India, March 15 -- While carrying out remodelling work of Kalyan railway station - the five-year project that was flagged off in 2023 -- engineers recently came upon railway relics that made them stop in their tracks. Calian, as Kalyan railway station was called during the British era, was first opened in 1854. Though not as old as the station itself, rusted wrought iron tracks dating back to late 1930s or early 1940s have lain buried in one corner of the station's premises, until they surfaced in December 2024.

History dug open

The rusty tracks revealed themselves when Central Railway (CR) authorities were carrying out remodelling and upgradation of the station last year. As part of its long-term plans, CR authorities are segregating s...