Jan 25, 2023
The inception of Indian Railways was done April 16, 1853, when its first passenger train ran between Mumbai’s Bori Bandar to Thane.
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The first railway workshop of the British government was established at Jamalpur, near Munger in Bihar in 1862.
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Indian Railways is the world’s 4th largest railway network, covering a distance of over 68,000 kilometres.
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Four of the UNESCO World Heritage sites are owned by Indian Railways: Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Nilgiri Mountain Railway and Kalka Shimla Railway.
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India also boasts of the world’s longest platform at the Gorakhpur Railway Station, located in Uttar Pradesh. It is around 1,366 metres long.
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The Indian Railways also posseses the world's highest railway bridge, the Chenab Rail Bridge, which runs at a height of 1,178 ft.
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Nagpur’s Diamond Crossing is a unique rail line crossing in India, with trains running east, west, north, and south.
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Ghum Railway Station in West Bengal is the highest railways station in the world.
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Indian Railways has the longest (Kanyakumari to Dibrugarh, 4189 kms) and shortest (Nagpur to Ajni, 3 kms) routes in the world.
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Indian Railways still has a functional locomotive called the Fairy Queen, which dates back to 1885.
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