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Clock on The Exchange, Bristol, showing two minute hands, one for London time and one for Bristol time (GMT minus 11 minutes).. Railway time was the standardised time arrangement first applied by the Great Western Railway in England in November 1840, the first recorded occasion when different local mean times were synchronised and a single standard time applied.
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]
In 1802 Madras Time was set up by John Goldingham [7] and this was later used widely by the railways in India. [8] Local time zones were also set up in the important cities of Bombay and Calcutta and as Madras time was intermediate to these, it was one of the early contenders for an Indian standard time zone.
Northern and North Western Railway: 1875 305 km (190 mi) 110 km/h (68 mph) Yes [12] Delhi–Moradabad † Northern Railway: 1900 167 km (104 mi) 110 km/h (68 mph) 2019 [13] Haryana Orbital ‡ Northern Railway: 2026 121.7 km (75.6 mi) 160 km/h (99 mph) Under construction [14] Jaipur–Ahmedabad † North Western and Western Railway: 1881
Calcutta Time was one of the two official time zones established in British India in 1884. It was established during the International Meridian Conference held at Washington, D.C. in the United States. It was decided that India had two time zones: Calcutta (now Kolkata) would use the 90th meridian east and Bombay (now Mumbai) the 75th meridian ...
National Train Enquiry System for latest train running times and live train tracking. [8] Web-enabled claims: Web-based software enables the public to file and track claims online. [9] I-Pas is a comprehensive payroll and accounting system which has been extended throughout Indian Railways.
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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 ...