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  2. Rail transport in India - Wikipedia

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    Railway map of India in 1909. The first railway budget was presented in 1924. The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was merged with the East Indian Railway Company (EIR) in the same year. On 3 February 1925, the first electric train ran between Victoria Terminus (VT) and Kurla, hauled by a SLM electric locomotive on 1500 V DC traction.

  3. Indian Railways - Wikipedia

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    Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India that operates India's national railway system. As of 2023, it manages the fourth largest national railway system by size with a running track length of 104,647 km (65,025 mi) and route length of 68,426 km (42,518 mi) of which ...

  4. Western Railway zone - Wikipedia

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    The Western Railway (abbreviated WR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways and is among the busiest railway networks in India, headquartered at Mumbai, Maharashtra. The major railway routes of Indian Railways which come under Western Railways are: Mumbai Central – Ratlam, Mumbai Central– Ahmedabad and Palanpur –Ahmedabad.

  5. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, also known as the DHR or the Toy Train, is a 610 mm (2 ft) gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. Built between 1879 and 1881, it is about 88 km (55 mi) long.

  6. File:Railway network map of India - Schematic.png - Wikipedia

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    A schematic map of the Indian Railway network. Includes all major cities and all important junction stations. The Gujarat NG railway not included due to insufficient information.

  7. Northern Railway zone - Wikipedia

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    East Indian Railway. Technical. Track gauge. Mixed. Other. Website. www .nr .indianrailways .gov .in. The Northern Railway ( NR) is one of the 19 Railway zones of India and the northernmost zone of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered at Baroda House in New Delhi .

  8. Kalka–Shimla Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Kalka–Shimla Railway is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge railway in North India which traverses a mostly mountainous route from Kalka to Shimla. It is known for dramatic views of the hills and surrounding villages.

  9. Locomotives of India - Wikipedia

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    Indian Railways operates India's railway system and comes under the purview of the Ministry of Railways of Government of India. As of 2023, it maintains over 108,706 km (67,547 mi) of tracks and operates over 13,000 trains daily with a fleet of 14,800 locomotives.

  10. New Delhi–Chennai main line - Wikipedia

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    The New Delhi–Chennai main line is a railway line connecting Chennai and Delhi cutting across southern part of the Eastern Coastal Plains of India, the Eastern Ghats, the Deccan Plateau and the Yamuna valley. It covers a distance of 2,182 kilometres (1,356 mi) across Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra ...

  11. File:Railway network map of India - Schematic.svg - Wikipedia

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    Original file ‎ (SVG file, nominally 879 × 965 pixels, file size: 865 KB) Visit By 7509781949 Kuldeep Sonakiya. the map is seriously outdated.There is an ongoing conversion of all the narrow-gauge and meter-gauge tracks in India to broad-gauge tracks, with completion expected in 2022.