[1] The first passenger train in India from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai to Thane ran on 16 April 1853 on the track laid by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway.

The GIPR line was extended to Kalyan in 1854 and then on the south-east side to Khopoli via Palasdari railway station at the foot of the Western Ghats in 1856.

[9][needs update] Rail Vikas Nigam Limited team achieved another milestone of execution of RE of Hotgi-Solapur double line section RKM 14.96 & TKM 44.71.

The inspection of railway electrification work between Hotgi-Solapur double line section (RKM 14.96 & TKM 44.71) was successfully completed.

The project covers an important route of the Golden Quadrilateral connecting Mumbai and Chennai City.