Indian Railways:

Railways:

1.       First railway bombay to thane 34 km 16^th April 1853.

2.       Total network of 63122 km, broad gauge is 45622 km, metre gauge is 14363 km, and narrow gauge is 3136 km.

3.       A route of 65,000 km (40,000 mi) and 7,500 stations. As of December 2012, it transported over 25 million passengers daily.

4.       In 2011–2012 Indian Railways had revenues of 1119848.9 million.

5.       Tag line "Lifeline of the Nation".

6.        1.4 million Employees. As for rolling stock, IR holds over 239,281 Freight Wagons, 59,713 Passenger Coaches and 9,549 Locomotives (43 steam, 5,197 diesel and 4,309 electric locomotives).

7.       The trains have a 5 digit numbering system.

8.       Largest railway of Asia and second largest in world.

9.       As of 31 March 2013, 23,541 km (14,628 mi) (36%) of the total 65,000 km (40,000 mi) km route length was electrified.

11.   About 16 lakhs employee, about 40% of central employee.

12.   No of fleet : Freight Wagons, 59,713 Passenger Coaches and 9,549 Locomotives (43 steam, 5,197 diesel and 4,309 electric locomotives).

13.   Oldest rail engine again on track is fairy queen made by Thopson and Hairpson Company in Britain, 1855.

14.   1893: first foundry in jamalpur.

1895: first locomotive with old parts in ajmer.

1899: first locomotive in ajmer.

26^th January 1950: chittaranjan locomotive build first steam engine deshbandhu.

1952: TELCO YG loco.

1959: first steam by CLW.

1961: CLW introduce 1500v dc loco.

15.  
Sl no.                     Zone                                                                        HQ

1.                            C.R                                                                        MUMBAI

2.                            E.R                                                                        KOLKATA

3.                            N.R                                                                        NEW DELHI

4.                            N.E.R                                                                     GORAKHPUR

5.                            N.E.F.R                                                                  MALIGAON-GWAHATI

6.                            S.R                                                                          CHENNAI

7.                            S.C.R                                                                      SECANDRABAD

8.                            S.E.R                                                                       KOLKATA

9.                            W.R                                                                        MUMBAI-CHURCH GATE

10.                          E.C.R                                                                       HAZIPUR

11.                          N.W.R                                                                     JAIPUR

12.                          E.C.R                                                                       BHUBANESWAR

13.                          N.C.R                                                                      ALLAHABAD      

14.                          W.C.R                                                                      JABBALPUR

15.                          S.W.R                                                                      BANGALORE

16.                          S.E.C.R                                                                    BILASPUR

17.                          KOLKATA METRO                                               KOLKATA

16. Rail Minister M. Mallikarjun Kharge.

17.

Name	Abbr.	Year Established	Location	Main products
Jamalpur Locomotive Workshop	JLW	1862	Jamalpur	Diesel/Electric Loco maintenance.
Golden Rock Railway Workshop	GOC	1928	Trichy	Diesel-electric Locomotives
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works	CLW	1947	Chittaranjan, Asansol	Electric Locomotives
Diesel Locomotive Works	DLW	1961	Varanasi	Diesel Locomotives
Diesel-Loco Modernisation Works	DMW	1981	Patiala	Diesel-electric Locomotives
Integral Coach Factory	ICF	1952	Chennai	Passenger coaches
Rail Coach Factory	RCF	1986	Kapurthala	Passenger coaches
Rail Spring Karkhana	RSK	1988	Gwalior	Passenger coach springs
Rail Wheel Factory	RWF	1984	Bangalore	Railway wheels and axles
Rail Wheel Factory	RWF	2012	Chhapra	Railway wheels
Rail Coach Factory, Raebareli	RCF	2012	Raebareli	Passenger coaches

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