History & Milestones
Indian Railways · इतिहास और मील के पत्थर · 20 facts
First train in India ran on April 16, 1853 (Mumbai to Thane)
Distance of first rail journey was 34 km
Indian Railways is world's 4th largest rail network
Indian Railways is Asia's oldest rail network
Railway Board was constituted in 1905
Kolkata Metro was India's first metro rail (1984)
Vande Bharat Express is India's fastest train (semi-high speed)
Konkan Railway (1998) has 92 tunnels on Mumbai-Mangalore route
Indian Railways employs over 12 lakh people
Railways was merged with Union Budget from 2017-18
First electric train ran in India in 1925 (Mumbai)
First railway station in India was Bori Bunder (now CSMT)
Indian Railways carries about 23 million passengers daily
Fairy Queen (1855) is world's oldest working steam locomotive in India
Dedicated Freight Corridor project connects Delhi to Mumbai and Kolkata
Bullet Train project (MAHSR) will connect Mumbai to Ahmedabad
India's first bullet train technology from Japan (Shinkansen)
Rajdhani Express started in 1969 (Delhi-Howrah)
Shatabdi Express started in 1988 (Delhi-Jaipur)
Gatimaan Express was India's first semi-high-speed train (2016)