#IndianRails - Astonishing Facts About Railways Of Our Country You Must Know
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by Angry Young Indian / July. 02, 2015
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- The Fairy Queen Train is Oldest steam Locomotive Runs Between New Delhi and Rajasthan
source - Navpur Railway Station Built In 2 states half part in Gujrat And Half In Maharashtra
source - Red Ribbon Express is an AIDS/HIV awareness campaign train by the Indian Railways, launched in India on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2007
source - Indian Railway Is Largest Railway Network in Asia and 2nd in the World
source - Indian Railway has Largest Empolyers Staffing over 1.4 million people according to Economist magazine
source - New Delhi Railway Staion has listed in Guiness Book Of World Record for having world’s largest Route Relay Interlocking System.
source - The slowest train in India is the Metupalayam Ooty Nilgiri passenger train. It runs at a speed of 10 kmph.
source - ‘Ib’ in Odisha is the shortest name of a railway station In India. The longest is in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, called ‘Venkatanarasimharajuvariipeta’.
source - The IRCTC (Indian Railways Catering & Tourism Corporation) website gets close to 12 lakh hits per minute
source - The famed Darjeeling "Toy Train," which is still running on its indigenous steam engine, was built by India’s British colonial master in 1881.
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