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Gatimaan Express: Raftaar meri Pehchaan - Sajid Akhtar

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Upcoming #INDIAN_RAILWAY App will let you book Room,Flights and More
In an attempt to make journey a hassle-free experience for travellers, Indian Railways is launching an app that will meet diverse travel needs. Set to be released next week, the new app by Indian Railways will let users book flight tickets, retiring rooms, order food and even arrange for a porter.
The app is being developed by Indian Railways’ software wing, CRIS, at an estimated cost of Rs. 7 crore, and was announced in the Rail Budget (2016-2017) as Integrated Railway
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Mobile App Project. Apart from letting users book railway tickets, there are a number of other services that can be availed by using the app.
Some of the services offered by the app:
Flight Tickets
Porter
Retiring Room
Ordering Food
Taxis
Hotels

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#Indian Railways Interesting Facts
First Passenger Train Ran On: 16th April 1853 (between Bombay to Thane)
First Railway Bridge: Dapoorie Viaduct on the Mumbai-Thane route
First Rail Tunnel: Parsik Tunnel
First Ghats Covered by
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Rail Lines: Thal and Bhore Ghats
First Underground Railway: Calcutta(Kolkata) METRO
First Computerized Reservation System Started In: New Delhi (1986)
First Electric Train Ran On: 3rd Feb' 1925 (between Bombay VT and Kurla)
Toilets on Trains Introduced In: 1891 (1st Class) & 1907 (lower classes)
Shortest Station Name: Ib (Orissa)
Longest Station Name: Sri Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta (Tamil Nadu)
Busiest Railway Station: Lucknow (64 trains everyday) (old data)
Longest Run (Time): Vivek Express (4238 km in 84 hrs and 45 min)
Shortest Run: Route between Nagpur and Ajni (3km)
Longest Run for Daily Train: Kerala Express (3054 km in 42.5 hrs)
Longest Non-Stop Run (Distance): Trivandrum Rajdhani (528 km in 6.5 hrs)
Longest Railway Platform in the World: Kharagpur (2,733 ft in length)
Longest Railway Bridge: Nehru Setu on Sone River (10044ft in length)
Longest Tunnel: Karbude Tunnel of the Konkan Railway (6.5 km)
Oldest Preserved Locomotive: Fairy Queen (1855), still in working order
Gauges of Track: 4 Gauges; BG (5'6"), MG (1 metre), NG (2)
IR Daily Runs: About 14,000 trains
IR Daily Carries: More than 11 million passengers & 1 million tonnes of freight
IR's Only Line with Rack & Pinion System: From Mettupalayam to Conoor
IR's Fastest Train: Bhopal-Shatabdi (runs at a speed up to 150 Km/ph)
Railway Station with all the Three Gauges: Siliguri Railway Station
Route Kilometers of Track: More than 62,000 kms
People Employed in IR: About 1.6 million people
Train with Maximum Number of Halts: Howrah-Amritsar Express (115 halts)
Trains without Commercial Halts: Sampoorna Kranti Express,
Stations across State Lines: Navapur (Maharashtra and Gujarat), Bhawani Mandi (Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan)
Classes of Travel on Indian Railway: Ist AC, 2nd AC, 3rd AC, AC Chair Car 2nd sleeper & 2nd ordinary

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