Interesting Facts About Indian Railways:Static GK For All Competitive Exams

• Railways were first introduced to India in the year 1853 from Mumbai to Thane.
• Indian Railways Nationalised in 1951.
• The country’s first railway, built by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway
• The Indian railway system is the largest in Asia and fourth in the world based on rail transport network size after USA, China and Russia.
• It is the biggest employer in the world and the largest single undertaking in the country.
• It has the second biggest electrified system in the world after Russia
• Indian Railways is divided into 16 zones.which are further sub-divided into 68 divisions.
• Each zone is headed by a general manager.
• The first train in India – Mumbai to Thane, With 400 passengers, this train completed its journey of 34 km with the help of three engines–Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan.
• Father of Indian Railway – Lord Dalhousie
• Fastest train – The Bhopal Shatabdi Express,1988, between Agra and New Delhi.
• Slowest train in India- Nilgiri Express, between Chennai and Mettupalayam.
• First electric train – Deccan Queen, 1931, connects Mumbai with Pune.
• The first double-decker train – Shatabdi train was flagged off in October 2011.
• First air-conditioned double-decker train – Shatabdi train will run from Mumbai to Goa.
• First underground railway (Metro Railway) – Kolkata Metro(1984)
• Largest Zone in Indian Railways – Northern Railway.
• A platform surrounded by rail lines from all the four sides – Island platform
• First railway station – Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai.
• Longest running train -Vivek Express. It runs from Dibrugarh in upper Assam to Kanyakumari at the southern tip of Tamil Nadu.
• Longest railway platform –Gorakhpur railway station, Uttar Pradesh
• First A.C. train between Bombay and Baroda started – 1936
• First broad gauge super fast train – Rajdhani express new Delhi Howrah 1stmarch 1969
• First-meter gauge super fast train – pink city express new Delhi Jaipur 17thoct 1981
• First narrow-gauge super fast train – Shivalik deluxe express Kalka – Shimla 9thaug 1996
• First-time table 1853 central India
• The first stamp on Indian railways 4 annas 10thdec 1936 by king George
• First ac train Mumbai and Baroda 1936
• First automatic signaling system 1928
• First railway bookstall – 1877 Allahabad wheeler & co ltd
• First wagon in India 1920 Jessop & co., Kolkata
• First vestibuled train 1stjune 1930, Deccan queen
• World’s first double-decker train – 1862 bb&cir
• First railway tunnel of Indian railway -Parsik tunnel
• First rail minister after independence – John Mathai and before independence Asif Ali
• Countries there is no railway line – Lebanon, Mauritius reunion, Libya, Argentina, Afghanistan, Papua, New Guinea
• Trains that have placed in Guinness Book -Darjeeling Toy Train, Nilgiri Mountain Train Simla Toy Train, Mathenron Toy Train, Place on wheels Royal Orient, Buddha circular Express, Fairy Queen.
• Satpura Express numerical name 10001/10002 – run between Jabalpur and Balaghat
• Longest train -Prayagraj Express (26 Coaches, New Delhi–Allahabad)
• Highest Railway station in India – Similiguda (996.08 mt from sea level in the Valtair division of Southern–Eastern Railway)
• Highest river bridge manufactured under Konkan Railway – Panval River Rail bridge (64 mt. high)
• Division that has maximum number of tunnels – Kalka Simla division of Northern Railway (103 tunnels)
• Longest railway bridge of Indian railway – Railway bridge in Kerala near Kochchi joins Idapalli to Vallerpadma (Length 4.62 km)
• Last railway station of Northern Railway and Indian Railway – Bajalta
• Indian state has maximum rail routes – Uttar Pradesh
• Himsagar Express passes through – 11 States(Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Kerala)
• The railway station that has all the three rails -Dumdum Railway station (EMU rail service circular Railway and Metro Railway)
• The railway station has the smallest name from the English alphabets -IB (Between Howrah–Nagpur)
• The railway station has the longest name – Venkatanarsimharajuvaripeta (Tamilnadu)
• The first female operator in Delhi Metro – Minakshi Sharma.
• The first female to become the member of Railway Board – Vijaylaxmi Vishwanatha
• Longest platform situated – Khadagpur (West Bengal)
• Train only for women run – From Churchgate to Boriwali in Mumbai
• Metro Rail in Calcutta – 1984
• Railway week celebrated on 10–16April.
• 19 Railway Recruitment Boards are there in India
• First tourist rail – Palace on wheels in 1982 between Delhi–Jaipur
• Railway accident in the history of Indian Railway occurred in Morghat (Pure–Bombay root) on 5 January 1869
• Longest rail route in India – from Dibrugarh (Assam) To Kanyakumari
• The first monorail operates in India – From Sarhind to Alampur and Bhawani mandi to Patiala
• India’s first indigenous steam engine – F–734
• First longest railway tunnel situated between Monkey hill and Khandala (2100 mt)
• First telecommunication between guard and driver – Mumbai–New Delhi (Rajdhani Express)
• First Rajdhani Express ran between New Delhi–Howrah, 1969
• First DC electrical rail engine – Lokmanya (CLW manufactured it in 1961)
• First computer reservation system starts in New Delhi, 2002
• Biggest railway yard located in India-Itarasi (Madhya Pradesh)
• Southern Eastern Railway is known as ‘Blue chip’
• Metroman – Shridharan (Delhi Metro Rail Engineers)
• First Duranto Express ran between Sialdah and New Delhi 18 September 2009
• Numbers of Indian railway used to be of 5 Digits from 20 December 2010
• Busiest railway station in Indian-Lucknow (64 Trains every day).
• First railway factory established in Jamalpur, 1890
• A train runs between India and Pakistan – Samjhauta Express, Thar Express