The document provides fun facts about Indian Railways. It states that the first train in India ran between Bombay and Thane in 1853. It also notes that the Vembanad Rail Bridge is the longest rail bridge in India and that Indian Railways has over 63,000 km of track and employs more than 1.55 million people. It shares additional interesting facts about the longest and shortest station names, longest train journey, and history of computerized reservations in India.

1. FUN FACTS
ThefirsttraininIndiaranbetweenBombayandThane
onthe16thofApril1853
TheVembanadRailBridgeisthelongestrailbridgein
India
IRhasabout63,028km oftrackandemploysover
1.55millionpeople
Therearenearly13,000trainsrunninginIndia
Nearly13millionpassengerstravelintrainseverydayNearly13millionpassengerstravelintrainseveryday
TheKharagpurplatform measuringover850metersis
thelongestplatform intheworld
TheshorteststationnameisIbinOrissa
SriVenkatanarasimharajuvariapetainTamilNaduis
thelongeststationname
TheKarbudetunnelbetweenMonkeyhill& KhandalaTheKarbudetunnelbetweenMonkeyhill& Khandala
is6.5km long
India'sfirstundergroundmetrowasbuiltinKolkata
ThefirstcomputerizedreservationstookplaceinNew
Delhiin1986
TheVivekExpressisthelongesttrainjourneycover-
ing4286km in82hours
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