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1. The first train ran between Bombay to Thane on the l6th of April 1853.
2. IR is the 2nd Largest Railway network in tke world.
3. IR has about 62000 kms of Track.
4. IR employs about 1.6 million people.
5. IR carries about 10 million passengers & 1 million tonnes freight daily.
6. IR runs about 11000 trains daily
7. IR has 7092 railway stations.
8. The longest journey on the IR is from Jammutawi to Kanhyakumari a distance of about 3751 kms covered by Himsagar express in about 66 hours.
9. The longest railway platform is at Kharagpur & is 2732ft in length.
10. NEHRU SETU on river Sone is the longest bridge & is 10044ft in length.
11. The longest tunnel is between Monkey hill & Khandala & is 7000ft in length.
12. Calcutta METRO is the Ist & only underground railway system in India.
13. Computerised reservation system started at Delhi In 1986.
14. IR's first electric train ran in 1925 from Bombay.
15. Toilet on trains were introduced in 1891( Ist Class) & 1907( Lower classes).
16. IR runs 9 pairs Rajdhani & 13 Shatabdi express trains.
17. 42 Railway companies operated in the country before Independence.
18. IR Is presently divided into 9 Zonal Railways.
19. IR has around 7800 locomotives, 40000 coaches & 326000 wagons.
20. FAIRY QUEEN (b -1855) the oldest preserved locomotive is kept at NRM.
21. The manufacturer of steam locomotives came to a close In 1972.
22. Diesel locomotives arc manufactured at DLW Varanasi.
23. Electric Iocomotives are manufactured at CLW Chittaranjan.
24. Coaches are manufactured at ICF/Madras, RCF/Kapurthala & BEML/Bangalore.
25. IR has 4 gauges of Track - BG (5'6") MG (1 metre) NG (2).
26. IR's fastest train is the Bhopal Shatabdi which runs at speeds upto 140 kmph.
27. Ist AC, 2nd AC, 3rd AC, AC Chair Car IInd sleeper & IInd ordinary are the various classes of travel on the IR.
28. IR's only Rack & Pinion system type of line is from Mettupalayam to Conoor on SR.
29. The National Rail Museum at New Delhi was set up in 1977.

INDIAN RAILWAYS - facts compiled by the National Rail Museum, New Delhi.

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