Monument – Ahmedabad Junction
Built by – Established by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway (BB&CI)
Built in – 1864

“Some 159 years ago, the first locomotive chugged on the Ahmedabad – Surat line. The railway line was flagged off on 20th January 1863 from Kalupur, some ten years after the railways first came to India.

The first train in India travelled between Mumbai and Thane on 16th April 1853. The Mahajan community rallied for a separate line for Ahmedabad and succeeded in putting the city on the railway map of India. The first train was then flagged off to Surat from the Kalupur Railway Station, also known as Ahmedabad Junction.

The community pressure to create a railway line on such short notice drove the British government to issue a notice that the stone to be used for the renovation of the Kankaria Lake will now be redirected to the construction of Kalupur Station and laying of the railway line.

Ahmedabad Junction Railway Station is the main terminus which gives access to different parts of Gujarat as well as country. It is major station in the city because trains from different parts of the country stops here. Ahmedabad is also considered an important centre of Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways. ”

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