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The first named intercity train (Flying Ranee) was introduced in 1906 for providing connections between two cities from one state to other various states in India.The train left Surat station for Mumbai Central station to cover a distance of 264 km in 5 hrs 28 min and ran weekly from 1906 to 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.
station Destination station Train name/No. Distance No. of stops Frequency Scheduled running time Ref 1 Dibrugarh: Kanniyakumari: 22503/22504 Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express: 4,154.1 km 58 Daily 75 hrs 30 min (~3 days 3 hours 30 minutes) [1] 2 Silchar: Thiruvananthapuram Central: 12507/12508 Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Aronai Superfast ...
The Slow and fast passenger trains are passenger train services of Indian Railways which connect small towns and cities to metropolitan cities in India. [1] The classification Passenger means it is an ordinary passenger train which halts at all or most of the stations on the railway routes. Currently, a total of 3572 passenger trains are ...
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]
Station name Station code city Railway zone Elevation Notes Abada: ABB: West Bengal: SER/South Eastern: 7 m [1]Abhaipur: AHA: Bihar: ER/Eastern: 52 m [2]Abhayapuri: AYU
The line had previously been serviced by regular trains. The EMU service reduced end-to-end travel time on the line from 2.5 hours to 1.5 hours. [1] Nine-car trains were operated on the Pune Suburban Railway until March 2009, when they were replaced by 12-car services. CR also operates 13-car trains. [3]
IRCTC, the operator of this train announced that in Indian rail history for the first time ever passengers will be compensated for the delay of the train. ₹ 100 will be paid to the passengers if the delay is over one hour while ₹ 250 will be paid for delays over two hours.
Two local trains (Sealdah–Shantipur EMU local and Shantipur–Sealdah EMU local) collided on the same track at Phulia railway station on 7 January 2012. One person was killed and several were injured. Three coaches of both trains derailed. [70] On 12 December 2013, an accident was averted as two trains arrived on the same line at Sealdah Station.