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Our Indian Railways
Our Indian Railways
the Ministry of Railways. It is one of the world’s largest railway networks comprising 115,000 km and 7,112 stations.
Railways were first introduced to India in the year 1853 from Mumbai to Thane
The country’s first railway, built by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway
The Indian railway system is the largest in Asia and fourth in the world based on rail transport
network size after USA, China and Russia
It is the biggest employer in the world and the largest single undertaking in the country
It has the second biggest electrified system in the world after Russia
Indian Railways is divided into 16 zones.which are further sub-divided into 68 divisions
Railway Zones
Eastern 14 April 1952 Kolkata Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol and Malda Town
1 October
North Western Jaipur Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner and Jodhpur
2002
East Coast 1 April 2003 Bhubaneswar Khurda Road, Sambalpur and Visakhapatnam
South East
1 April 2003 Bilaspur Bilaspur, Raipur and Nagpur
Central
South Western 1 April 2003 Hubli Hubli, Bangalore, Mysore and Gulbarga
Railway Tracks:
Manufacturing Unit
Delhi-Jaipur-Sawai-Madhopur-Chittorgarh-
Palace on Wheels Rajasthan Tourism
Udaipur-Jaisalmer-Jodhpur-Bharatpur-Agra-Delhi
First train in India – Mumbai to Thane, With 400 passengers, this train completed its journey of 34
kms with the help of three engines–Sahib, Sindh and Sultan.
First double-decker train – Shatabdi train was flagged off in October 2011
First air-conditioned double-decker train – Shatabdi train will run from Mumbai to Goa
A platform surrounded by rail lines from all the four sides – Island platform
Longest running train -Vivek Express. It runs from Dibrugarh in upper Assam to Kanyakumari at the
southern tip of Tamil Nadu.
First broad gauge super fast train – rajdhani express new delhi howrah 1 stmarch 1969
First metre gauge super fast train – pink city express new delhi jaipur 17 thoct 1981
First narrow gauge super fast train – shivalik deluxe express kalka – shimla 9 thaug 1996
First rail minister after independence – John Mathai and before independence Asif Ali
Trains that have placed in Guinness Book -Darjeeling Toy Train, Nilgiri Mountain Train Simla Toy
Train, Mathenron Toy Train, Place on wheels Royal Orient, Buddha circular Express, Fairy Queen.
Satpura Express numerical name 10001/10002 – run between Jabalpur and Balaghat
Highest Railway station in India – Similiguda (996.08 mt from sea level in the Valtair division of
Southern–Eastern Railway)
Highest river bridge manufactured under Konkan Railway – Panval River Rail bridge (64 mt. high)
Division that has maximum number of tunnels – Kalka Simla division of Northern Railway (103
tunnels)
Longest railway bridge of Indian railway – Railway bridge in Kerala near Kochchi joins Idapalli to
Vallerpadma (Length 4.62 km)
Himsagar Express passes through – 11 States(Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar
Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Kerala)
Railway station that has all the three rails -Dumdum Railway station (EMU rail service circular
Railway and Metro Railway)
Railway station has smallest name from the English alphabets -IB (Between Howrah–Nagpur)
Railway accident in the history of Indian Railway occurred in Morghat (Pure–Bombay root) on 5
January, 1869
First monorail operate in India – From Sarhind to Alampur and Bhawani mandi to Patiala
First longest railway tunnel situated between Monkey hill and Khandala (2100 mt)
First telecommunication between guard and driver – Mumbai–New Delhi (Rajdhani Express)
First Duranto Express ran between Sialdah and New Delhi 18 September, 2009
Train runs between India and Pakistan – Samjhauta Express, Thar Express
First blind friendly train, from Mysuru to Varanasi – Train no. 16226/ 16230.
Dial 138 for medical emergency on train launched by Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Railways.
Japan offered to finance India’s first bullet train with an estimated cost of Rs. 90000 crores – Mumbai
and Ahmedabad with speed 300km/h and 350km/h.
Delhi Metro’s bagged ranked first in“information during travel” and holds second position in “train
cleanliness and comfort”.
Japanese maglev fastest passenger train across the world, has broken an earlier speed record of
581 kmph as the train reached 603 kmph.
First Compressed Natural Gas(CNG)flagged off – two trains(Rewari to Rohtak and Rewari to Bikaner
station) from Haryana’s Rewari station.
Mumbai will get its 1st double-decker bridge on P D’Mello Road at CST that will have railway tracks
and a motorway.
India’s 1st railway-line built between Gandhidham and Tuna-Tekra Port under PPP model
inaugurated in Gujarat.
Union cabinet approved a proposal to redevelop 400 railway stations using a contract method called
the “Swiss challenge”- 400 stations.
Gatimaan Express,India’s 1st semi-high speed train service with supersonic calliber between Delhi
and Agra at a speed of 160 kph
India’s 1st Diesel Electric Multiple Unit(DEMU) train service with an air-conditioned coach is
launched in Kochi – Ernakulam-Tripunithura-Piravom train service.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged 1st train service from Thalaimannar to Madhu Road in
Northern Sri Lanka.
Indian Railways IRCTC Launched Ru-Pay pre-paid debit card-24th March 2015.
Delhi & Tokyo may ink pact for India’s first Bullet Train – Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Diamond Quadtrilateral project – High speed rail connects Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi