Indian Railways Experience/Journey (Ur Best!)

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About Indian Railways Experience/Journey (Ur Best!)

Indian Railways (IR) is the largest employers on the planet with 1.6 million people! Its transport 10 million passengers every day! Its the second largest system on the planets! All that means there is a lot of opportunities for photos and stories:)

PLEASE POST ONLY YOUR BEST PHOTOS. IT SHOULD BE OF GOOD QUALITY. This group is for pictures of your journey on Indian Railways. Pictures could be of train stations, the life at train stations, life on the train, people you met on the train, or views from the train of the outside world!!

We will strive for QUALITY not Quantity so please don't mindlessly upload to this group. The photograph has to be good. If you can write about the journey you were on or give background to the shot, that will be fabulous. Pictures that don't meet the requirements will deleted (Sorry no hard feelings:)

If you find a picture that you'd like to add to this group, please cut and past the following into the comments section:
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Hi, This picture would be a wonderful addition to our group.
Please consider posting this pic to:
www.flickr.com/groups/indianrailways/
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Indian Railways System Map:
www.indianrailways.gov.in/railway/maps/all_india.htm

Indian Railways Online Reservation System:
www.indianrail.gov.in/

Indian Railways Zonal Maps. Go to
www.indianrailways.gov.in/
and go to Network Map -->then Zonal Maps

BBC Online Indian Railways - Your Experience: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/410944.stm
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Facts from the National Rail Museum, New Delhi:
- The first train ran between Bombay to Thane on the l6th of April 1853.
- IR is the 2nd Largest Railway network in tke world.
- IR has about 62000 kms of Track.
- IR employs about 1.6 million people.
- IR carries about 10 million passengers & 1 million tonnes freight daily.
- IR runs about 11000 trains daily
- IR has 7092 railway stations.
- The longest journey on the IR is from Jammutawi to Kanhyakumari a distance of about 3751 kms covered by Himsagar express in about 66 hours.
- The longest railway platform is at Kharagpur & is 2732ft in length.
- NEHRU SETU on river Sone is the longest bridge & is 10044ft in length.
- The longest tunnel is between Monkey hill & Khandala & is 7000ft in length.
- Calcutta METRO is the Ist & only underground railway system in India.
- Computerised reservation system started at Delhi In 1986.
- IR\'s first electric train ran in 1925 from Bombay.
- Toilet on trains were introduced in 1891( Ist Class) & 1907( Lower classes).
- IR runs 9 pairs Rajdhani & 13 Shatabdi express trains.
- 42 Railway companies operated in the country before Independence.
- IR Is presently divided into 9 Zonal Railways.
- IR has around 7800 locomotives, 40000 coaches & 326000 wagons.
- FAIRY QUEEN (b -1855) the oldest preserved locomotive is kept at NRM.
(Info from meerutup.tripod.com/railways.htm)
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