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INDIAN RAILWAYS
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Date-wise Events |
- August 01, 1849 - Today's Central
Railway of India is the culmination of the erstwhile Great
Indian Peninsular Railway which was formed on this day by an
Act of the British Parliament.
- April 16, 1853 - Indian Railway was
Founded in India from Bombay to Thane.
- 1951 - All the Railway systems of India
were nationalized as one unit.
- April 14, 1951- Southern Railway was
established with headquarters in Chennai.
- November 05, 1951 - Central Railway and
Western Railway were established with headquarters in
Mumbai.
- April 14, 1952 - Eastern Railway was
established at Kolkata while Northern Railway was
established at Delhi. North Eastern Railway was also
established on this day at Gorakhpur.
- 1955 - South Eastern Railway was
established at Kolkata.
- January 15, 1958 - Northeast Frontier
Railway was established at Maligaon.
- October 02, 1966 - South Central
Railway was established at Secunderabad.
- February 01, 1977 - National Rail
Museum, New Delhi, opened. The first of its kind in India.
It focuses on the rail heritage of India Located in over 10
acres of land with both indoor and outdoor exhibits A toy
train offers rides around that site on regular days.
- January 26, 1998 - Konkan Railway was
established on this day.
- October 01, 2002 - East Central Railway
was established at Hajipur and North Western Railway was
established at Jaipur.
- April 01, 2003 - East Coast Railway,
North Central Railway, Southeast Central Railway,
South Western Railway and West Central Railway were
established at Bhubaneshwar, Allahabad, Bilaspur, Hubballi
and Jabalpur respectively.
- 2011 - IR carried over more than 24
million passengers daily (roughly half of which were
suburban passengers) and 2.8 million tons of freight daily.
- March 31, 2012 - During the year ended
this date, Indian Railways had revenues of INR111984.89
crore equal to US$20 billion .
- March 31, 2013 - As of this date,
23,541 km (14,628 mi) (36%) of the total 65,000 km (40,000
mi) km route length was electrified.
- March 31, 2015 - During the year ended
this date, Indian Railways had revenues of ₹1,634.50 billion
(US$24 billion) which consists of ₹1,069.27 billion (US$16
billion) from freight and ₹402.80 billion (US$6.0 billion)
from passengers tickets.
- April 05, 2016: India's
Fastest Train "GATIMAAN EXPRESS" - Launched.
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It was flagged off at
Nizamuddin Railway Station of New Delhi, by M. Suresh
Prabhu, the Railway Minister, it reached the Taj Mahal
city from New Delhi in 99 minutes.
- A total of 411
passengers came in the inaugural run.
- The earlier
fastest train connecting New Delhi and Agra was the
Bhopal Shatabdi, which used to take 117 minutes to reach
the Taj Mahal city from the national capital.
- Gatimaan Express
runs at a maximum speed of 160 km per hour and claims to
provide improved onboard service, upgraded food menu and
free onboard WiFi entertainment.
- For the first time, the
railways have experimented with train hostesses.
- The train has bio
toilets, radium strips on both sides of the coaches so
that light is reflected back for security, jerkless
draft gear system as well as braille signs.
- November 18, 2016: The
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, addressed on this
day the inaugural session of the Rail Vikas Shivir through
video conferencing. The three day Rail Vikas shivir was held
at Surajkund, Haryana. The aim of the progrmme was to
generate innovative ideas across most critical areas of
Railway Operations for substantial progress in this sector,
with special focus on themes which included making Railways
the preferred freight carrier in India, using best-in-class
technology, moving towards near zero fatalities, cost
reduction and increasing the non-fare revenues from
advertising, etc. The shivir brainstorming sessions involved
all levels of railway employees from gangman to Railway
Board Chairman.
- June 15, 2017: Passengers
onboard Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains can now pre-order from
food outlets like Domino's, McDonald's and Bikanerwala
directly to their seat, starting this day. Mandatory meals
have become optional, although passengers must book their
meals at www.ecatering.irctc.co.in two hours in advance. The
eatery will ensure the order is delivered to the passenger
when the train halts at stations.
- July 13, 2017: According to
the reports of the National High Speed Rail Corporation
(NHSRC), a training centre for high-speed trains will be
built in Gujarat's Gandhinagar at a cost of ₹600 crore, and
is expected to start operating by 2020, the . It also has a
sample bullet train track for testing. Over 4,000 rail
engineers are expected to be trained by 2020.
- July 15, 2017: Matunga
suburban railway station in Mumbai has become the first
station in India to be run by an all-women staff.
- September 14, 2017: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo
Abe, Japanese PM, inaugurated the 508-km bullet train
project, the Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed Rail Network. The
bullet train, which has a capacity to accommodate 750
people, is expected to reduce travel time between the two
cities from seven to three hours. A sum of around Rs 1.10
lakh crore will be spent on the project that is being
partially funded by Japan.
