and Western (5 November 1951) zones were created.
- 2 Fans and lights were mandated for all compartments in all passenger classes in 1951, and sleeping accommodations were introduced in coaches.
On 3 February 1925, the first electric passenger train in India ran between Victoria Terminus and Kurla.
Lighting in passenger coaches was introduced by many railway companies.
On 9 May 1874, a horse-drawn tramway began operation in Bombay between Colaba and Parel.
On 24 February 1873, a horse-drawn 3.8 km tram opened in Kolkata between Sealdah and Armenian Ghat Street.
The first passenger train in South India ran 97 km (60 mi) from Royapuram-Veyasarapady (Madras) to Wallajah Road (Arcot) on 1 July 1856.
Eastern India's first passenger train ran 39 km from Howrah, near Kolkata, to Hoogly on 15 August 1854.
The Thane viaducts, India's first railway bridges, were built over the Thane creek when the Mumbai-Thane line was extended to Kalyan in May 1854.
India's first passenger train, operated by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway and hauled by three steam locomotives (Sahib, Sindh and Sultan), ran for 34 kilometres with 400 people in 14 carriages on 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge track between Bori Bunder (Mumbai) and Thane on 16 April 1853
The Solani Aqueduct Railway was built by Proby Cautley in Roorkee to transport construction materials for an aqueduct over the Solani River.
Godavari Dam Construction Railway was built by Cotton at Dowleswaram in Rajahmundry, to supply stone for the construction of a dam over the Godavari River.
India’s first train, Red Hill Railway (built by Arthur Cotton to transport granite for road-building), ran from Red Hills to the Chintadripet bridge in Madras.
The first railway proposals for India were made in Madras.