The document discusses the characteristics and types of Indian Railways. It notes that trains are commonly used for long distance travel in India, can carry large numbers of passengers and goods, and connect stations without providing door-to-door service. Indian Railways can be classified by the fuel used (such as steam, electric, diesel), goods versus passengers, and gauge (narrow, broad, metro). The fastest train is the New Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi Express at 150km/h, while the longest route is the Vivek Express at over 4,286 km. The Konkan Railway connects Mumbai to Mangalore through three states using scenic terrain and advanced tunnel engineering.

2. INDIAN RAILWAY

3. Characteristics
Train are the most common land
transport specially for long distances
They cover long distances in
lesser time than buses
They can carry lot of passengers and
goods at a time
They connect one station to another they do
not give door to door services

4. Types Of Railways
• Based on the fuel the railways can be classified
as: Steam engines, Electricity,diesel,trackside
systems (laser radar type).
• It can be classified on the basis of the things
transported. There are passenger trains that carry
people and freight trains that carry goods.
• Based on gauge it can be divided into:Narrow
gauge, broad gauge and metro gauge.

5. ENGINES
STEAM
TRAINS
ELECTRICITY TRACKSIDE
DIESEL
TRAINS
THINGS
TRANSPORTED
PASSENGER FREIGHT
GAUGE
NARROW
GAUGE
BROAD
GAUGE
METRO
GAUGE

17. New Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi Express is the fastest train
in India. The all air-conditioned superfast train clocks
a maximum speed of 150km/h on the Faridabad-Agra
section.
Vivek Express, which runs between Dibrugarh and
Kanyakumari, has the longest route in India. It covers
4,286 km in about 82 hours and 30 minutes.

18. The Konkan Railway is an important train line which connects
India’s economic capital, Mumbai and Manglore. It runs through
Maharastra, Karnataka and Goa covering 760 kilometers.
Trains goes through a very beautiful scenic terrain and there is
awesome concept used behind building of railway tunnels of
konkan Railway.