Indian railway at a glance/fact

Indian Railways is an Indian state-owned enterprise, owned and operated by the Government of India through the Ministry of Railways. It is one of the world's largest railway networks.

Indian Railway some Basic facts Since 1853 to Today

Railways were first introduced to India in 16 April, 1853 from Bombay to Thane.

In 1951 the systems were nationalised as one unit.

The total length of track used by Indian Railways is about 115,000 km (71,000 mi) while the total route length of the network is 65,000 km (40,000 mi).

It is one of the world's largest railway networks comprising 115,000 km (71,000 mi) of track over a route of 65,436 km (40,660 mi) and 7,172 stations.

Railway budget was separated from common budget in 1924-25.

In 1905, an early Railway Board was constituted

The recruitment of Group 'A' gazetted employees is carried out by the Union Public Service Commission through exams conducted by it

The country’s longest railway tunnel is Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (length 11.215 kilometers) in Jammu – Kashmir.

The recruitment to Group 'C' and 'D' employees on the Indian Railways is done through 20 Railway Recruitment Boards and Railway Recruitment Cells which are controlled by the Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRCB).

Railway is divided in 17 railways Jon for management. (The last is 17th metro Rail Kolkata)

Steam engine steam engine in India was built in 1972.

The first stream railway engine was Fairy Queen. It was built in 1855

Computerized reservation: The system was first introduced in 1986 in New Delhi.

India’s first electronic train began on 3 February 1925, which was ran between Bombay-Kurla station

The major train accident: Bihar on June 6, 1981, was the nation’s largest rail accident. It was the entire train went into the Bagmati river. In the event around 500 800 people were killed.

AC First Class in Indian train system began in 1874.

The longest railway platform in the world and Asia is Gorakhpur railway station, Uttar Pradesh, India: 1,366.33 m (4,483 ft).

The Vivek Express is the longest distance trains of India it cover 4273 km journey from Kanyakumari to Dibrugarh.

Shatabdi Express is one of the fastest and prestigious trains. New Delhi- Bhopal Shatabdi Express.  An Indian passenger train set a new national speed record of 160 kilometres an hour (100 miles an hour) From Delhi-Agra in trail of “semi-bullet-train”.

The world’s highest rail bridge being constructed over Chenab river in Jammu & Kashmir’s Reasi district (Chenab Bridge) will be ready by December, 2015. Coming up at Kauri, it will be 359 meters (1,180 feet) above the riverbed (five times the height of Qutub Minar and 35 metres taller than Eiffel Tower).

Parsik Tunnel (1865) is India’s first rail tunnel.

The manufacture of steam locomotives in the country was stopped in 1972.