1844 – First proposals for the construction of Railways in India were submitted to East India Company by R.M. Stephenson, a Railway Engineer in British India.
1849 - East India company undertakes a construction of a 160 km Railway line from Calcutta to Mirzapur.
1850 - Contract undertaken by Indian Peninsular Railway for construction of a line from Bombay to Kalyan.
1853- First Railway line between Boribunder (Bombay VT) and Thane (32 km) opened.
1854 – First train between Howra and Hoogly (39 km) was run.