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India's 170-year-old railway gets its first high-speed sleeper

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World's fourth-largest rail network, undergoing major modernization

India's railways date to 1853, when the first train ran 21 miles from Bombay to Thane under British colonial rule. For 170 years, long-distance overnight travel meant cramped, aging coaches.

Updated May 21