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The total distance covered by the
14,300 trains on the Indian Railways everyday, equals three & half times
the distance to moon
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The first train on
Indian soil ran between Bombay and Thane on the 16th of April 1853
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IR has about 63,028
route kms. of track
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IR employs about 1.55
million people
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It carries over 13
million passengers & 1.3 million tones of freight everyday.
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It runs about 14,300
trains daily
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IR has about 7,000
railway stations
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The longest journey on
the IR is from Jammu Tawi (North) to Kanya Kumari (South), a distance of
about 4,751 kms. covered by Himsagar Express in about 66 hours
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The longest platform
in the world is at Khragpur and is 2,733 ft. in length.
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Nehru Setu on river
SONE is the longest Railway bridge
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The longest tunnel is
KARBUDE on Konkan Railways, which is 6.5 kms in length.
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India’s first railway bridge is the
Dapoorie Viaduct” on the
Mumbai-Thane route.
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India’s first Rail Tunnel is Parsik Tunnel.
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India’s first ghats covered by the Rail
lines are Thal & Bhore ghats
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Calcutta Metro is the
1st and only underground railway system in India
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Computerized Railway
Reservation system started at Delhi in 1986
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IR's first electric
train ran on 3rd Feb 1925 between Bombay VT and Kurla.
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Toilets on trains were
introduced in 1891 in 1st class and in 1907 in lower classes
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42 Railway companies
operated in the country before independence
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FAIRY QUEEN (1855) is
the oldest locomotive in working order
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The manufacture of
steam locomotives in the country stopped in 1972
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Diesel Locomotives are
manufactured at Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi
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Electric Locomotives
are manufactured at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Chittaranjan
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Coaches are
manufactured at ICF/Chennai, RCF/Kapurthala and BEML/Bangalore
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IR's fastest train is
the Bhopal Shatabdi Exp., which runs at speed upto 140 Kmph
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1sr AC, 2nd AC, 3rd
AC, AC Exec., Chair Car, First Class, Sleeper & IInd Ordinary are the
various classes of travel on the IR.
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IR's only Rack &
Pinion system type of line is from Mettupalayam to Conoor.
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At present Indian Railways are
having 16001 route Kms. of track under over head electric traction.
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The national Rail Museum at New
Delhi was set-up in 1977
