The train is a small world moving through a larger world - Niraj Kumar

HISTORY ABOUT INDORE:
* First train started in August 1873. It was a goods train between Khandwa and Indore. Railway line was laid by Holkars in 18th century in the city. It was Holkars Estate’s Railway which was merged with the Western Railway later.
* First passenger train was started in 1877. It operated between Indore and Khandwa via Patalpani Kali Ghat, known as the most dangerous Ghat in the country. This was an 8- coach train. Due to geographical barriers number of coaches could not be increased here.
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Broad gauge section began with the Ujjain railway line via Dewas.
* Indore-Bilaspur was the first long distance train started from the city. To bring the Indore-Delhi train—Malwa express— Indoreans had to struggle a lot.
* People of the region had to fight a lot to bring the Indore-Mumbai train. In 1985, the then railway minister Madhav Rao Scindhia announced introduction of Avantika Express.
* A section of citizens demanded that Avantika Express run from Indore junction to Mumbai Central but the railway ministry rejected the proposal to extend the Jaipur-Mumbai train up to the Mumbai central.
* Then advocate Nagesh Namjoshi and Dinkar Soman filed a petition in the MP High court. In this case, Indian Railway did not get any advocate from the city to represent its case.
* The ministry hired an advocate from other city. Indoreans won the case.
* In 1988 when Prakash Chandra Sethi was the railway minister, existing reservation building was constructed at the Indore railway station. Train for Hawrah and first train for southern state Indore-Cochin was introduced.
* Another Delhi-bound train Nizamuddin express was started after a lot of struggle. Initially, railway was about to start Kota-Delhi train. In 1989, MP Sumitra Mahajan succeeded in convincing the then railway minister to start the train from Indore.