Indian Railways has the biggest railway network in the world. They are trying to improve the systems even further and making best of the facilities available to its passengers. Now if you want to spot your train and track the running status of your train you needn’t go to the station to enquire but just go to the following sites with online tracking systems, where your trains can be easily […]
The Indian Railways has over 62,300 kms of track laid between 7000 stations that offer varied tourist packages for a magnificent journey across India. The railway system provides for convenient and economic travel wherever you want to go. The discount packages, cash back offers on rail tours and hotel bookings, hotel on wheels with five star facilities and IndaRail passes make it all the more attractive and give an excellent […]
India has the fourth largest network in the world carrying 6 billion passengers and 350 million tonnes of freight annually. With thousand of trains plying everyday throughout India a unique numbering system is mandatory. India has a logical, uniform four-digit numbering system. Trains are sorted into various categories depending on the zone, district and the route it belongs to. The first digit is the zone it belongs to, the second […]
Northern Railways is one of the 9 older zones of Indian Railways which was established in the year 1952 after merger of Bikaner Railway, Jodhpur Railway, Eastern Punjab Railways, 3 divisions of Eastern Indian Railway and north-west Mughalsarai. It is headquartered in Delhi, the National Capital Region. The entire zone is divided into 5- Delhi, Ambala, Lucknow, Ferozpur and Moradabad for better management. The Northern Railways also boast of having […]
The Southern Indian Railways is the first Railway zone that became liberated in the year 1951. On 14th April 1951, Southern Indian Railways came into being by combining three state railways together – Madras Railway, Mahratta Railway and Mysore Railway. Its current headquarters are in Chennai. The Southern Indian Railways has been segregated into six divisions – Chennai, Madurai, Salem, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram and Tiruchirapalli. Estimates say that about 500 million […]
The Indian Railways has been making great leaps of progress since 150 years. This organization has operated as a great force integrating various conflicting situations and societies during the ups and downs of the country. The organization has also helped in speeding p the economic growth of the country, by supporting the agriculture and industry. The Indian Railways as it is called officially is a Government of India Department and […]