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Interesting & Highlighted Quick Facts

• The first train in India was run between Mumbai and Thane on 16th April 1853.
• The second train in India was run in 1854 in between Howrah and Hoogly.
• Indian Railway Board was established in 1905, And the headquarters of Indian Railways is situated in
New Delhi.
• The Indian Railway was nationalised in 1951AD.
• Indian Railways has the First Position in Asian Nations and Fourth in the world.
• The first electric train in India is “Deccan Queen”, it was introduced in 1929 in between Mumbai and
Pune.
• Indian Railway is the largest Public sector Enterprises in the country.
• Indian railway has the second biggest electrified system in the world after Russia.

Updated Lists - Quick Doze

• The fastest Train in India is vande bharat express(train18), Run between New Delhi to varansi. It
takes 105 Minutes to cover 200Km. of journey. (Updated News)
• The route covered (track length) by Indian Railways is 119,630 km. of total track.
• The total number of Railways Stations in India is 7216.
• Mughal Sarai is the largest Railway Yard of Indian Railway.
• The longest Railway Platform in India is at Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)with a length of 1366.33me-
ter.
• Maximum Number of Trains from different parts of the country departs fromMumbai.
• Dhanbad (The Coal Capital of India) is the 2nd Highest Fright Revenue Generating Stations in India,
comes after Mumbai. Mumbai Topped in the lists in Frights Revenue Generation.
• The “Vivek Express (Dibrugarh – Kanyakumari)” is the longest Route train which covers Dibrugarh in
Assam, North-East India to Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu which is the southernmost tip of Mainland In-
dia.
• The second longest train in the country is “Himsagar Express” which runs between Jammu Tawi to
Kanyakumari covers a total route of 3726Kilometers and passes through Ten States.
• The First Metro Rail was introduced on 24th October 1984 between Dumdum and Belgachhia Railway
stations in Kolkata (West Bengal). Currently 8 states in India have Metro Rail Facility in the Country.
• The First Metro train in World started in London (UK).
• The longest Railway Tunnel in India is Located in Pir Panjal Range of Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir
which is 11km long.
• Eastern Railway is the Largest and Hi-Tech Railway Zones in India whereas Western Railway is the
Busiest Railway Zone. [You will see Northern Zone is longest Railway Zones in Many websites but its
100% Wrong.]
• First Railway Bridge in India was Dapoorie Viaduct between Mumbai-Thane route
• First Railway Tunnel in India was –Parsik Tunnel
• World’s Longest Railway Route is Trans Siberian Railways
• India’s First Computerized Railway Reservation Started in New Delhi in 1986.

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• Railway Staff Colleges is Located at Barodara (Baroda).

List of IR Zones available

Operational Statistics[5](in FY2011-12)

Pas
Zone
Rail- sen
Cod Head Rout Num
way ger Railway Divisions
e quar e ber
Zone Car-
ters lengt of Revenue
ried
h Sta-
(mil
(km) tions
lion
)

01. Cen- Mum- ₹75,447 mil- Mumbai,[6] Bhu-

tral Rail- CR bai 3,905 612 lion(US$1.1 bill 1,675 sawal,[7] Pune,[8] Sola-
way CSMT ion) pur,[9] Nagpur CR[10]

02. Nort ₹89,246 mil- Delhi,[11] Ambala,[12] Fi-

hern NR Delhi 6,968 1142 lion(US$1.3 bill 685 rozpur,[13] Lucknow
Railway ion) NR,[14]Moradabad[15]

03. Nort Go- ₹17,667 mil-

Izzatnagar,[16] Lucknow
h Eastern NER rakh- 3,667 537 lion(US$260 m 250
NER,[17] Varanasi[18]
Railway pur illion)

04. Nort
₹21,079 mil- Alipurduar, Kati-
heast Gu-
NFR 3,948 753 lion(US$300 m 88 har, Rangiya, Lum-
Frontier wahati
illion) ding, Tinsukia[19]
Railway

05. East- ₹37,254 mil- Howrah,[20] Seal-

ern Rail- ER Kolkata 2,414 576 lion(US$540 m 1,173 dah,[21] Asan-
way illion) sol,[22] Malda [23]

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List of IR Zones available

Operational Statistics[5](in FY2011-12)

