Facts about Indian Railways that Indians are generally unaware of.
-------------------------------------
1. Locopilots are earning more than 1 lac rupees a month.
2. On an average, 4.15 lac tickets are booked everyday through IRCTC website.
3....
more... If the tracks of Indian Railways were to be laid out, they would circle the earth almost 1.5 times.
4. Railways has largest Manpower of India.
5. Least punctual train Guwahati-Trivandrum Express is said to be the most unreliable long distance train in the country. The charted journey times is 65 hours and 5 minutes but the average delay on a trip is about 10-12 hours.
6. The longest tunnel in the country: Located in the Pir Panjal range oh Himalayas in Jammu & Kashmir, this tunnel is 11.2 km long making it the longest tunnel of India.
7. The station with the smallest name is IB.
8. The station with the longest name is Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta.
9. India has the world's longest platform- Gorakhpur railway station, Uttar Pradesh measuring 1,366.33 m (4,483 ft)
10. Longest running train in India is Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express which covers 4273 kms.
11. A train covers a distance of 528 km without a single stop. Its Trivandrum- H.Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express. (Between Kota and Vadodra non stop)
12. 2 crores passengers use Indian Railways daily.
--------------------------
Also Share Some more Informations
