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1. 10 INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT
INDIAN RAILWAYS
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2. INDIAN RAILWAYS
HISTORY OVERVIEW
The journey which began 153 years ago in India continues
with aplomb till date.
Certain legacies of the British, for instance cricket and
railways have grown or perhaps prospered, the former with
a religious fervor and the later with vigour. It has even
found a place for itself in the Guinness Book of records.
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3. 1. ONE RAILWAY STATION
IN TWO STATES
The Navapur railway station lies on the border of 2 states:
one half of it falls under Gujarat and the other half in
Maharashtra.

4. 2. A TALE OF TWO STATIONS
AND ONE PLACE
Belapur and Srirampur are two different stations located
on opposite sides of the same track in Maharashtra’s
Ahmednagar district.

5. 3. WHAT’S IN A NAME?
The longest station name is
Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta, near Chennai. The
shortest station name is IB, in Odisha and Od, in Gujarat.

6. 4. OLD IS GOLD
The Fairy Queen which used to run between New Delhi and
Alwar was certified in 1998 by the Guinness Book of
Records as the world's oldest steam locomotive in regular
operation.

7. 5. HIGH & MIGHTY
The under-construction Chenab railway bridge, in J&K, is
expected to be one of the highest rail bridges in the world,
when completed. It is designed to be 5 times higher than
the Qutab Minar and even taller than the Eiffel tower!

8. 6. SLOW & STEADY
The Metupalayam Ooty Nilgiri passenger train runs at a
speed of 10 km/hr and is the slowest train in India.

9. 7. BUSY BEE
Howrah Junction is the busiest station in India, handles
almost 974 arrivals/departures per day.

10. 8. LONG AND SHORT OF IT!
Vivek Express travels a distance of 4273 km, from
Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari, thus making it the longest run
in terms of total time and distance in Indian Railways. The
shortest run is between Nagpur and Ajni stations situated
at a distance of just 3km from each other.

11. 9. BIG BOSS
Indian Railways is one of the world's largest employers (#7,
according to the Economist magazine), staffing over 1.4
million people.

12. 10. PRIDE OF PLACE
4 Indian Railways sites have been declared "World Heritage
sites" by UNESCO:
1. Mumbai CST Building (2004)
2. Kalka-Shimla Railways (2008)
3. Darjeeling, Himalayan Railway (1999)
4. Neelgiri Mountain Railways (2005)

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