Pas
Zone
Rail- sen
Cod Head Rout Num
way ger Railway Divisions
e quar e ber
Zone Car-
ters lengt of Revenue
ried
h Sta-
(mil
(km) tions
lion
)

06. Sout ₹73,721 mil- Adra,[24] Chakra-

h Eastern SER Kolkata 2,631 353 lion(US$1.1 bill 263 dharpur,[25] Kharag-
Railway ion) pur,[26] Ranchi[27]

07. Sout
Secun- ₹89,114 mil-
h Central Secunderabad, Hyder-
SCR dera- 3,127 883 lion(US$1.3 bill 378
Rail- abad, Nanded
bad ion)
way[28]

Chennai,[29] Tiruchirap-
08. Sout ₹81,820 mil- palli,[30] Madu-
Chen-
hern SR 5,079 890 lion(US$1.2 bill 406 rai,[31] Palakkad,[32]Sa-
nai
Railway ion) lem,[33] Thiruvanantha-
puram[34]

Mumbai
09. West ₹82,167 mil- WR,[35] Ratlam,[36] Ah-
Mum-
ern Rail- WR 6,182 1046 lion(US$1.2 bill 1,654 medabad, Raj-
bai
way ion) kot,[37]Bhavna-
gar,[38] Vadodara[39]

10. Sout
₹26,384 mil-
h West- Hub- Hubballi,[40] Benga-
SWR 3,177 456 lion(US$380 m 181
ern Rail- balli luru,[41] Mysuru,[42]
illion)
way

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List of IR Zones available

Operational Statistics[5](in FY2011-12)

Pas
Zone
Rail- sen
Cod Head Rout Num
way ger Railway Divisions
e quar e ber
Zone Car-
ters lengt of Revenue
ried
h Sta-
(mil
(km) tions
lion
)

11. Nort
₹36,240 mil-
h West- Jaipur,[43] Ajmer,[44] Bi-
NWR Jaipur 5,459 663 lion(US$520 m 157
ern Rail- kaner,[45] Jodhpur [46]
illion)
way

12. West ₹65,135 mil-

Jabal- Jabalpur,[47] Bho-
Central WCR 2,965 372 lion(US$940 m 138
pur pal,[48] Kota[49]
Railway illion)

13. Nort ₹87,796 mil- Allaha-

Allaha-
h Central NCR 3,151 435 lion(US$1.3 bill 182 bad,[50] Agra,[51] Jhansi
bad [52]
Railway ion)

14. Sout
₹63,402 mil-
h East Bilas- Bilaspur,[53] Rai-
SECR 2,447 358 lion(US$920 m 126
Central pur pur,[54] Nagpur SEC[55]
illion)
Railway

15. East ₹87,884 mil- Khurda Road,[56] Sam-

Bhuba-
Coast ECoR 2,654 342 lion(US$1.3 bill 86 balpur,[57] Rayagada [58
neswar ]
Railway ion)

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Operational Statistics[5](in FY2011-12)

Pas
Zone
Rail- sen
Cod Head Rout Num
way ger Railway Divisions
e quar e ber
Zone Car-
ters lengt of Revenue
ried
h Sta-
(mil
(km) tions
lion
)

Danapur,[59] Dhan-
16. East ₹59,386 mil- bad,[60] Mughal-
[61]
Central ECR Hajipur 3,628 800 lion(US$860 m 222 sarai, Sa-
Railway illion) mastipur,[62] Sonpur
[63]

17. Metr
o Rail-
MTP Kolkata 27 24
way, Kol-
kata

18. Sout
Visa-
h Coast
SCoR khapat-
Rail-
nam
way[28]

1. Broad Gauge : The rails are separates by 1676 mm of distance and is the most used gauge
in Indian Railways. IR is planning to unify all the gauges across its network with the broad
gauge under Project Track Unification.
2. Meter Gauge : the distance between the rails is 1000 mm or 1 meter. Currently used in
Nilgiri Mountain Railway and some other monir routes.
3. Narrow Gauge : Used in Kalka-Shimla Toy Train. This is of two gauges - 762 mm (2 feet 6
inch) and 610 mm (2 feet).
Apart from the above 3 gauges, a standard gauge is also used in India. All the metros and trams in
India use this Standard Gauge(1435 mm)

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