15 Interesting Facts About Indian Railways

1. Indian Railway is the largest railways network to be operated by a single government and is the world's third largest network with a total length of 127,760 km.


2. Indian Railways owned the longest railway platform in the world at Gorakhpur station with a length of 1,366.33 M.


3. Indian Railway has five luxury trains -
- Royal Rajasthan on wheels
- Palace on wheels (Rajasthan)
- The Golden chariot (Karnataka and Goa)
- The Maharajas  Express (begins in Delhi but the itinerary differs)
- The Deccan odyssey (begins in Maharashtra but itinerary differs)
(Palace on wheels is the oldest one of them).


4. Srirampur and Belapur are two different stations in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. They are both situated at the same point on the railway route, but are located an opposite sides of the track.


5. The busiest junction in the country is Howrah junction in Kolkata with as many as 974 trains stopping there daily.


6. The Indian Railway is the world's eight largest employer with a total of 1.4 million employees.


7. The first train Indian soil ran between Bombay and Thane on the 16th of April 1853.

8. Do you know Indian Transports almost 2.5 crore passengers daily.


9. Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta railway station has the largest name among all station on the Indian Railways While IB railway station of Odisha has the shortest name of all station on the Indian Railway system

10. The Rail museum in Delhi is the largest in Asia.

11. If the tracks of Indian Railways were to be laid out, they would circle the Earth almost 1.5 times.

12. Indian Railway runs 11,000 train in a day.

13. Samjhauta Express was first international border train in India

14. The New Delhi - Bhopal Shatabdi Express is the fastest train in India. The Train runs at an average speed of 91 kmph and touches a top speed of 150 kmph on the 195 km long Delhi-Agra stretch While The Nilgiri Express runs with an average speed of 10 kmph has the distinction of being India's slowest train.

15. India's oldest working, locomotive is the fairy Queen, manufactured in 1855, It is also the oldest functioning steam engine in the world.


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