Apart from English and Cricket, another thing India is thankful to the British for are the Railways. They brought it here but t oday India is proud to be world's third largest railways network. It is the lifeline of India and operates its own electric-locomotive, diesel-locomotive, and passenger-coach factories. That's not it, Indian Railways even has an organization called Research Designs and Standards Organization for all the research, design and standardization related work.
Here are 20 'must read' facts about Indian Railways:
1. The first train in India ran on 16 th April 1853 from Bombay to Thane.
2. The mascot of Indian Railways is Bholu - the guard elephant.
3. The full track length of Indian Railways can circle the equator one-and-a-half times.
4. The first railroad was constructed by two Indians – Jaganath Shunkerseth and Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy.
5. Metupalayam Ooty Nilgiri Passenger train is the slowest train in India. It runs at a speed of 10 kmph.
6. The total distance covered by Indian Railways daily equals three and a half times the distance to the moon.
7. With over 1.6 million employees, Indian Railways is the world's 9th largest employer.
8. Indian Railways is a monopoly. It is owned by the government.
9. Howrah-Amritsar Express has 115 stops, the record maximum for an Express train.
10. Indian Railways carry more than 25 million passengers every day, more than the entire population of Australia.
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