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Indian Railways facts and trivia: Indian Railways is one of the largest rail networks in the world. It is also recognized as the 8th largest employer in the world. Do you know that the country's first passenger train ran between Bombay and Thane on April 16, 1853? There are many such interesting facts related to Indian Railways that you may not be familiar with. Today we are going to tell you about some of these.

Railway station with the longest name

Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta (Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta) is such a big name that even the tongue can answer while reading. The names of all railway stations in India are shortened to Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta railway station. This railway station is famous for its name. The thing to note is that it has 28 letters. Short sentences end in less than 28 characters. It can be estimated from this that how big is the name of the railway station. It is easy to speak, so people also call it by the name of Venkatnarasimha Rajuvaripet. Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta is located in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh bordering Tamil Nadu.

Shortest railway station name

Now you have come to know about the railway station with the biggest name of the country. Now we will tell you about the railway station with the shortest name in the country. The railway station with the shortest name is IB. The 'IB' railway station located in Jharsuguda, Odisha is limited to just two letters. Please inform that 'IB' is located on the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai railway line. There are only 2 platforms at this station. This is the reason that not many trains pass through this station, the stoppage of trains is also only of two minutes.

Interesting facts related to Indian Railways

India's longest rail-road bridge is the Bogibeel Bridge over the Brahmaputra River in Assam.

The Pir Panjal Rail Tunnel, located in the Pir Panjal region of the Himalayas between Jammu and Kashmir, is the longest rail tunnel in India.

Indian Railways has four UNESCO-recognised World Heritage Sites.

-7 railway lines originate simultaneously from Mathura Junction, which is the junction with maximum number of rail routes.

The busiest railway station of Indian Railways is Howrah Junction, which has the maximum number of platforms.

Gorakhpur has the longest platform in the world, which is 4,483 feet in length.

-Howrah-Amritsar Express has maximum number of halts (115 halts).

Lord Dalhousie is called the father of Indian Railways.

John Mathai was the first railway minister of India.

Indian Railways also runs 5 Royal Trains namely Royal Rajasthan on Wheels, Palace on Wheels, The Golden Chariot, The Maharaja Express and The Deccan Odyssey.