Question

When was the world’s first passenger railway opened?

Answer 1

Hint: The first passenger train ran between Boribunder (Bombay) and thane for 84KM. In 1925 the railway budget was separated from the general budget in India. Around 600BC a railway named Runway was built.

Complete answer: On 20th Sep 1825 the first passenger railway in the world was started in the Stockton and Darlington Railway, in Northeast England. It was a steam engine. Although, it used both horsepower and steam power on different runs.
 In 1837, the first known electric locomotive was built by Chemist Robert Davidson in Scotland. Galvanic cell was used to power it up. Later on, in 1847, Robert Davidson built a larger locomotive which was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Society of Arts. It had a speed of 6 km per hour. Later, it destroyed by the railway worker as they saw it as a threat to lose their jobs.
In 1879, Werner Von Siemens demonstrated an electric railway in Berlin. Charles Brown designed the first AC electric locomotive in Zurich.
In 1906, Rudolf Diesel and Adolf Wose manufactured a diesel engine. The world’s first diesel-powered locomotive ran in 1912 on the Winterthur-Romanshorn railway in Switzerland but unfortunately, it was not a commercial success. It had a speed of 100 km per hour.
In 1964, in Japan, the first electrified high-speed rail 'Tokaido Shinkansen' was introduced between Tokyo and Osaka. It had a speed of 30 km per hour.

Note: The first railway minister of independent India was Mr. John Mathai. Benjamin French was the first person who built the world’s first passenger railway.