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A brief history of train travel… And glimpse of future.

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Page 1: A brief history of tracks

A brief history of train travel…

And glimpse of future.

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The first train in India ran on April 16th 1853 from Bombay to Thane.

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Yep, encounters with not so friendly guests were common then

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Can you believe this feat of engineering called the Darjeeling loop was constructed in 1880?

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A private trolley ride, how cool is that?

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The London Underground, which opened in 1863, was the world’s first underground railway system. More than 30,000 passengers tried out the Tube on the opening day and it was hailed by the Times as “the great engineering triumph of the day”. Pictured - William Gladstone on an inspection of the first underground line.Photograph: Hulton Getty

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Opened in 1913, the Buenos Aires metro is the oldest in Latin America. Pictured - wooden subway cars are unloaded in 1934.Photograph: Keystone-France/100% Keystone

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This was history…

Now for the future of travel by train…

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Join us at Bengaluru Metro station and you will be the first amongst the many who will travel not just in style but with a clean conscience.