What was the Revolution of Indian Railway ?

The Guwahati Thiruvananthapuram Express holds the record for being the most unreliable long-distance train on the Indian Railways network.

The annual tally is 8421 million passengers on 9991 trains connecting 7,172 stations across the country. The number of daily passengers on the railways is said to be larger than the population of some countries. It also carries 1014.15 million tons of freight annually.

The Indian Mountain Railways includes three railways – the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways, Nilgiri Mountain Railways and Kalka Shimla Railway. All three trains have been functional for some 100 years. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is a classic fusion of Gothic art with Indian architecture.

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

The Railway station of Navapur is built in 2 states; one half of it is in Maharashtra and the other half is in Gujarat.

They are the pride of Indian Railways as they hold an eminent position among the luxury trains of the world. Palace on Wheels is the oldest one of them.

Train services between Nagpur and Ajni, situated just 3km apart, form the shortest route.

The Vivek Express (Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari) travels a distance of 4273 km, which is the longest run in the railways. The shortest run is taken by a few scheduled services between Nagpur and Ajni – a total of 3 kms.

The Trains got toilets after Indian Railways completed about 50 years.

Srirampur and Belapur are two different stations in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. They are both situated at the same point on the railway route, but are located on opposite sides of the track.

Indian Railways has a mascot – Bholu, the Guard Elephant.

Indian Railways launched an awareness campaign train on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2007, called the Red Ribbon Express.

The resonance frequency of the suspension for the coaches is kept as close as possible to 72 bpm or 1.2 Hz while designing.

Indian Railways has 16 zones over a route of 65,808 km with 7,112 stations.

The human body is most comfortable at 1.2 Hz frequency as it’s one of the most fundamental frequencies of our bodies (normal heartbeat) – which is why people sleep soundly in trains.

The diamond crossing (dubbed so by railways themselves), in Nagpur, is one-of-its-kind, from where trains go East, West, North and South.

The Famed Darjeeling toy train, which is still running on its indigenous steam engine, was built by India’s British colonial master in 1881.

The Indian Railways is constructing the world’s highest rail bridge over Chenab.

World Heritage sites 4 Indian Railways sites and 5 Mountain Railways.

The longest tunnel in the country is Pir Panjal Railway tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir which is 11.25 kms long.

The busiest junction in the country is Howrah junction in Kolkata with as many as 974 trains stopping there daily.

Samjhuata Express was first international border train in India.

All the electric appliances (fans, lights) in rail coaches function at 110 volts instead of the Indian standard 220 volts.

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

The mascot for Indian Railways is Bholu, or Bholu the guard elephant, which was designed by National Institute of Design. It was unveiled on 16th April 2002.