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Indian Rail At a Glance
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● Indian Railway started on 16 April, 1853.
● First train covered a distance of 34 km between Mumbai and Thane.
● The name of first rail engine was Beauty.
● In 1854, second train ran between Hoogly and Howrah.
● First electrified train ran on 5 February, 1925.
● Railway was nationalised in 1950.
● Railway Board was set up in 1905 during the period of Lord Curzon.
● At present, there is provision of a chairman, one finance commissioner and five members in the Railway Board.
● First diesel engine in India ran in 1957.
● At present, diesel engines are manufactured in Varanasi.
● First locomotive factory was set up in Chittaranjan of West Bengal.
● The name of first electric train was Deccan Queen, which ran between Pune and Mumbai.
● In 1929, it ran between Pune and Kalyan.
● New name of this train is Royal Oriental Express.
● Indian Railway is the biggest in Asia and second in the world.
● There are four types of widths of rail lines—
(a) Broad gauge—1676 mm — 1·676 metre.
(b) Metre gauge—1000 mm — 1 metre.
(c) Narrow gauge—762 mm — 0·762 metre.
(d) Special gauge—610 mm—0·61 metre.
● Main Railway factories :
(a) Integral Coach Factory—Perembur (Chennai).
(b) Rail Coach Factory—Kapurthala.
(c) Wheel and Axle Plant—Bangalore.
(d) Diesel Component Works—Patiala.
(e) Diesel Locomotive—Varanasi.
(f) Chittaranjan Locomotive Works— Chittaranjan.
● Railway station on maximum height—Jhum (Darjeeling).
● First rail museum in India—New Delhi.
● First computerised railway reservation of India—New Delhi.
● First rail minister of India—Asaf Ali.
● First woman rail driver of India—Mumtaz Kathwala
● First rail auditor—Lt. Col. Chesney.
● Railway budget was separated from the general budget since 1924-25.
● Name of first private train—Deccan Queen.
● Bandra (Mumbai) was the first railway station of the country, where a private company was authorised to display the advertisement.
● Hazarat Nizamuddin was the first railway station of India, the maintenance of which was handed over to a private company—The J.K. Tyres.
● Mrs. Indira Gandhi had started Metro rail (underground rail or tube rail) scheme in 1972. Now metro rail is well developed in Kolkata. It started on 24 October, 1984. Its total length is 25 km. Professional metro rail line continues from Dumdum to New Garia.
After Kolkata, metro rail plan was accepted on 17th September, 1996.
● The then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, inaugurated formally the Delhi Metro Railway on 24 December, 2002.
● The trains running between India and Pakistan are ‘Samajhota Express’ and ‘Thar Express’.
● Maitri Express is running between India and Bangladesh.
● Shatabdi Express started in 1988 on the occasion of Pt. Nehru’s birth centenary. The first Shatabdi Express ran between Delhi and Bhopal.
● Steam engines were manufactured in Chittaranjan.
● After 1971, production of steam engines was closed.
● Railway staff college is situated in Varodara.
● Indian Railway Institute of Advance Technology—Pune.
● Signal Engineering and Telecommunication Institute—Secunderabad.
● Indian Railway Institute of Electrical Engineering—Nasik.
● Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering—Jamalpur.
● Railway Service Commission—Allahabad.
Indian Rail At a Glance
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● Indian Railway started on 16 April, 1853.
● First train covered a distance of 34 km between Mumbai and Thane.
● The name of first rail engine was Beauty.
● In 1854, second train ran between Hoogly and Howrah.
● First electrified train ran on 5 February, 1925.
● Railway was nationalised in 1950.
● Railway Board was set up in 1905 during the period of Lord Curzon.
● At present, there is provision of a chairman, one finance commissioner and five members in the Railway Board.
● First diesel engine in India ran in 1957.
● At present, diesel engines are manufactured in Varanasi.
● First locomotive factory was set up in Chittaranjan of West Bengal.
● The name of first electric train was Deccan Queen, which ran between Pune and Mumbai.
● In 1929, it ran between Pune and Kalyan.
● New name of this train is Royal Oriental Express.
● Indian Railway is the biggest in Asia and second in the world.
● There are four types of widths of rail lines—
(a) Broad gauge—1676 mm — 1·676 metre.
(b) Metre gauge—1000 mm — 1 metre.
(c) Narrow gauge—762 mm — 0·762 metre.
(d) Special gauge—610 mm—0·61 metre.
● Main Railway factories :
(a) Integral Coach Factory—Perembur (Chennai).
(b) Rail Coach Factory—Kapurthala.
(c) Wheel and Axle Plant—Bangalore.
(d) Diesel Component Works—Patiala.
(e) Diesel Locomotive—Varanasi.
(f) Chittaranjan Locomotive Works— Chittaranjan.
● Railway station on maximum height—Jhum (Darjeeling).
● First rail museum in India—New Delhi.
● First computerised railway reservation of India—New Delhi.
● First rail minister of India—Asaf Ali.
● First woman rail driver of India—Mumtaz Kathwala
● First rail auditor—Lt. Col. Chesney.
● Railway budget was separated from the general budget since 1924-25.
● Name of first private train—Deccan Queen.
● Bandra (Mumbai) was the first railway station of the country, where a private company was authorised to display the advertisement.
● Hazarat Nizamuddin was the first railway station of India, the maintenance of which was handed over to a private company—The J.K. Tyres.
● Mrs. Indira Gandhi had started Metro rail (underground rail or tube rail) scheme in 1972. Now metro rail is well developed in Kolkata. It started on 24 October, 1984. Its total length is 25 km. Professional metro rail line continues from Dumdum to New Garia.
After Kolkata, metro rail plan was accepted on 17th September, 1996.
● The then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, inaugurated formally the Delhi Metro Railway on 24 December, 2002.
● The trains running between India and Pakistan are ‘Samajhota Express’ and ‘Thar Express’.
● Maitri Express is running between India and Bangladesh.
● Shatabdi Express started in 1988 on the occasion of Pt. Nehru’s birth centenary. The first Shatabdi Express ran between Delhi and Bhopal.
● Steam engines were manufactured in Chittaranjan.
● After 1971, production of steam engines was closed.
● Railway staff college is situated in Varodara.
● Indian Railway Institute of Advance Technology—Pune.
● Signal Engineering and Telecommunication Institute—Secunderabad.
● Indian Railway Institute of Electrical Engineering—Nasik.
● Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering—Jamalpur.
● Railway Service Commission—Allahabad.
