General Knowledge Related To Indian Railways (Doonedin.com) Incident Time/Facts First Madras proposal 1832 Founded On April 16th, 1853, when a train with 14 railway carriages and 400 guests left Bombay's Bori Bunder for Thane. Track gauge 1676 mm; 1000 mm; 762 mm; 610 mm Electrification 21,500 km Length 65,000 km Headquarter New Delhi, India Stations 7000 to 8000 Nationalization 1951 First Railway Bridge Dapoorie Viaduct on the Mumbai-Thane route First Rail Tunnel Parsik Tunnel First Underground Railway Calcutta Metro Normal length of a passenger train 24 coaches First Computerized Reservation New Delhi (1986) Fastest Train India New Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi Express is the fastest train in India (runs at a speed up to 150 Km/ph) First electric train Ran between Bombay's Victoria Terminus and Kurla along the Harbour Line of CR, on February 3, 1925, a distance of 9.5 miles Shortest Station Name Ib, near Jharsuguda in Odisha and Od, near Anand in Gujarat Longest Station Name Venkatanarasimharajuvariipeta on the Arakkonam-Renigunta section near Chennai Oldest Station Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Oldest trains still running Bangalore Mail has been running in various guises since 1864 Highest railway station Ghoom
Oldest running dining car The Bombay Pune Deccan Queen Busiest Railway Station Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Longest Run (Time) Vivek Express from Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari travels a distance of 4273 Shortest Run Route between Nagpur and Ajni (3km) Longest Run for Daily Train Kerala Express (3054 km in 42.5 hrs) Longest Non-Stop Run (Distance) Trivandrum Rajdhani covering 528 km Longest Railway Platform Gorakhpur (1.35 km in length) Longest Railway Bridge Rail link between Idapalli railway station and ICTT, 4.62km Tallest bridge The Ghambir Khad bridge between Jammu Tawi and Udhampur is 77m tall. Longest Tunnel Karbude Tunnel of the Konkan Railway (6.5 km) Oldest Preserved Locomotive Fairy Queen (1855), still in working order Daily Runs About 10,000 trains Daily Carries More than 11 million passengers & 1 million tonnes of freight Railway Station with all the Three Siliguri Railway Station Gauges People Employed About 1.6 million people, fourth largest employer in World Train with Maximum Number of Halts Howrah-Amritsar Express (115 halts) Stations across State Lines Navapur (Maharashtra and Gujarat), Bhawani Mandi (Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan) Northernmost railway station Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir Western most station Naliya near Bhuj in Gujarat Southernmost railway station Kanyakumari East most railway station Ledo on branch line from Tinsukia Least punctual train Guwahati-Trivandrum Express is said to be the most unreliable long-distance train in the country. The charted journey time is 65 hours and 5 minutes, but the average delay on a trip is about 10-12 hours. Longest non-stop travel/ Trains with Trivandrum - H.
most stops Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express travels the 528km stretch between Vadodara and Kota non-stop First electric locomotive 1908 UNESCO World Heritage Sites Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus and the Mountain Railways of ( Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a narrow gauge railway in West Bengal) First double Decker train Flying Rani introduced in 2005 Largest railway complex in India Train crosses the largest number of states Train crossed maximum number of zones The largest distance entirely in one state Shortest distance between stations Howrah Station Navyug express between Mangalore and Jammu Tawi Ernakulam-Barauni Kolhapur-Gondia Maharashtra Exp, Safilguda and Dayanand Nagar stations on the Secunderabad, 170m apart. Indian Railways is an Indian state-owned enterprise, owned and operated by the Government of India through 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 Indian Railways Nationalised in 1951 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 Each zone is headed by a general manager Railway Zones Name Established Headquarters Divisions Chennai, Tiruchirappalli, Southern 14 April 1951 Chennai Madurai, and Salem, Palakkad,Thiruvananthapuram Central 5 November Mumbai,CST, Bhusawal, Mumbai 1951 Pune, Solapur and
Nagpur Western Mumbai,Central, Ratlam, 5 November Mumbai Ahmedabad, Rajkot, 1951 Bhavnagar and Vadodara Eastern 14 April 1952 Kolkata Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol and Malda Town Northern 14 April 1952 Delhi Delhi, Ambala, Firozpur, Lucknow and Moradabad North Eastern 14 April 1952 Gorakhpur Izzatnagar, Lucknow and Varanasi South Eastern 1955 Kolkata Adra, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur and Ranchi Alipurduar, Katihar, Rangia, Northeast 15 January Maligaon Lumding and Frontier 1958 Tinsukia South Central 2 October Vijayawada, Secunderabad, Secunderabad Guntakal, Guntur, 1966 Hyderabad and Nanded East Central Danapur, Dhanbad, 1 October Hajipur Mughalsarai, Samastipur 2002 and Sonpur North 1 October Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner and Jaipur Western 2002 Jodhpur East Coast 1 April 2003 Bhubaneswar Khurda Road, Sambalpur and Visakhapatnam North Central 1 April 2003 Allahabad Allahabad, Agra and Jhansi South East Central 1 April 2003 Bilaspur Bilaspur, Raipur and Nagpur South Hubli, Bangalore, Mysore and 1 April 2003 Hubli Western Gulbarga West Central 1 April 2003 Jabalpur Jabalpur, Bhopal and Kota Railway Tracks: Track Distance between rails Broad Gauge 1676mm Metre Gauge 1000mm Narrow Gauge 762mm/610mm Manufacturing Unit Name of the Unit Location
