does this line also have the honor of being fist electrified line in Asia?

Posted by Anant K Singh on 2009 Nov 13 05:56:31 +0000

Another interesting thing I observed late - station name in Urdu! Nowhere in Mumbai would you find that now!

Posted by Karan Desai on 2009 Nov 13 05:56:05 +0000

Interesting, OHE masts can be seen but no signs of catenary or insulators. wonder how long the crowd must have been made to wait for the electric train.

Posted by Anant K Singh on 2009 Nov 13 05:51:30 +0000

Only 2 hours and 45 minutes run then!

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2009 Nov 13 05:03:08 +0000

@Karan - In 1925, The 1st line to be electrified on CR was the CST-Kurla (BombayVT-Coorla) harbour lines in 1925. After that, main lines were electrified.

Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2009 Nov 13 04:50:21 +0000

The map indicates an 'Ellora Road' station between Lasur and Daulatabad. Was this the earlier name of Potul (POZ) station ? Any more info on Ellora Road ?

Posted by K Gupta on 2009 Nov 13 04:44:26 +0000

Interesting! I didn't know Harbor Line was electrified before GIPR Mainlines!

Posted by Karan Desai on 2009 Nov 13 04:29:39 +0000

@Top Photo
Interesting to see the sign read "KURLA" and not "COORLA" which gave the station its code - CLA.

@Bottom Photo
The wordings in the ad perfectly portray the great pride GIPR used to take in it's Queen!

Posted by Karan Desai on 2009 Nov 13 04:27:32 +0000

Bradshaw from 1931 says that a portion of the Blue Mountain exp went from MTP to Bangalore too.

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2009 Nov 13 03:49:29 +0000

The photographer must be referring to present Elephant gate area. In Tamil it is called as "Yaanai Kavuni"

Posted by Ramesh on 2009 Nov 13 03:33:21 +0000