Free Static GK E-book Indian Railways at a glance

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2 Free Static GK E-book Indian Railways at a glance Static GK is an integral part of the general awareness section. Questions related to Indian Railways are common in the general awareness section of Bank and Government exams like SBI PO and Clerk, IBPS PO and Clerk, RBI Grade B and Assistant, SSC Exams, RRB ALP, RRB Group D, UPSC and more. Here s a Sample Question: The Indian Railways are divided into how many zones? a. 12 b. 14 c. 16 d. 18 Solution: c. 16 zones. In competitive exams, as little as 1 mark can make a lot of difference. For your assistance, we bring to you a Free ebook on Indian Railways at a glance. The following pages of the ebook list down important facts about Indian Railways.

3 INDIAN RAILWAYS AT A GLANCE Basic Information About Indian Railways (IR) Indian Railways (IR) is operated by the Ministry of Railways. It is India's national railway system. IR Network is the fourth-largest railway network in the world by size. The Total IR Network size is 121,407 kilometres and the total track is over 67,368-kilometre route was the year when Railways were first introduced in India. The First Train ran between Mumbai and Thane. The Nationalisation of Railway happened in India Railway is the Single Largest Employer in the country. IR has 7349 railway stations across the length and breadth of the Nation. The number of passenger Trains running daily is more than Division of Indian Railways IR is divided into 16 zones, headed by general managers reporting to the Railway Board. S/No. Name of the Railway Zone Zonal Headquarter Division 1 Central Railway Mumbai 1) Mumbai 2) Nagpur 3) Bhusawal 4) Pune 5) Sholapur 2 Eastern Railway Kolkata 1) Howrah-I 2) Howrah-II 3) Sealdah 4) Malda 5) Asansol 6) Chitaranjan 7) Kolkata Metro 3 East Central Railway Hajipur 1) Danapur 2) Mugalsarai 3) Dhanbad 4) Sonpur 5) Samastipur 4 East Coast Railway Bhubaneshwar 1) Khurda Road 2) Waltair 3) Sambhalpur 5 Northern Railway 1) Delhi-I

4 Baroda House, New Delhi 6 North Central Railway Allahabad 7 North Eastern Railway Gorakhpur 8 North Frontier Railway Maligaon, Guwahati 9 North Western Railway Jaipur 10 Southern Railway Chennai 11 South Central Railway Secunderabad 12 South Eastern Railway Garden Reach, Kolkata 13 South East Central Railway Bilaspur 14 South Western Railway Hubli 2) Delhi-II 3) Ambala 4) Moradabad 5) Lucknow 6) Firozpur 1) Allahabad 2) Jhansi 3) Agra 1) Izzatnagar 2) Lucknow 3) Varanasi 4) DLW 1) Katihar 2) Alipurduar 3) Rangiya 4) Lumding 5) Tinsukhia 1) Jaipur 2) Jodhpur 3) Bikaner 4) Ajmer 1) Chennai 2) Madurai 3) Palghat 4) Trichy 5) Trivendrum 1) Secunderabad 2) Hyderabad 3) Guntakal 4) Vijaywada 5) Nanded 1) Kharagpur 2) Adra 3) Chakradharpur 4) Ranchi 5) Shalimar 1) Bilaspur 2) Nagpur 3) Raipur 1) Bangalore 2) Mysore

5 15 Western Railway Mumbai CST 16 West Central Railway Jabalpur 3) Hubli 4) RWF/YNK 1) BCT 2) Vadodara 3) Ahemdabad 4) Ratlam 5) Rajkot 6) Bhavnagar 1) Jabalpur 2) Bhopal 3) Kota Railway Tracks: Track Distance between rails Broad Gauge 1676mm Metre Gauge 1000mm Narrow Gauge 762mm/610mm Types of Trains Duranto Rajdhani Shatabdi Garib Rath Jan Shatabdi Sampark Kranti Superfast Express/Mail Express Trains Suburban Trains Metros and Monorails (Not under Indian Railways) There is one of other Type called Luxury trains. Currently 4 Luxury Trains run in India Maharaja s Express, Palace on Wheels, Deccan Odyssey and The Golden Chariot IR Production Units S.No. 1 2 Name and location of Production Unit. Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Chittaranjan Locomotive- Works (CLW), Chittaranjan, West Bengal. Product Diesel Locomotive Electric Locomotive

6 Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, Punjab. Diesel Loco Modernization Works (DMW), Patiala, Punjab. Rail Wheel Factory (RWF), Bengaluru, Karnataka. Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. Coaches Coaches Locomotive manufacture and rebuilding Wheels & Axles Coaches 8 Rail Wheel Plant, Bela, Bihar. Wheels

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