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Mumbai local trainS in 1940's

 

A Churchgate bound EMU on its way

A common scene of Mumbai then or now... Churchgate station always crowded to the brim

A vintage 3 coach EMU rake in the early 1940's

seen on the old Vasai(Bassein) Creek bridge

A White Metro Cammell EMU rake of Western Railway arrives at Churchgate. Parked on the adjacent platform and ready to
depart is an original 1928 Cammell Laird rake..

Churchgate station

 

Churchgate station

Churchgate station

Unloading on EMU cars being stacked up on barge

EMUs of yesteryears lined up in Yard

Mahalakshmi Railway Station

Marine Lines Railway Station

The special train leaving the new Churchgate Station for Mahalaxmi after opening ceremony - 1957

Some Facts about Indian Railways

First Passenger Train Ran On: 16th April 1853 (between Bombay to Thane)

First Railway Bridge: Dapoorie Viaduct on the Mumbai-Thane route

First Rail Tunnel: Parsik Tunnel

First Ghats Covered by the Rail lines: Thal and Bhore Ghats

First Underground Railway: Calcutta METRO

First Computerized Reservation System started in: New Delhi (1986)

First Electric Train ran on: 3rd Feb' 1925 (between Bombay VT and Kurla)

Toilets on Trains were introduced in: 1891 (1st Class) 1907 (lower classes)

Shortest Station Name: Ib (Orissa)

Longest Station Name: Sri Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta (Tamil Nadu)

Busiest Railway Station: Lucknow (64 trains everyday)

Longest Run (Time): Himsagar Express 

(Jammu to Kanyakumari- 3751 km in 74 hrs and 55 min)

Shortest Run: Route between Nagpur to Ajni (3km)

Longest Run for Daily Train: Kerala Express (3054 km in 42.5 hrs)

Longest Non-Stop Run (Distance): Trivandrum Rajdhani (528 km in 6.5 hrs)

Longest Railway Platform in the World: Kharagpur (2,733 ft in length)

Longest Railway Bridge: Nehru Setu on Sone River (10044ft in length)

Longest Tunnel: On Konkan Railway between Monkey hill Khandala ( 6.5 km)

Oldest Preserved Locomotive: Fairy Queen (1855), still in working order

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