Minister of Railways releases “Halt Station India”
Shri Suresh P Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister of Railways released a
book “Halt Station India” written by Shri Rajendra Aklekar, a
Senior Journalist at the World Heritage Building Chhatrapati
Shivaji...
more... Terminus Mumbai on 9.1.2015. Shri Sunil Kumar
Sood, General Manager, Central Railway, Shri Hemant Kumar,
General Manager, Western Railway, Shri R.D. Tripathi,
Additional General Manager, Shri Mukesh Nigam, Divisional
Railway Manager, Mumbai Division and other Principal Heads
of Departments of Central Railway were present on the
occasion. Shri Narendra A Patil, Chief Public Relations Officer,
Central Railway compered the programme. The author tells
the story dramatically about the first railway lines in India. It
contains rare photographs such as railway lines in Lonavala
ghat, Sandhurst Road bridge, Deccan Queen, etc. from Central
Railway Archives and other agencies with a foreword from Sir
Mark Tully.