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Pamban Sethu - இது தான் நம்முடைய ராமர் சேது - Darnish C

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Before installing Automatic Point System was installed, hundreds of guards lost their hands and fingers trying to fix it manually. Every time a train got delayed and we complained, an Indian Railways employee probably lost his limbs for us.
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Jan 28 2017 (15:33)   TNA/Thane (10 PFs)
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First rail tunnel in india is Parsik tunnel in Thane, Maharashtra, India. This tunnel lies on Mumbai-Chennai mainline. This reduced the distance between Thane and Diva to 7 km from formal 9.6 km.
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Jan 28 2017 (15:10)   TNA/Thane (10 PFs)
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First railway bridge of Indian railway is Dapoorie viaduct on the mumbai thane route.
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Jan 28 2017 (15:02)  
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Though the Indian Railways enjoys a near monopoly in India, a few private railways do exist, left over from the days of the Raj, usually small sections on private estates, etc. There are also some railway lines owned and operated by companies for their own purposes, by plantations, sugar mills, collieries, mines, dams, harbours and ports, etc. The Mumbai Port Trust runs a BG railway of its own, as does the Madras Port Trust. The Calcutta Port Commission Railway of Calcutta Port Trust is a BG railway. The Visakhapatnam Port Trust has BG and NG, 2 ft 6 in (762 mm), railways.
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Bhilai Steel Plant has a BG railway network. The Tatas (a private concern) operate funicular railways at Bhira and at Bhivpuri Road (as well as the Kamshet–Shirawta Dam railway line, which is not a public line). These are not common carriers, so the general public cannot travel using these. The Pipavav Rail Corporation holds a 33-year concession for building and operating a railway line from Pipavav to Surendranagar. The Kutch Railway Company, a joint venture of the Gujarat state government and private parties, is involved (along with the Kandla Port Trust and the Gujarat Adani Port) to build a Gandhidham–Palanpur railway line. These railway lines are principally used to carry freight and not for passenger traffic.

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Jan 28 2017 (14:56)   NDLS/New Delhi (16 PFs)
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Fairy Queen is the oldest operating locomotive in the world today, though it is operated only for specials between Delhi and Alwar. John Bull, a locomotive older than Fairy Queen, operated in 1981 commemorating its 150th anniversary.
Gorakhpur Junction railway station also has the distinction of being the world's longest railway platform at 4,483 ft (1,366 m).
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along the Darjeeling Toy Train route is the second highest railway station in the world to be reached by a steam locomotive.
The Mumbai–Pune Deccan Queen has the oldest running dining car in IR.

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