Mumbai, Jan. 30 -- Indian Railways will be celebrating 100 of electrification on February 3, highlighting the first steps the Indian Railways took towards a greener rail system, said Swapnil Nila, Central Public Relations Officer.

The first electric train in India operated from platform 2 of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (earlier known as Victoria Terminus) to Kurla in Mumbai on February 3, 1925. The railways had started electrification just 72 years after the first ever Indian train launched on April 16, 1853.

"The first electric train ran between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, then known as Victoria Terminus to Kurla. This particular train was EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) trains original version. It was run from platform...