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  1. North East Frontier Railway Details
    The Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway has its historical roots in the former Assam Railways & Trading Company, Assam Bengal Railways, and Eastern Bengal Railways. The Assam Bengal Railways had the largest contribution to make in the formation of the present-day N. F. Railway. N. F. Railway is the smallest of the 9 zones on the Indian Railways, but has the unique distinction of serving as many as ten States of the Indian Union, namely Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram. Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal. Besides, it also serves as a rail-head for the Himalayan kingdoms of Nepal and Bhutan and provides interchange facilities with Bangladesh Railway.

  2. South Western Railways (India) Details
    South Western Railway is constituted with headquarters at Hubli amalgamating three Division viz. Hubli Division of South Central Railway, Bangalore and Mysore Divisions of Southern Railway. The new zone comprises of 3074 route kms. And 3181 kms of track length carved out from southern and South Central Railway Zones. The new Zone encompasses Railway routes passing through Karnataka and part of TamilNadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Maharashtra. The end points of new zone are Miraj & Hotgi(border of Maharashtra) in Northern part, while Bellary (Karnataka) and Dharmavaram (Andhra Pradesh) in Western part, Chamarajanagar (Karnataka), Jolerpettai and Salem (TamilNadu) in Southern part and Talaguppa and Kankanadi (Karnataka) and Vasco(Goa) in Eastern end points. The new zone has 395 major and minor stations including halt stations. The important freight centers in the Zone are: Hospet, Tornagally, Ranjitpura, Bannihatti, Vyasanakere and Swamihalli on Hubli Division, Krishnarajapuram, Bangalore, Whitefield, Mandya, Kolar and Malure on Bangalore Division, Mysore, Bhadravathi, Sasalu, Davanagere and Ranibennur on Mysore Division. Owing to this location advantage, the zone is all set to become a focal point of rail operations in the future ahead.

  3. West Central Railway (India) passenger trains Details
    The newly carved West Central Railway Zone with its headquarters at Jabalpur comprises of Jabalpur and Bhopal divisions of erstwhile Central Railway and Kota division of erstwhile Western Railway. The formal gazette notification announcing the formation of this new zonal railway was issued on 4th July 2002 by the Ministry of Railway, Govt. of India. The territorial jurisdiction of West Central Railway stretches from Khandwa excluding to Manikpur (excluding on the Mumbai-Howrah route via Itarsi- Jabalpur in the west east direction and from Mathura (excluding to Nagda (excluding on Delhi-Mumbai route via Ratlam forming a part of one of the important diagonal and side of golden quadrilateral of Indian Railways. In the north-south direction the zone has Bina (Including)-Bhopal-Itarsi (Including section of Delhi- Chennai trunk route. In addition important freight corridor of New Kati On-Line and branch line sections of Katni-Singrauli, Satna-Rewa, Jukehi-Kymore, Bina-Guna-Kota, Kota- Chanderiya (excluding) and Maksi (excluding Guna-Gwalior (excluding are also within the jurisdiction of this new zonal railway-West Central Railway caters to 39 districts (24 of M.P.13 of Rajasthan and 2 of U. P.). It has a total route kilometers of 2911 kms. of which 1328 route kms. are electrified. Important stations served by this railway include Jabalpur, Bhopal, Kota, Habibganj, Itarsi, Bina, Vidisha, Ganjbasoda, Hoshangabad, Harda, Guna, Katni, Satna, Saugor, Maihar, Narsinghpur, Madanmahal, Pipariya, Damoh, Sawai Madhopur, Gangapur city, Bharatpur, Ramganj Mandi, Baran, Chau Mahla, Shri Mahavirji etc.

  4. Central Railway (India) passenger trains Details
    It all began one fine summer day on 16 April 1853. It was a single step of 34 kilometers from 'Boree Bunder' (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) to Tannah' (now Thane). G.I.P. Railway’s first train ever to run on the Indian soil rolled out and changed the history of India, forever. It also marked the dawn of the Railway Age in Asia - the world's largest continent. The railway line was extended from Thane to Kalyan (20 kilometers) after about a year. From Kalyan, the railway line branched into two directions, viz. the North Eastern line leading towards Igatpuri and Bhusaval and the South Eastern line towards Pune and Solapur. It took 7 to 9 years to construct the lines through the two ghat sections (Bhor and Thull). The mountain barriers, which those lines surmounted, had only one parallel at that time in the history of railway construction - the Semmering Pass in the Austrian Alps. The period 1861 to 1870 was very important for the G.I.P. Railway, because during this period, the fast growing industrial town of Mumbai was linked with Calcutta, the imperial capital of India. During the same decade, Bombay (now Mumbai) was linked with Madras (now Chennai) as also with Nagpur. Railways soon made rapid progress and put India on the world map of rail networks. Following on the footsteps of Great Indian Peninsula Railway and East India Railway, other railway companies were set-up: Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway (BB&CI), Madras Railway and many others. Then came a time when there were as many as 42 railway companies. After mergers it came down to 25. Later, after independence, in 1951 these 25 railways were regrouped into 9 zonal railways. Central Railway has since then grown manifold and till 2003 was a vast network of 7151 route kilometers and 10896 track kilometers connecting 812 stations. From 1.4.2003, after the reorganization of zonal railways, Pune-Kolhapur section from South Central Railway has been included in Pune division. It now has 5 divisions, viz. Mumbai, Bhusaval, Nagpur, Solapur and Pune. The route km of Central Railway after reorganization is 3766 kms and it serves the States of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh connecting 473 stations. Central Railway is the premier passenger carrying system amongst all Indian Railways. It carries over 4 lakh passengers daily to every nook and corner of the country through 510 mail/express/passenger trains. It also runs 1177 suburban services in Mumbai serving 67 stations carrying 28 lakh commuters daily.

  5. Mountain Railways of India - UNESCO World Heritage Site Details
    The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, the Kalka Shimla Railway. All three railways are still fully operational.

  6. Indian Luxury Trains Details
    Indian Luxury Trains - India's First and Only Luxury Train Travel Portal! Plan your Luxury Train Travel in India with Indian Luxury Trains.

  7. Palace on Wheels Details
    The Palace on Wheels comprises of 14 fully air-conditioned deluxe saloons, equipped with world class amenities to enhance the pleasure of traveling. The journey of a lifetime begins at the Safdarjung Railway station, New Delhi where the guests are accorded a warm, traditional welcome before the Palace on Wheels pulls out into the night ... for a week-long luxury cruise through fascinating Rajasthan.

  8. Metro Railway Kolkata passenger trains Details
    Metro Railway, Kolkata is the first underground Metro Railway in India. It extends from Dum-Dum near Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport, Kolkata to Tollygunj, the busy north south axis of Kolkata over a length of 16.45 Kms. There are Seventeen Stations en route at about one km apart.

  9. DMRC - Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd passenger trains Details
    The Metro is currently running between Shahdara to Rithala covering a distance of 22 Km

  10. Pune Metro map passenger trains Details

  11. Bengaluru Metro map passenger trains Details

  12. Mumbai Metro map passenger trains Details

  13. Chennai Metro map passenger trains Details

  14. Delhi Metro map passenger trains Details

  15. Jaipur Metro map passenger trains Details

     
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