SOME IMPORTANT FACTS ASSOCIATED WITH IR... pls continue adding to the list
Fastest train
NDLS BPL SHATAPDI, ndls sealadh duronto
Fastest Rajdhani
Mumbai Rajdhani
Fastest...
more... Duronto
NDLS-SDAH duronto
Fastest GR
BDTS-NZM GR
Fastest Janshatabdi
NZM-Kota Janshatabdi
Fastest NG Express
Satpura Express [BTC-JBP]
Fastest Express train
12156 NZM-BPL Shaan-E-Bhopal SF Express
Fastest Sampark Kranti
12907/08 Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express
Fastest Passenger Service
ET-KTE Fast Passenger
Longest running train
Vivek exp (CAPE DBRG)
Longest Daily running train
Kerala exp
Longest running shatabdi
bhopal shatabdi
Longest running Rajdhani
Trivandrum Rajdhani
Longest daily Running Rajdhani
SDAH raj
Longest running Duronto
NZM-ERS duronto
Longest running GR
NZM-MAS
Longest and ONLY DAILY GR:
SC-VSKP GR
Oldest Railway station
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Mumbai)
Biggest Railway stn
HWH
Busiest Railway station
CNB..(excluding locals)
Biggest Railway yard
Katni/MGS
Longest Railway platform
Kharagpur...2,733 ft. in length
Cleanest Railway station
TVC
Longest railway bridge
Vallarpadam to idapalli(4.62km) ,kerala
Longest passenger railway bridge
Nehru Setu on Sone River
Longest Railway tunnel
Karbude On Konkan Railway between Bhoke and Ukshi (6.5 km) when completed Pir Panjal tunnel in Kashmir Valley Railway line will be the longest transport tunnel in the country at (11km).
First train Ran ...
16th April 1853 (between Bombay to Thane)
First Shatabdi
NDLS-JHS Shatabdi (Extended to BPL and named BPL Shatabdi)
First Rajdhani
HWH Rajdhani
First Railway bridge
Dapoorie Viaduct on the Mumbai-Thane route
First Railway tunnel
Parsik Tunnel
First underground Railway
Calcutta metro
First Electric train Ran on
3rd Feb' 1925 (between Bombay VT and Kurla)
Toilets introduced
1891 (1st Class) & 1907 (lower classes)
First computerised reservation
New Delhi (1986)
Longest station name
Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta (Andhra Pradesh)
Shortest Run
Nagpur To Ajni
Shortest station name
IB (orissa)/ G (Gondia)
Trains with maximum no of halts
Howrah-Amritsar Express (115 halts)
Shed with maximum no of Electric loco..
BZA/ET
Shed with maximum no of diesel loco
KTE
Shed with max no of WAP1
GZB/RPM
Shed with max no of WAP4..
ED with 97
Shed with max no of WAP5..
GZB with 43
Shed with max no of WAP7
GZB with 56
Shed with max no of WAM4..
ET or BZA or BIA(not sure wich one)
Shed with max no of WCAM 3
KYN
Shed with max no of WCAM-1 & WCAM-2/2P
BL with 52 WCAM-1 & 20 WCAM-2P
First and Fully electrified route
Bombay Victoria Terminus (CST)-Poona (Pune) and CST-Igatpuri
First & Fully Electrified Trunk Route
NDLS-HWH
Largest Diesel Locomotive Shed
New Katni Junction (NKJ)
Biggest Diesel Locomotive Shed
Visakhapatnam (VSKP)
First Shed to get EMDs
Hubli,SWR
Shed with most no. of WDG4s
Hubli(UBL),SWR
Shed with most no. of WDP-4/4Bs
Krishnarajapuram(KJM),SWR
Shortest raj
JAT Rajdhani
Shortest duronto
HWH-DGHA duronto
Longest non stop run:
TVC Rajdhani from BRC to Kota
Longest run in one state
Maharashtra express
First Train To be Certified For The Quality At The ISO:9000 Level
12155 Bhopal Express (HBJ-NZM)
Shortest Super fast express
Tippu
Line with maximum MPS
faridabad-AGC -155kph
Longest train running with WAP 1
...... ERS NZM millenium epress
Longest train running with WAP4..
Kerala exp/NZM-TVC swarna jayanti... 3000+kms
Longest run with WAP5..
NZM-MAS duronto
Longest run with WAP7...
MAS raj/MAS GR...
Longest run with WCAM 2
Pune NZM Duronto from Pune to BRC (529 kms)
Longest run with WDM 2....
Okha Rameshwaran Express (3194 kms)
Oldest train in india
Deccan queen/Punjab mail
Train with max no of rakes
kerala exp.. 6 running. nd one extra...
India's Oldest Workshop
Kanchrapara (KPA)
Shortest Distance Between Two Stations
Perambur Carriage Works and Perambur 200M or 250M
Longest train of IR:
12417/12418 Prayagraj Express.
The only Train to ignore CNB
Allahabad Duronto express
Shatabdi Train Service Started In
1988
Largest Zone In INDIAN RAILWAYS
Eastern railways
Largest Workshop - INDIAN RAILWAYS
Jamalpur Workshop
fastest diesel loco?
WDP-'4'
