Rail transport in India Exam gk imp facts,
Rail transport in India Exam gk imp facts,
1. The first railway transport in India started from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853!
2. The first train in the world ran in England in 1825!
3. The largest rail network in Asia is Indian Railways!
4. Indian railway network is ranked fourth in the world!
5. The first railways in India started in the reign of Lord Dalhousie!
6. The first Indian railway line was laid from Mumbai to Thane by the British rule!
7. John Mathai was the first railway minister of independent India!
8. Railway Minister John Mathai, presenting India's first railway budget!
9. The longest train in the country is the Vivek Express, which goes from Dibrugarh (Assam) to Kanyakumari!
10. Vivek Express covers a distance of 4286km!
11. Indian Railway Board was established on March 1905!
12. Indian Railways was nationalized in 1950!
13. The first electric passenger car in India was named Deccan Queen!
14. India's longest railway platform - Gorakhpur Junction!
15. Currently the fastest train - Train 18 (Vande Bharat Express)!
16. Indian Railways currently has 18 zones [mandals]!
17. Indian Railways Day is celebrated - 16 April!
18. The world's oldest steam engine - Fairy Queen!
19. On 1 March 1969, the first Rajdhani Express train ran between New Delhi Howrah!
20. The first electric train in India ran between Mumbai VT and Kurla Harwar on 3 February 1925!
21. Delhi Metro Rail Project was created in collaboration with Japan and Korea companies!
22. Bangalore Metro Rail started on 20 October 2011 in the name of Nabba Metro!
23. Kolkata Metro Rail started on 24 October 1984 AD!
24. Mumbai Metro started on 8 June 2014!
25. Mono rail was first operated in Mumbai in independent India!
26. Mono Rail was launched by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chauhan on 1 February 2014!
27. World's first metro rail ran in London!
28. India's first railway university is in Baroda (Gujarat)!
29. Total rail route length in India- 63,974km!
30. Ministry of Railways started a project called Village on Wheels - in 2004!
31. Indian railway medium is most used for transporting goods in India!
32. The longest rail bridge in the country on the Son River - Nehru Setu!
33. First contact revolution rail in India - Delhi to Bangalore!
34. Train running between India and Pakistan- Samjhauta Express!
35. The Konkan rail route passes through the Western Ghats mountain range!
36. India's first private train is Tejas Express!
37. President of Railway Board of India - Vinod Yadav
38. India's First Private Railway Station - Habib Ganj Railway Station!
39. Mughal Sarai railway station in Uttar Pradesh was renamed Dindayal Upadhyay railway station.
40. The Palace on Wheels train was inaugurated in 1982, which is India's luxury train!
41. In 1989, Shatabdi Express trains were celebrated to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru!
42. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station was formerly known as Victoria Terminus.
by- Mona Joshy [Samarpan classes Ujjain, M.P.]
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