Indian railways: Trains in general are considered to be the safest and the most reliable mode of tranpsort, and trains in India have been serving the nation well for the past 150 years.
The Indian Railways turned nearly 5,000 coaches into quarantine cabins or isolation wards, given the acute shortage of hospital beds during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The wards have facilities including a toilet, a bathing room each, windows fitted with mosquito nets, oxygen cylinders and medical equipment.
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On 16th April, 1853, the first passenger train service was started between Bori Bunder in Bombay and Thane. Covering a distance of 34 kilometres it was hauled by three locomotives that were named Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan. The train started at 3:30 pm and reached Thane in 21 minutes.
India has the fourth largest railway network in the world, with a coverage of almost 62,000 kilometre.
The platform of Kharagpur Railway Station is the longest railway platform in India with a length of 1072.5 meter.
The railway station with the longest name is Sri. Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta in Tamil Nadu and the shortest station name is Ib in Orissa.
The longest distance covered by a single train in the country is Himsagar Express that covers 3,751 kilometres between Jammu Tawi and Kanyakumari.
The first railway tunnel of the country is Parsik Tunnel located near Thane. The longest tunnel is Konkan Railways with a length of 6.5 km.
Railways reduce distance and boosts development
It’s a small world after all. With technology taking leaps and connecting us with the world, India’s transport network, the ever-reliant railways, is leaving no stone unturned to make connectivity and transportation effortless.
It is not only reducing travel time between cities and states, but is also giving a boost to the real estate sector as the railways embarks on several ambitious plans to reduce the commute time to far off places by infusing new technologies in the current system, thus providing citizens with more options to work, or invest.
These new plans have opened a plethora of options for citizens who might be already commuting between these cities for jobs/business.
LIFELINE EXPRESS
The Lifeline Express or Jeevan Rekha Express is a mobile hospital train run by the Impact India Foundation. It started on 16th July 1991 and so far the service has benefitted 400,000 Indians in the rural parts of the country.
PALACE ON WHEELS
The Palace on Wheels is a luxury tourist train which promotes tourism in Rajasthan. The seven-day journey takes the tourists across mountains, rivers, forests and sand dunes in air-conditioned comfort. The train has 23 coaches comprising 14 saloons, one spa coach, two restaurants and a reception.
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