The history of train travel in India is long and varied. We look back at how your commute used to be like in the country...
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The Google Doodle on April 16 paid tribute to India's vast train travel network on the 160th anniversary of the first passenger train journey. The first ride happened on April 16, 1853 between Bori Bunder in Mumbai and Thane, a distance of approximately 34 kilometres.
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1864 - This is an illustration of a two storied, third class carriage on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India railway
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1867 - An Indian station near Kolkata
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1930 - A train in India passing two bullock drawn carts on its way down the hill towards Darjeeling
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1955 - Passengers on the roof of a train at Basirhat station on the Barasat-Basirhat Railway, 17th June, 1955. This picture was taken during rush hour
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2002 - Workers and media look at the first coaches of New Delhi's metro from South Korea
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2009 - Villagers watch the Heritage run of a railway coach hauled by a 1947 model steam locomotive engine as it crosses Badyabati station, Kolkata
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2011 - Commuters prepare to catch a train during rush hour at a suburban railway station in Mumbai
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2013 - India's first monorail rake is taken on a test ride in Mumbai
