Amazing facts about the Indian Railways? Glad you asked. India has one of the world’s largest railway networks which encompass a wide spectrum of interesting featues,including the passengers, tourists, suburban rail systems, luxury trains & toy train.
The Indian Railways has more than 4,300 operating railway stations. Indian Railways is the largest rail network in Asia and the world’s second largest. Indian Railways is divided into 16 zones and Locomotives are consist of electric and diesel locomotives. Here are some of the most mind blowing facts about the Indian railways-
1. Indian Railways is one of the world’s largest employers with over 1.4 million people.
2. Indian Railways transports almost 2.5 crore passengers daily.
3. The Slowest train in India is the Metupalayam Ooty Nilgiri passenger train.
4. Calcutta Metro is the first underground metro railway system in India.
5. Kolkata Metro zone of Indian Railways will run 1,500 ft underwater metro in India under the Hooghly River between Mahakaran and Howrah station.
6. The First train on Indian soil ran between Bombay and Thane on the 16th of April 1853.
7. The New Delhi Railway Station has secured a place in the Guinness Book of Records for having the world’s largest Route Relay Interlocking System.
8. Bhopal Shatabdi Express is the fastest train in India,operates between New Delhi and Bhopal Junction.
9. Indian Railways has a mascot – Bholu, the Guard Elephant.
10. Samjhuata Express was first international border train in India.
11. Red Ribbon Express is an AIDS/HIV awareness campaign train by the Indian Railways, launched in India on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2007.
12. Chenab Bridge will be world’s tallest railway bridge under construction in Jammu and Kashmir.
13. Loco-pilots are paid more than an average software engineer in India.
14. If the tracks of Indian railways were to be laid out, they would circle the earth almost 1.5 times.
15. Indian Railways is a massively successful organization running 11,000 train in a day.
16. The Trains got toilets after Indian Railways completed about 50 years.
17. The Maharaja Express is the most expensive luxury train in India.
18. The New Delhi Railway Station has the world’s largest Route Relay Interlocking System.
19. The Kashmir Railway is the most difficult railway line project of Indian Railways.
20. Mumbai Suburban railway is the oldest railway system of Asia.
21. Mughalsarai Junction railway station contains the largest railway marshaling yard in Asia.
22. The Rajdhani Express trains get the highest priority on the Indian railway network.
23. Gorakhpur Junction railway station has the world’s longest railway platform with length of 1,366.33 m.
24. The Fairy Queen between New Delhi and Alwar in Rajasthan is the oldest functioning steam engine in the world.
25. Ahmedabad Mumbai Central Double Decker Express is India’s first double Decker train.