However, the first mountain train started its maiden trip on The first mountain train of the country is the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways. Later, many other mountain train routes were linked connecting highland towns with the rest of the country.
First toilets were introduced in the first class coaches in Only by , the lower classes were provided toilets. By the beginning of this century, Indian Railways started to make profit. Under the rule of Lord Curzon, the railway department started to flourish. During the First World War, the service of Indian railways degraded monumentally.
The fund and other resources of the railway department were routed to the war needs by the British government in India. This era saw the first electrical train. The size of the system grew and started serving an average of million passengers, each year.
During the final years of British rule, the railway department was financially crashing as, people preferred wagons instead of rails. After Independence and separation of states, numerous rail routes were built to connect different regions. The first train between India and Pakistan started in All the trains were electrified and modernized.
This was the bloom period for Indian Railways. In , the first enquiry counter was set up in Mumbai suburban station to indicate the upcoming trains.
It was a crude manual system in which the staffs turned the clock hands to denote the next train timing, every minutes. Technology started to gain more momentum and metro system started in India. The major revolution of Indian Railway , luxury train started in India.
The run of luxury train started with Palace on Wheels in by Government of Rajasthan and Tourism department of India. Below, you will find a detailed history of luxury train in India. By , the countrywide network provided reservation and ticketing system to Indian railways. Metros and monorails are thriving within cities. Now, the train tracks cover more than , km of area in India and special amenities like Wi-Fi, customer information system, ergogenic designs and green technologies have taken Indian Railways to the next level.
Recent developments of railway system include technological amenities in unreserved class , high horsepower electric locomotive, GPS based passenger information system, sliding doors, private catering services and many others.
There is always a next step for Indian Railway. By , more than stations around the world would receive free Wi-Fi service. The technology team is diving deep into finding greener source of powers. Today, the Indian Railways manages the track more than , km of the country. The changing face of Indian Railways is preparing for the future with the much more initiative. Also Read: World-Class!
The first steam engine was used on this railway line. The British had their meaning behind this, but they laid the railway line. There was a severe drought in the northwestern province of British India between — Currently, this location is known by Uttar Pradesh.
Due to the drought, the East India Company had to spend around one crore rupees in relief operations in the North West Province at that time.
As a result, the then British government began preparations to build a canal from the Ganges in drought-prone areas. The responsibility of constructing this canal was entrusted to Colonel Cottle.
The British started preparing, but the path was not easy. Removing the canal over the Sonaliriver en route was a matter of greatest dilemma for the British engineers. In such a situation, Kottle planned to drain the canal from over the river by constructing the Sonali aqueduct. British engineers started the construction of the bridge and during the excavation huge amount of debris came out from here. The British planned to dump this debris in Kaliyar, but it was not easy to carry so much debris at that time.
The problem was that with horses and mules, it would cost too much time with heavy costs. In such a situation, Kotel decided to build a railway for this purpose. To this end, he ordered equipment from London. Experts from London built engines and four wagons in Roorkee itself. British engineers laid the railway line here and on 22 December , the debris with the help of a steam engine on this line was transported to Kaliyar for the first time.
Indian Railways has introduced various schemes to further improve its services. These plans have been widely inspired. Railways have been upgraded from meter gauge train to broad gauge. Research Design and Standards Organization in Lucknow, which was the largest railway research organization in the world in It is regularly improving technology as well as signaling coach interiors, systems, layout, track design, etc.
For better ride comfort and efficiency. Day by day many routes are adding in the Indian Railway network and its services. At present time India Railway has a route of more than 66, km. This is about , km of total track and about 92, km of running track. In —, it was estimated that around 13, passenger trains are operated daily by the Indian Railways. Indian Railways has developed several types of trains for passengers.
They are heritage train or toy train on narrow gauge hill section, luxury train, express train or long-distance train, metro railway or underground rail system like Kolkata Metro and Delhi Metro, etc. At present, there are 17 Indian railway zones and a total of 69 divisions are divided under them. Indian railway stations are being given the size of larger campuses and apart from having common facilities like retiring rooms and restaurants, they are now included in large office areas.
Bridges on platforms are now being replaced by underground passageways, which provide more space. Indian Railways is improving and enhancing the adoption of world-class standards to provide all possible facilities to the passengers. Indian Railways is possibly the cheapest railway in the world. The fare is charged by the railways at the rate of 10 paise per km, while the fare in buses is around 10 times more i. Rs 1 per km. This is the reason that trains are very crowded due to being in budget.
About 1. For more than two centuries the Indian Railways have served the people of India with great pride. The first train trip was made to India in — to transfer large volumes of clay to Rorkee between Roorkee and Piran Kaliyar.
On 16 April the first voyage by passenger train was operational between Bori Bunder, Bombay and Thane, which spanned 21 km. This marked the formal development of the Indian rail network. The Indian railways map also contains the information about the railway zones and their headquarters location. Visitors can download this by clicking on the link below. If you need any additional information or have any questions about this, please leave a comment below.
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