INDIANRAILS – ASTONISHING FACTS ABOUT INDIAN RAILWAYS

The Fairy Queen Train is Oldest steam Locomotive Runs Between New Delhi and Rajasthan

Navpur Railway Station Built In 2 states half part in Gujrat And Half In Maharashtra

Red Ribbon Express is an AIDS/HIV awareness campaign train by the Indian Railways, launched in India on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2007

Indian Railway Is Largest Railway Network in Asia and 2nd in the World

Indian Railway has Largest Empolyers Staffing over 1.4 million people according to Economist magazine

New Delhi Railway Staion has listed in Guiness Book Of World Record for having world’s largest Route Relay Interlocking System.

The slowest train in India is the Metupalayam Ooty Nilgiri passenger train. It runs at a speed of 10 kmph.

‘Ib’ in Odisha is the shortest name of a railway station In India. The longest is in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, called ‘Venkatanarasimharajuvariipeta’.

The IRCTC (Indian Railways Catering & Tourism Corporation) website gets close to 12 lakh hits per minute

The famed Darjeeling “Toy Train,” which is still running on its indigenous steam engine, was built by India’s British colonial master in 1881.