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Central Railway (abbreviated CR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways. [1] Its headquarters is in Mumbai at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus . It has the distinction of operating the first passenger railway line in India , which opened from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853 (171 years ago) ( 1853-04-16 ) .
Upgrades include 100% electrification of railways, upgrading existing lines with more facilities and higher speeds, expansion of new lines, upgrading railway stations, introducing and eventually developing a large high-speed train network interconnecting major cities in different parts of India and development of various dedicated freight ...
It is also called 'Char Cha Akda' in Marathi and 'Char Ka Aankda' in Hindi, which in English means 'the figure 4' – railway tracks are arranged like 4. [1] In 2008, the Union Cabinet approved the gauge conversion for the Ratlam–Mhow–Khandwa–Akola railway line of 472.64 km. The gauge conversion is in process. [2] [3] [4]
Vasuki is the longest goods train run by Indian railways. It was run on 22 January 2021 by the “ Raipur” division of “ South East Central Railway (SECR) ” zone of Indian railways. The train was formed by amalgamating five rakes of goods trains as one unit.
And was again ranked 23rd for the overall cleanliness, among the list of the top 100 stations, including the new stations of East-Central Railway, in October 2019. Rajesh Kumar, Chief Public Relations Officer of East Central Railway Hajipur, said that it has ranked 9th among the top 10 stations, which have improved rapidly in the whole country.
In September 2024, a successful trial of KAVACH 4.0 was conducted for the first time between Kota and Sawai Madhopur of Kota Division in West Central Railway zone, in the presence of the Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw onboard the locomotive cab. The train travelling at the speed of 130 km/h (81 mph) stopped just before 50 m (160 ft) before a ...
Delhi–Varanasi High Speed Rail Corridor (Delhi–Varanasi HSR) is India's second High-speed rail project after the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor.The 958-kilometre (595 mi) HSR corridor will connect Varanasi to Delhi through 13 stations along with a 123 km long spur connecting Lucknow and Ayodhya.
The Harbour line is a branch line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway operated by Central Railway. It was named so because it catered to the eastern neighbourhoods along the city's natural harbour. Its termini are Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Goregaon and Panvel on the CSMT-Goregaon, CSMT-Panvel and Panvel-Goregaon routes.