Great Indian Railways - A great wonder !

• Indian Railway is the second biggest railway in the world.
• The first train run from Delhi with 100 passengers in 1864.
• Highest number of interlocking routes in the world is in Delhi Railway Station.
• Three great among world heritage centers are Mumbai Victoria terminus, Darjiling Himalayan Railways and Nilgiri Railways.
• The oldest train in the world Fairy Queen is still running with steam engine every year between November and February between New Delhi and Alwar.
• 1.6 million employees are working in Indian Railways.
• Nehru Sethu is the longest of Indian Rail bridge.
• Longest tunnel of Indian railway has 7000 ft length and it connects between Monkey Hill and Kandla port.
• First Air-conditioned train run between Delhi and Houra in 1956.
• The first computerized reservation started in 1986.
• The fastest among Indian trains is Bhopal Satabdi express having 140 kms speed.
• Total Indian rail has 62,000 kms line length, 7092 Railway stations, 7,800 Engines, 40,000 Coaches 3,26,000 Wagons, handling 10 millions passengers and 1 million tone goods every day in 11,000 trains running every day.
• ……………We are capable of undertaking many challenges. That is the reason why our Railway Minister had a series of lecture class to more than a hundred students from Harvard University and for the managers of other countries !