Facts behind Indian Railway



 -Indian Railway is the second biggest railway in the world.(As an Indian everyone should have to know about this.)
- The first train run from Delhi with 100 passengers in 1864.
- Highest number of interlocking routes in the world is in Delhi Railway Station.
- Three great among world heritage centers are Mumbai Victoria terminus, Darjiling
Himalayan Railways and Nilgiri Railways.
- The oldest train in the world Fairy Queen is still running with steam engine every year
between November and February between New Delhi and Alwar.
- 1.6 million employees are working in Indian Railways.
- Nehru Sethu is the longest of Indian Rail bridge.
- Longest tunnel of Indian railway has 7000 ft length and it connects between Monkey Hill
and Kandla port.
- First Air-conditioned train run between Delhi and Houra in 1956.
- The first computerized reservation started in 1986.
- The fastest among Indian trains is Bhopal Satabdi express having 140 kms speed.
- Total Indian rail has 62,000 kms line length, 7092 Railway stations, 7,800 Engines, 40,000
Coaches 3,26,000 Wagons, handling 10 millions passengers and 1 million tone goods every
day in 11,000 trains running every day.


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