First / Longest / Oldest in Indian Railways

First / Longest / Oldest in Indian Railways

Today is the 160th anniversary of Indian Railways. I belong to Indian Railways Family. Let me share some interesting facts about Indian Railways. 
Photo of Engine of the First Passenger Train in India

First Passenger Train Ran On
16th April 1853 (between Bombay to Thane)
First Railway Bridge
Dapoorie Viaduct on the Mumbai-Thane route
First Rail Tunnel
Parsik Tunnel
First Ghats Covered by the Rail lines
Thal and Bhore Ghats
First Underground Railway
Calcutta METRO
First Computerized Reservation System started in
New Delhi (1986)
First Electric Train ran on
3rd Feb' 1925 (between Bombay VT and Kurla)
Toilets on Trains were introduced in
1891 (1st Class) & 1907 (lower classes)
Shortest Station Name
Ib (Orissa)
Longest Station Name
Sri Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta (Tamil Nadu)
Busiest Railway Station
Lucknow (64 trains everyday)
Longest Run (Time)
Vivek Express (3715 km in Approx 71 hrs)
Shortest Run
Route between Nagpur to Ajni (3km)
Longest Run for Daily Train
Kerala Express (3054 km in 42.5 hrs)
Longest Non-Stop Run (Distance)
Trivandrum Rajdhani (528 km in 6.5 hrs)
Longest Railway Platform in the World
Kharagpur (2,733 ft in length)
Longest Railway Bridge
Nehru Setu on Sone River (10044ft in length)
Longest Tunnel
Karbude On Konkan Railway between Monkey hill & Khandala (6.5 km)
Oldest Preserved Locomotive
Fairy Queen (1855), still in working order
Indian Railway's Fastest Train
Bhopal-Shatabdi (runs at a speed up to 140 Km/ph)
Train with Maximum Number of Halts
Howrah-Amritsar Express (115 halts)

India's Longest Train Service and in comparison with others from the world.


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