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Indian Railways is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India that operates India's national railway system. As of 2023, it manages the fourth largest national railway system by size with a track length of 132,310 km (82,210 mi), running track length of 106,493 km (66,172 mi) and route length of ...
Railway time. Clock on The Exchange, Bristol, showing two minute hands, one for London time (GMT) 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 ...
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 ) .
The carriage of freight at the time was hampered by the fact that the Indian railway at Jaynagar was 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) gauge, and all goods therefore had to be transhipped at Jaynagar. The report noted that two new locomotives had been bought in 1962, and that for the relatively small cost of NRs 3 million, the line could be ...
[9] [10] It is India's first Mini VB 2.0 Express train [broken anchor], running the tracks with the Saffron-Grey livery with 25 more modifications in the rakes. [11] [12] As per reports, a pairing train rake is allocated as there are a few problems in the maintenance of the train as per the current Time Table. [13]
01.04.1944 Contract with SIR Co. and M & S.M. Co. terminated and working of the railways taken over by Government of India; 01.04.1950 Mysore State Railway Co. came under the direct control of Govt, of India; 14.04.1951 Southern Railway formed integrating Madras & Southern Mahratta Railway Company, the South Indian Railway Company and theM ...
The Western Railway (abbreviated WR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways and is among the busiest railway networks in India, headquartered at Mumbai, Maharashtra. The major railway routes of Indian Railways which come under Western Railways are: Mumbai Central – Ratlam, Mumbai Central– Ahmedabad and Palanpur –Ahmedabad.
The Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway is a public transit system serving Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Maharashtra. It consists of 37 stations from Dahanu Road to Churchgate railway station. It is operated by Western Railways (WR). The entire line is at grade. Trains are differentiated as slow and fast locals.