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Indian Railways 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 track length of 132,310 km (82,210 mi), running track length of 106,493 km (66,172 mi) and route length of ...
Howrah is one of six intercity train stations serving the Kolkata metropolitan area (including Howrah and its twin city of Kolkata), the others being Sealdah, Dankuni, Santragachi, Shalimar and Kolkata railway station. The first public train from the station was on 15 August 1854, on what is now the Howrah – Hooghly Main Line. [16]
Categorization of Indian Railway stations by commercial importance. Indian Railways classifies its railway stations based on commercial and strategic importance under various categories in order to ascertain, plan and provide minimum essential amenities for passengers using them. [ 1] While the primary criteria for determining the importance of ...
Gorakhpur Junction railway station (station code: GKP) is located in the city of Gorakhpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It has the world's second longest railway platform after Hubballi Junction railway station [ 2] in Karnataka. It serves as the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway, part of Indian Railways.
Indian Railways employs over 1.25 million personnel including 15,000 group ‘A’ and group ‘B’ officers. The Academy is the apex institution for Management Training of all Railway Officers and Centralised & Professional Training for Officers of Accounts, Personnel, Stores and Medical departments including the centralized training of newly recruited IRAS, IRPS, IRSS and IRMS Trainee officers.
Amritsar ( Punjabi pronunciation: [əmːˈɾɪtsəɾ] ⓘ, ISO: Amr̥tasara ), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as Ambarsar, [ 5][ 6] is the second- largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha region of Punjab.
Executed. Signature. Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 [ 1] – 23 March 1931) was an Indian anti-colonial revolutionary, [ 3] who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer in December 1928 [ 4] in what was to be retaliation for the death of an Indian nationalist. [ 5] He later took part in a largely symbolic bombing ...
Chennai Central (officially Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station, formerly Madras Central ) (station code: MAS [ 5] ), is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. [ 6] It is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.