1. The first train in India ran on 16th
April 1853 Bombay to Thane
2. The first railroad was constructed by
two Indians – Jaganath Shunkerseth & Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy
3. The train with maximum stops is
Howrah – Amristar which stops at 115 stops
4. There are 7500 railway stations in
India
5. First Railway Bridge – Dapoorie
Viaduct on the Mumbai – Thane Route
6. First Railway tunnel – Parshik tunnel
7. First Ghats covered by Rail lines –
Thal and Bhore Ghats
8. First Electric train ran on 3rd
Feb 1925 between Bombay VT and Kurla
9. Shortest station name: Ib (odisha)
10. Longest station name: Sri
Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta (Tamil Nadu)
11. Busiest Railway station Lucknow: 64
trains
12. Longest running train (daily) :
Kerala Express (3054 km in 42.5 hrs)
13. Longest non-stop running train
(distance): Trivandrum Rajdhani Express 528 km in 6.5 hrs
14. Last stations in all directions:-
·
North
– Baramulla in Jammu & Kashmir
·
East
– Naliya near Bhujin in Guujarat
·
South
– Kanyakumari in Tamil nadu
·
East
– Ledo in Tinuskia
15. Junction with most number of routes
originating
·
Seven
routes – Mathura junction
·
Six
routes – Bhatinda
·
Five
routes – Lucknow, Guntakal, Katni, Varanasi, Kanpur central, Villupuram,
Dabhoi, Nagpur, Salem.
16. Most number of parallel trucks:
Seven parallel lines between
Bandra terminus to Andheri – 10 Km
17. Station to hold all the three gauges:
Siliguri in NFR
18. Fastest train: New Delhi – Bhopal
Satabadi express at a maximum speed of 150 km/h
19. Slowest train: Mettupalayam – Ooty
train at a speed of 10 Km/h
20. Longest Journey trains:
·
Vivek
Express – Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari with 52 stops, it takes 83 hours to complete
4286 km
·
Himsagar
Express – Kanyakumari to Jammu Tawi – 3715 km
21. Longest rail bridge: 4.62 Km Vembanat
rail bridge connecting Edappally and Valarpadam in Kochi
22. Longest rail tunnel: 11.215 km, Pir
Panjal railway tunnel
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