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The Indian Standard Time was adopted on 1 January 1906 during the British era with the phasing out of its precursor Madras Time (Railway Time), [2] and after Independence in 1947, the Union government established IST as the official time for the whole country, although Kolkata and Mumbai retained their own local time (known as Calcutta Time and Bombay Time) until 1948 and 1955, respectively. [3]
This article lists conventional railway lines of India. For urban railway lines, see Urban rail transit in India, for high-speed railway lines and speed classification, see List of high-speed railway lines in India.
The Indian Ministry of Railways has classified railway line speeds into seven categories: [2] [3] [4] Conventional lines: The routes which support an operational speed of less than 110 km/h (68 mph) are conventional rail lines. Group E lines: Support less than 100 km/h (62 mph) Group D lines: Support up to 100 km/h (62 mph)
No Non-stop section Train name/no Distance Frequency Running time Ref 1 Ahmedabad – Mumbai Central: Mumbai Central–Hapa Duronto Express: 493 Daily 5 hrs 50 min 2
Railway line construction, maintenance, border check point management is also carried out with partner railway agencies and other government agencies. Some of the railway lines & services are operational while some are non-operational or in proposal or planning stages.
The Imperial Indian Mail (now called 12321 up /12322 down Howrah–Mumbai Mail via Jabalpur), running on this route, was possibly the first named train of Indian Railways. The Mumbai–Howrah Mail via Allahabad is called Calcutta Mail between Mumbai and Allahabad, and Mumbai Mail (some still call it by its old name, Bombay Mail ) between ...
The Indian Railways website went online in February 2000 and online ticketing was introduced on 3 August 2002 through IRCTC. [62] Indian Railways now provides multiple channels for passengers to book tickets through website, smartphone apps, SMS, rail reservation counters at train stations, or through private ticket booking counters. Reserved ...
Times Now is an English-language news channel in India owned and operated by The Times Group. The channel launched on 23 January 2006 in partnership with Reuters. [1] [2] It is a pay television throughout India. Until 2016, it was India's most popular and the most viewed English news channel. [3] [4] [5]