Facts.. Facts.. Facts..

m_s_s · #1 19th June 2012

Following are the some of the important Indian Railway Facts

The total distance covered by the 14,300 trains on the Indian Railways everyday, equals three & half times the distance to moon
The first train on Indian soil ran between Bombay and Thane on the 16th of April 1853
IR has about 63,028 route kms. of track
IR employs about 1.55 million people
It carries over 13 million passengers & 1.3 million tones of freight everyday
It runs about 14,300 trains daily
IR has about 7,000 railway stations
The longest platform in the world is at Kharagpur and is 2,733 ft. in length
Nehru Setu on Sone River is the longest Railway bridge
42 Railway companies operated in the country before independence
Electric Locomotives are manufactured at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Chittaranjan
Coaches are manufactured at ICF/Chennai, RCF/Kapurthala and BEML/Bangaluru
The national Rail Museum at New Delhi was set-up in 1977
People Employed in Indian Railway are about 1.6 million
Stations across State Lines are Navapur (Maharashtra and Gujarat) and Bhawani Mandi (Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan)
Classes of travel on Indian Railway: Ist AC, 2nd AC, 3rd AC, AC Chair Car IInd sleeper & IInd ordinary
Railway Station with all the Three Gauges is Siliguri Railway Station

First/Longest/Oldest in Indian Railways

First Passenger Train Ran On
16th April 1853 (between Bombay to Thane)

First Railway Bridge
Dapoorie Viaduct on the Mumbai-Thane route

First Rail Tunnel
Parsik Tunnel

First Ghats Covered by the Rail lines
Thal and Bhore Ghats

First Underground Railway
Calcutta METRO

First Computerized Reservation System started inNew Delhi (1986)

First Electric Train ran on
3rd Feb' 1925 (between Bombay VT and Kurla)

Toilets on Trains were introduced in
1891 (1st Class) & 1907 (lower classes)

Shortest Station Name
Ib (Orissa)

Longest Station Name
Sri Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta (Tamil Nadu)

Busiest Railway Station
Lucknow (64 trains everyday)

Longest Run (Time)
Himsagar Express (3751 km in 74 hrs and 55 min)

Shortest Run
Route between Nagpur to Ajni (3km)

Longest Run for Daily Train
Kerala Express (3054 km in 42.5 hrs)

Longest Non-Stop Run (Distance)Trivandrum Rajdhani (528 km in 6.5 hrs)

Longest Railway Platform in the WorldKharagpur (2,733 ft in length)

Longest Railway Bridge
Nehru Setu on Sone River (10044ft in length)

Longest Tunnel
Karbude On Konkan Railway between Monkey hill & Khandala (6.5 km)

Oldest Preserved Locomotive
Fairy Queen (1855), still in working order

Indian Railway's Fastest Train
Bhopal-Shatabdi (runs at a speed up to 140 Km/ph)

Train with Maximum Number of Halts
Howrah-Amritsar Express (115 halts)