Indian
Railway system is one of the most familiar and covered all the main
cities in India. One of the largest railway lines in the world. Now,
we discussed about the Indian Railway as your examination point of
view.
- The First Train India Run from Mumbai to Thane in 1853, Distance 34 KM.
- Royapuram station was inaugurated on 28 June 1856 by the then Governor Lord Harris and the railway line was opened for traffic on 1 July 1856.
- The first train, Manufactured by Simpson and Company, Started its journey with 300 people from Royapuram to Wallajabad.
- In 1947, 42 Rail System Managed by 37 Rail Company.
- In 1951 One Unit "The Indian Railways".
- Indian Railways Head Quarter is New Delhi.
- Indian Railways Breadth and Length of the Country over 63,273 Kilometer and 7,025 Stations.
- Indian Railways help in traveling 20 Million People and more than 2 Million tonnes of freight Daily.
- Indian Railways Networks runs Multi-guage are 1. Broad Guage (1.676 mts)
- 2. Meter Guage (1.00 mts) 3. Narrow Gauge (0.672 mts)
- Indian Railways Fastest Train Bhobal Shatabdi in India.It run at a Speed 150 km/hr (93 mph). Between Bhobal Junction to New Delhi (705KMs)
- MRTS- Mass Rapid Transit System ; MRTS is Sub Urban Railways in Chennai,
- Indian Railways Second Largest in Asia.
- Indian Railways is 8th Largest Employer in the World.
- Indian Railways is Fifteenth (15th ) Largest in the World.
- The Dibrugarh - Kanyakumari Vivek Express (Weekly train) is the Longest Route on the Indian Railway Network. It Covers a distance of 4,286 kilometers (2,663mi) and across seven states in India. Running Time is 82.30 hours and 57 Halt across the Route.
- India’s Longest Railway Platform is Gorakpur Railway Station, Uttrapradesh.(1.35 kilometers - 0.84 miles)
INDIAN
RAILWAYS PRODUCTION UNITS
Sl.
No.
|
Production
Unit
|
Year
of Established
|
Place
|
1
|
Chittaranjan
Locomotive Works
|
26th
January, 1950 the day
|
Chittaranjan,
West Bengal
|
2
|
Diesel
Locomotive Works
|
23rd
April 1956
|
Varanasi,
Uttra Pradesh
|
3
|
Integral
Coach Factory
|
1955
(Swiss Collaboration)
|
Perambur,Chennai
|
4
|
Rail
Coach Facatory
|
1986
|
Kapurthala,
Punjab
|
5
|
Rail
wheel Factory
|
1984
|
Yelahanka,
Bangalore
|
6
|
Diesel
Loco Modernisation Works
|
24th
October 1981
|
Patiala,Punjab
|
INDIAN
RAILWAYS 17 ZONES
Sl.
No
|
Name of
the Zone
|
Year
of
Established
|
Head
Quarters
|
Route
KM
|
Divisions
|
1
|
Sourthern Railway | 14th April 1951 | Chennai | 5098 |
1.Chennai
2.Madurai
3.
Tiruchi
4.Salem
5.Palakkad
6.Thiruvanatha-
puram |
2
|
Central Railway | 5thNovember 1951 | Mumbai | 3905 |
1.Bhusawal
2.Puna
3..Mumbai
CST
4.Nagpur
5.Solapur
|
3
|
Western Railway | 5thNovember 1951 | Mumbai | 6182 |
1.Ahmadabad
2.Bhavnagar
3.Mumbai
Central
4..Rajkot
5.Ratlam
6.Vodadara |
4
|
Eastern Railway | 14thApril 1952 | Kolkatta | 2414 |
1.Asansol
2.Howrah
3.Malda
Town
4.Sealdah |
5
|
Northern Railway | 14thApril 1952 | New Delhi | 6968 |
1.
Ambala
2.Firozpur
3.Lucknow
4.Moradabad
5.Delhi |
6
|
North Eastern Railway | 14thApril 1952 | Gorakpur | 3667 |
1.Izzatnagar
2.Lucknow
3.Varnasi |
7
|
South Eastern Railway | 1955 | Kolkata | 2631 |
1.Adra
2.Chakradharpur
3.Kharagpur
4.Ranchi |
8
|
North Eastern Frontier Railway | 15thJanuary 1958 |
Maligaon
(Guwahati) |
3907 |
1.Alipurduar
2.Katiha
3.Lumding
4.Rangia
5.Tinsukia |
9
|
South Central Railway | 2ndOctober 1966 | Secondrabad | 5951 |
1.Guntakal
2.Guntur
3.Hydrabad
4.Nanded
5.Secondrabad
6.Vijayawada |
10
|
Kongan Railway Corporation | 19thJuly 1990 | Navi Mumbai | 741 |
1.Goa
2.Verna |
11
|
East Central Railway | 1st October 2002 | Patna-Hajipur | 3628 |
1.Dhanbad
2.Danapur
3.Mughalsarai
4.Samastipur
5.Sonapur |
12
|
North Western Railway | 1st October 2002 | Jaipur | 5459 |
1.Ajmer
2.Bikaner
3.Jaipur
4.Jodhpur |
13
|
East Coast Railway | 1st April 2003 | Bhuvaneshwar | 2677 |
1.Khurda
Road
2.Sambalpur
3.Visakapattinam |
14
|
North Central Railway | 1st April 2003 | Allagabad | 3151 |
1.Agra
2.
Allagabad
3.Jhansi |
15
|
South East Central Railway | 1st April 2003 | Bilaspur | 2447 |
1.Bilaspur
2.Raipur
3.Nagpur |
16
|
South Western Railway | 1stApril 2003 | Hubli | 3177 |
1.Bangalore
2.Gulbarga
3.Hubli
4.Mysore |
17
|
West Central Railway | 1stApril 2003 | Jabalpur | 2965 |
1.Bhopal
2.Jabalpur
3.Kota |