Amazing facts about indian railways

The chugging of the train and the soothing vibrations manage to transform every traveller to a different space. Indian Railways – the World’s third largest Railway Network encompasses a host of facts that most of us are not aware of.

1.Indian Railway is constructing the highest rail bridge over Chenab, in J&K

Five times the height of Qutub Minar, it will be taller than the Eiffel Tower.

2.If the tracks of Indian railways were to be laid out, they would circle the earth almost 1.5 times

3.Its 161 years old!

16th April, 1853. That’s a long time ago.

4.The station with the longest name is Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta

(Try to spell it )

5.A massively successful organization – running 11,000 trains in a day is no joke!

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