enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Intercity Express (Indian Railways) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercity_Express_(Indian...

    Indian Railways The Intercity Express is an express-train service in India which connects major railway junctions and state capitals . These act as long-distance reserved and unreserved suburban trains with sitting accommodation (AC Chair Car - CC, AC Executive Chair Car EC, Anubhati class K, Vistadome EA and Non-Ac Second Sitting - 2S).

  3. Eastern line (Kolkata Suburban Railway) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_line_(Kolkata...

    The Eastern lines of Kolkata Suburban Railway comprises 14 Local train routes that are operated by the Eastern Railway zone, serving the Kolkata metropolitan region and its neighbouring areas in West Bengal, India. The Line consists of a total 266 stations and the entire line is at grade.

  4. Working timetable - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_timetable

    The detail found in Working Timetables includes the timings at every major station, junction, or other significant location along the train's journey (including additional minutes inserted to allow for such factors as engineering work or particular train performance characteristics), [2] which platforms are used at certain stations, and line codes where there is a choice of running line.

  5. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Railway_Catering...

    Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is an Indian public sector undertaking that provides ticketing, catering, and tourism services for the state-owned Indian Railways. It was established in 1999 by the Government of India and operated under the administrative control of the Ministry of Railways .

  6. Kolkata Suburban Railway - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata_Suburban_Railway

    Sealdah division's first Matribhumi local started in October 2018; it was the first all-women passenger train in Indian Railway history. It had female motormen , guards , and security personnel. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] On 24 August 2015, train services were halted between the Barasat and Bangaon line after a protest by a group of passengers obstructed ...

  7. Express trains in India - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Express_trains_in_India

    In 1837, the first train ran on Red Hill railway line between Red Hills and Chintadripet in Madras and was hauled by a rotary steam engine imported from England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1853, the first passenger train ran between Bombay and Thane which covered a distance of 54 km (34 mi) in 57 minutes, averaging a speed of 57 km/h (35 mph). [ 3 ]

  8. Dadar railway station - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadar_railway_station

    A station named 'Dadur' existed on the first suburban train service of the erstwhile BB&CI Railway (today's Western Railway), when it began the service on 12 April 1867, suggesting the WR side station was established sometime in the 1860s. The express train Terminus on Central line side was constructed and opened on 1968. [4]

  9. Mumbai Suburban Railway - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_Suburban_Railway

    The Mumbai Suburban Railway is an offshoot of the first passenger railway to be built by the British East India Company, and is also the oldest railway system in Asia.The first train was run by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (now Central Railway) between Bori Bunder (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) and Thane, a distance of 34 km (21 mi), on 16 April 1853 at 15:35.