Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line

Some important lines in India in 1870

Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line

Legend 2177 Mumbai CST More information:Central line 2168 Dadar Central Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Terminus 2124 Kalyan 1990 Nashik Road 1917 Manmad 1733 Bhusaval to Nagpur–Bhusawal section Maharashtra–MP border to Akola 1609 Khandwa to Ujjain to Bhopal–Nagpur section 1426 Itarsi to Bhopal–Nagpur section to Nainpur Narmada River 1180 Jabalpur to Guna 1090 Katni to Bilaspur 991 Satna UP–MP border to Howrah–Delhi main line 821 Allahabad Yamuna river Naini to Varanasi 661 Mughalsarai to Howrah–Delhi main line More information: Grand Chord Karmanasa River UP–Bihar border More information: Gaya–Mughalsarai section 458 Gaya to Patna–Gaya line Falgu River to Gaya–Kiul line More information: Asansol–Gaya section Jharkhand–Bihar border 259 Dhanbad Jharkhand–West Bengal border to Main line More information: Bardhaman–Asansol section 95 Bardhaman More information: Chord / Main 0 Howrah Source: Indian Railway Time Table

The Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line is a railway line connecting Kolkata and Mumbai via Allahabad. The 2,127-kilometre long (1,322 mi) railway line was opened to traffic in 1870.

A passenger train travelling from Bombay to Tannah, 1855

Sections

For more detailed study the cross-country line has been divided into smaller sections:

1. Howrah-Bardhaman chord
2. Bardhaman-Asansol section
3. Asansol-Gaya section
4. Gaya-Mughalsarai section
5. Mughalsarai-Allahabad section
6. Allahabad-Jabalpur section
7. Jabalpur-Bhusaval section
8. Bhusawal-Kalyan section
9. Kalyan-Mumbai CST section

History

The first train in India traveled from Bombay to Thane on 16 April 1853. By May 1854, Great Indian Peninsula Railway's Bombay-Thane line was extended to Kalyan. It was extended to Khopoli via Palasdhari in 1855. Bhusawal station was set up in 1860 and Pune connected in 1863. In Eastern India, construction of the Howrah-Delhi main line was completed and through connection between Delhi and Kolkata was established in 1865. The last link was the bridge across the Yamuna at Allahabad. In 1866 Bhusawal-Khandwa section was opened and GIPR also extended its operations to Nagpur. East Indian Railway, which had established the Howrah-Allahabad-Delhi line, opened the Allahabad-Jabalpur branch line in June 1867. GIPR connection over the Thull Ghat reached Jabalpur from Itarsi on 7 March 1870, linking up with EIR track there from Allahabad, and establishing connectivity between Mumbai and Kolkata.^[1][2]

The Bengal Nagpur Railway was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway and then extending it via Bilaspur to Asansol, in order to develop a shorter Howrah-Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad.^[3] The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to Asansol, on the Howrah-Delhi main line, was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.^[4] It was only after Kharagpur was linked from the west and the south that it was connected to Howrah in 1900.

The opening of this track was part of the inspiration for the French writer Jules Verne's book "Around the World in Eighty Days." At the opening ceremony, the Viceroy Lord Mayo concluded that "it was thought desirable that, if possible, at the earliest possible moment, the whole country should be covered with a network of lines in a uniform system."

Electrification

In August 1976, the New Delhi–Howrah route (via Grand Chord), and that includes the Howrah-Allahabad section of the Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line, was the first trunk route in the country to be completely electrified with AC traction. The stretch between Mumbai CST and Itarsi on Mumbai-Allahabad-Howrah line is also completely electrified. The stretch between Itarsi and Allahabad is not electrified and work is on progress to electrify this section.

Speed limits

Most of the Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line and Howrah-Bardhaman Chord (the line is common with this line up to Allahabad) is classified as 'A' class line where trains can run up to 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph) but in certain sections speeds may be limited to 120–130 kilometres per hour (75–81 mph). The line from Bhusawal to Mumbai is also classified as 'A' class. The Allahabad-Bhusawal sector is classified as 'B' class where trains can run up to 130 km/h.^[5]

Calcutta Mail

The Imperial Indian Mail (now called Howrah-Mumbai Mail via Allahabad), running on this route, was possibly the first named train of Indian Railway. The Mumbai-Howrah Mail via Allahabad is called Calcutta Mail between Mumbai and Allahabad, and Mumbai Mail (some still call it by its old name, Bombay Mail) between Allahabad and Howrah. It is of course no match for the famed Imperial Indian Mail of yesteryears.^[6][7]

Inspiration for writing

The Kolkata-Mumbai linkage, along with other events, inspired the French writer Jules Verne to write his book Around the World in Eighty Days.^[8]

References

External links

External video

Howrah Mumbai Mail speeding through the Gangetic plains

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