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Description |
- Indian Railways is an Indian state-owned enterprise,
owned and operated by the government of India through the
Ministry of Railways.
- It is one of the world's largest railway networks
comprising 115,000 km (71,000 miles) of track over a route
of 65,000 km (40,000 miles) and 7,500 stations. As of
December 2012, it transported over 25 million passengers
daily (over 9 billion on an annual basis).
- IR operates both long distance and suburban rail
systems on a multi-gauge network of broad, metre and narrow
gauges.
- It also owns locomotive and coach production facilities
at several places in India.
- It also provides limited international services to
Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
- Indian Railways is the world's ninth largest commercial
or utility employer, by number of employees, with over 1.4
million employees.
- The trains have a 5 digit numbering system as the Indian
Railways runs about 10,000 trains daily.
- Indian Railways is divided into 17 zones, which are
further sub-divided into divisions.
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Mishaps & Accidents |
- December 27, 2016: In Uttar Pradesh,
15 coaches of Sealdah Ajmer Express train derailed near Rura
railway station in Kanpur Dehat district. Over fifty
passengers are reported to be injured and there is no
confirmation of any casualty so far.
- November 19, 2016: 14 coaches of the
Indore-Patna Express derailed near Kanpur on this day,
killing about 100 people and wounding many others.
- September 04, 2015: Derailment - At
least 42 people were injured after five coaches of the
Chennai-Mangalore Express derailed in Tamil Nadu. The
accident occurred near Virudhachalam, about 300km southwest
of Chennai.
- Aug-24, 2015: Five people including a
Karnataka legislator were killed when a granite-laden truck
rammed into an express train at a level crossing in Andhra
Pradesh's Anantapur.
- August 04, 2015: At least 35 people
died and 25 were injured when two
trains derailed within minutes of each
other while crossing a small bridge in Madhya
Pradesh.
- July 01, 2014: A dacoity took place
on board the Janshatabdi express (Patna-Ranchi) Train in
Bihar, India. More than 300 passengers were looted. More
than 30 armed dacoits looted of gold worth several lakhs
from passengers in the AC coaches. It happened between
Kodarma in Jharkhand and Gaya in Bihar.
- March 20, 2014: Six coaches of a
local train at Titwala station, near Kalyan in Maharashtra,
got uncoupled from the rest of the train. It derailed and
killed an 18-year-old student and nine others.
- May 04, 2014: Sawantvadi Passenger
train derailed between Nagothane and Roha stations killing
near about 20 passengers and injuring 100 others.
- December 28, 2013: More than 24
people were killed when Nanded-Bangalore express train near
Kothacheru railway station in Anantapur district caught
fire.
- November 28, 2013: 26 people were
killed and 13 injured when an air-conditioned coach of the
Bangalore-Nanded Express train caught fire.
- November 15, 2013: 13 Coaches of
Ernakulam Bound Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Mangala Lakshadweep
Superfast Express were derailed near Nashik district. About
4 persons died and dozens were injured.
- August 19, 2013: Rajya Rani Express
ran over 35 people at the Dhamara station near Saharsa in
Bihar. The victims were mostly Hindu pilgrims returning from
prayers at the nearby Katyayani mandir. The chief minister
of Bihar State, Nitish Kumar, called it "the rarest of rare
tragedies".
- June 30, 2012: A coach of the
Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire killing 35
passengers and injuring 25 others.
- June 12, 2012: 25 people were killed
and dozens injured when the Bangalore-bound Hampi Express
rammed into a stationary goods train just outside the
railway station of Penukonda in Andhra Pradesh.
- July 10, 2011: 71 people were killed
by the derailing of Kalka mail at Malwa station.
- May 28, 2010: Naxals derailed
Jyaneshwari Express and killed 148 people.
- July 19, 2010: 66 people were killed
when Uttar Banga Express hit Vananchal Express from behind
at Sainthia station.
- June 22, 2003: In a first major
accident 53 people were killed and 25 were injured when the
Karwar-Mumbai Central Holiday Special’s three coaches and
engine got derailed near Vaibhavwadi station in Maharashtra.
- July 21, 2001: Mangalore- Chennai
mail was derailed while crossing Kadalundi River, near
Calicut, Kerala on 21st July, 2001. 57 were killed and over
200 were injured.
- July 08, 1988: Peruman Train
Tragedy: the Bangalore – Kanyakumari Island Express train
derailed on the Peruman bridge over Ashtamudi Lake, near
Perinadu, Kollam, Kerala, India and fell into the lake,
killing 105 people. Some arguably say that tornado caused
this accident.
- June 06, 1981: A passenger train
travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumped the
tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. The figure of
those killed in this accident is reported to be close to
1000.
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