The Shubham Group

In the 1800s when Britishians were ruling on India, they founded the railway station of Kathgodam Railway Station. Their contribution was also useful for Uttarakhand’s railway development. Basically, Lord Dalhousie who was the father of Indian Railway at that time. British government started to cut the dense forest of kathgodam and established the railway tracks. To extend the track from kathgodam isn’t possible, because the hilly area starts from there. So, Britishian’s decided to develop the last station of Kathgodam. One unknown fact also exists in the development of Kathgodam which is that people were also got frightened when they saw the running steam engine first time on the track slowly-slowly. They felt that this heavy & large iron vehicle may be run on to the plain land. Inauguration of Kathgodam Railway Station in 1884 And the time came when the very first train ran from Lucknow to Kathgodam on 24th April 1884 . This date is also celebrated on the occasion ...