The country's first passenger train ran in Western India between Bombay Bori Bunder(now Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) and Thane on 16 April 1853. The 14-carriage train was hauled by three steam locomotives: the Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan. Travelling 34 kilometres (21 mi), the train carried 400 people. The train took fifty-seven minutes to reach Tanna.
The line was built and operated by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR).[2] It was built in 1,676 mm(5 ft 6 in) broad gauge, which became the country's standard for railways.