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works Central Organisation for Railway Electrification Diesel Locomotive Works Diesel Loco Modernisation Works Integral Coach Factory Rail Coach Factory Rail Wheel Factory Rail Coach Factory Rail Wheel Plant Diesel Component Factory Chittaranjan, West Bengal Allahabad, UP Varanasi, UP Patiala, Punjab Chennai, Tamil Nadu Kapurthala, Punjab Bangalore, Karnataka Raebareli, UP Chhapra, Bihar Dankuni, West Bengal Luxury Train routes Name Run by Route Palace on Wheels Rajasthan Tourism Delhi-Jaipur-Sawai-Madhopur-Chittorgarh- Udaipur-Jaisalmer-Jodhpur-Bharatpur-Agra- Delhi Deccan Odyssey Maharashtra Tourism New Delhi Sawai Madhopur Agra Jaipur Udaipur Vadodara Ellora Caves Mumbai The Golden Chariot Karnataka Tourism Bengaluru, Kabini, Mysore-Belur Halebidu Hampi Badami Goa Bengaluru Royal Rajasthan on Wheels Rajasthan Tourism Important Railway Committees Delhi Jaipur Jaisalmer Jodhpur Sawai Madhopur Chittorgarh Udaipur Bharatpur Agra Delhi Shahnawaz Committee 1954, High Level Safety Review Committee Kanjaru Committee 1962, Railway Accidents Committee Wahchoo Committee 1968, Railway Safety Committee Seekari Committee 1978, Railway Accidents Enquiry Committee Khanna Committee 1998, Railway Safety Review Committee Arvind Panagariya committee 2016 to fast-track bullet train project Important facts about Railway: 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. Father of Indian Railway Lord Dalhousie Fastest train The Bhopal Shatabdi Express,1988,betweenAgra and New Delhi Slowest train in India- Nilgri Express,between Chennai and Mettupalayam First electric train Deccan Queen, 1931,connects Mumbai with Pune.
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 First underground railway (Metro Railway) Kolkata Metro(1984) Largest Zone in Indian Railways Northern Railway A platform surrounded by rail lines from all the four sides Island platform First railway station Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai. Longest running train -Vivek Express. It runs from Dibrugarh in upper Assam to Kanyakumari at the southern tip of Tamil Nadu. Longest railway platform Gorakhpur railway station, Uttar Pradesh First A.C. train between Bombay and Baroda started 1936 First broad gauge super fast train rajdhani express new delhi howrah 1 st march 1969 First metre gauge super fast train pink city express new delhi jaipur 17 th oct 1981 First narrow gauge super fast train shivalik deluxe express kalka shimla 9 th aug 1996 First time table 1853 central india First stamp on indian railways 4 annas 10 th dec 1936 by king george First ac train mumbai and baroda 1936 First automatic signalling system 1928 First railway book stall 1877 allahabad wheeler & co ltd First wagon in india 1920 jessop & co., Kolkata First vestibuled train 1 st june 1930, deccan queen World s first double decker train 1862 bb&cir First railway tunnel of Indian railway -Parsik tunnel First rail minister after independence John Mathai and before independence Asif Ali Countries there is no railway line Lebanon,Mauritius reunion, Libya, Argentina, Afghanistan, Papua,New Guinea 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 Longest train -Prayagraj Express (26 Coaches, New Delhi Allahabad) 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) Last railway station of Northern Railway and Indian Railway Bajalta Indian state has maximum rail routes Uttar Pradesh 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 station has longest name Venkatanarsimharajuvaripeta (Tamilnadu) First female operator in Delhi Metro Minakshi Sharma. First female to become the member of Railway Board Vijaylaxmi Vishwanathan Longest platform situated Khadagpur (West Bengal) Train only for women run From Churchgate to Boriwali in Mumbai Metro Rail in Calcutta 1984 Railway week celebrated on 10 16April. 19 Railway Recruitment Boards are there in India First tourist rail Palace on wheels in 1982 between Delhi Jaipur Railway accident in the history of Indian Railway occurred in Morghat (Pure Bombay root) on 5 January, 1869 Longest rail route in India from Dibrugarh (Assam) To Kanyakumari First monorail operate in India From Sarhind to Alampur and Bhawani mandi to Patiala India s first indigenous steam engine F 734 First longest railway tunnel situated between Monkey hill and Khandala (2100 mt) First telecommunication between guard and driver Mumbai New Delhi (Rajdhani Express) First Rajdhani Express ran between New Delhi Howrah, 1969 First DC electrical rail engine Lokmanya (CLW manufactured it in 1961) First computer reservation system start in New Delhi, 2002 Biggest railway yard located in India-Itarasi (Madhya Pradesh) Southern Eastern Railway is known as Blue chip Metroman Shridharan (Delhi Metro Rail Engineers) First Duranto Express ran between Sialdah and New Delhi 18 September, 2009 Numbers of Indian railway used to be of 5 Digits from 20 December, 2010 Busiest railway station in Indian-Lucknow (64 Trains everyday). First railway factory established in Jamalpur, 1890 Train runs between India and Pakistan Samjhauta Express, Thar Express Railway zone launched first Railway Time Table -Central Railway State with minimum rail routes Manipur First blind friendly train, from Mysuru to Varanasi Train no. 16226/ 16230. Other Important Recent Facts : Dial 138 for medical emergency on train launched by Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Railways. Golden Day in the history of Northeast 10 August 2015 Harsh Vardhan, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu and Prakash Javadekar flagged off the special train(16 coaches) named Science Express Climate Action Special Climate Change 64 locations. 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. Mobile- m-indicator launched for the safety of women-mumbai suburban trains. 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. 1st goods train from Lumding to Silchar in Assam-210Km. 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 Current Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Doonedin.com Do Not Copy, All Rights Reserved. For Educational Purpose Only.