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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 Eastern & Oriental Express, a named passenger train between Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. List of named passenger trains of Bangladesh; List of named passenger trains of India; List of named passenger trains of Indonesia; List of named passenger trains of Japan; List of named passenger trains of Pakistan; List of named passenger trains ...
Southern Railway was created on 14 April 1951 by merging three state railways, namely, the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway Company, and the Mysore State Railway and became the first railway zone created in newly formed India. Southern Railway maintains about 5,081 km (3,157 mi) of railway lines and operates 727 ...
Central Railway, South Central railway and Southern Railway: 1871 379 km (235 mi) 130 km/h (81 mph) 2021 [194] Tenali–Repalle: South Coast Railway: 1916 32.10 km (19.95 mi) 90 km/h (56 mph) 2021 [195] Thiruvananthapuram–Kanyakumari: Southern Railway: 1979 86 km (53 mi) 100 km/h (62 mph) Yes [183] Tirunelveli–Tiruchendur † Southern ...
Thiruvananthapuram Railway Division (TVC) is one of the six administrative divisions in Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. [1] It has its headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram. It was formed on 2 October 1979, [2] which serves the eight districts of southern part of Kerala, Kanyakumari district. With 104 stations in its territorial ...
The Great Southern of India Railway Company was established with its headquarters in England in 1853. The Carnatic Railway Company was founded in 1869. [2] The two companies merged in 1874 to form the South Indian Railway Company. [3] The new firm was registered in London in 1890 with Trichinopoly as its headquarters.
In the 1980s, Indian Railways introduced double-decker coaches for the train. The company later withdrew the double-decker compartments due to operational issues. The Venad Express was the fastest train of that time. Before its route extension, the train left Trivandrum Central at 06:00 and reached Ernakulam Junction at 09:00. On the return ...
Mangalore Central railway station (officially Mangaluru Central railway station)(station code: MAQ [4]) is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone. [5] It is the main railway terminus in the city of Mangalore which lies in the heart of the city.