Source: IE
Context: The 169-year-old Byculla railway station in Mumbai, which has been restored to its original glory, received the prestigious UNESCO Asia Pacific Cultural Heritage award.
The Byculla railway station is one of the oldest railway stations in India still in use. Additionally, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Stepwells of Golconda (Hyderabad) and Domakonda Fort (Telangana) also won the highest award of excellence in the UNESCO Asia Pacific awards in 2022 in different categories.
The first train was run by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (now Central Railway) between Bori Bunder (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) and Thane, a distance of 34 km (21 mi), on 16 April 1853.
