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Blog Entry# 1519914
Posted: Jun 21 2015 (17:17)

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Last Response: Jun 22 2015 (10:41)
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Jun 21 2015 (17:17)  
 
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ECR_BOSS~   406 blog posts
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First/Longest/Oldest in Indian Railways
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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
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Ghats Covered by the Rail lines = Thal and Bhore Ghats
First Underground Railway = Calcutta 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 were introduced in = 1891 (1st Class) & 1907 (lower classes)
Shortest Station Name = Ib (Orissa)
Longest Station Name = Sri Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta (Tamil Nadu)
Busiest Railway Station = Lucknow
Longest Run (Time) = Vivek Express (3715 km in Approx 71 hrs)
Shortest Run Route = between Nagpur to 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 = gorakhpur
Longest Railway Bridge = The Vembanad Rail Bridge(Kerala) length of 4.62 km
Longest Tunnel = Karbude On Konkan Railway between Monkey hill & Khandala (6.5 km)
Oldest Preserved Locomotive = Fairy Queen (1855), still in working order
Indian Railway's Fastest Train = Bhopal-Shatabdi (runs at a speed up to 140 Km/ph)
Train with Maximum Number of Halts = Howrah-Amritsar Express (115 halts)

if any one is incorrect plz correct.

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Jun 21 2015 (17:40)
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Busiest station is CSTM n monkey hill n khandala is in central railway
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Jun 22 2015 (00:04)
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Longest Tunnel = Karbude On Konkan Railway between ratnagiri & ukshi(6.5 km)
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Jun 22 2015 (10:41)
somshekhar v   165 blog posts
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As per indiarailinfo source
Longest Run for Daily Train = 15910/15909 Avadh Assam Express with Travel Time: 67h 15m 84 halts Distance: 3072 km Avg Speed: 45 km/hr not Kerala Express (3054 km in 42.5 hrs)
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