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INDIAN
RAIL

By
ABHISHEK KUMAR
TIWARI


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ABOUT INDIAN
RAILWAY
Indian Railways is an Indian state-owned
enterprise, owned and operated by the
government of India through the Ministry of
Railways. It is one of the world's largest railway
networks comprising 115,000 km (71,000 mi) of
track over a route of 65,000 km (40,000 mi) and
7,500 stations.


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In India first railway was built
between Mumbai and Thane in 1852
and the first passenger train ran
between the two stations, covering a
distance of 34 km, on April 16, 1853.


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Introduction Year 1853 (Bombay-Thane)
Headquarters

New Delhi

Industry

Rail Transport

Total Distance

1,15,000 KM

Stations

7500

Goods carriage

100.7 billion

Employees

13,61,519

Wagons

2,40,000

Coaches

60,000

Locomotives

9000


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S. No
Name
1. Central
2. East Central
3. East Coast
4. Eastern
5. North Central
6. North Eastern
7. North Western
8. Northeast Frontier
9. Northern
10. South Central
11. South East Central
12. South Eastern
13. South Western
14. Southern
15. West Central
16. Western

Date Established
1951, November 5
2002, October 1
2003, April 1
1952, April
2003, April 1
1952
2002, October 1
1958,15th Jan
1952, April 14
1966, October 2
2003, April 1
1955
2003, April 1
1951, April 14
2003, April 1
1951, November 5

Headquarters
Mumbai
Hajipur
Bhubaneswar
Kolkata
Allahabad
Gorakhpur
Jaipur
Guwahati
Delhi
Secunderabad
Bilaspur
Kolkata
Hubli
Chennai
Jabalpur
Mumbai


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CENTRAL RAILWAY HEADQUARTERS
SHIVAJI CHATRAPATI TERMINUS,MUMBAI

WESTERN RAILWAY HEADQUARTERS,
MUMBAI

INDIAN RAILWAYS HEADQUARTERS DELHI

SOUTHERN RAILWAY HEADQUARTERS,
CHENNAI


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Bhutan

China
Nepal

Vietnam

Pakistan

Myanmar

Banglades
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RAIL GAUGE
The clear horizontal distance between the
inner faces of the two rails forming a track is known as

gauge.


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Sleepers
The members laid transversely under the rail for
supporting and fixing them at the gauge distance apart are
known as sleepers.

Sleepers


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Ballast
The material placed in between the sleeper and the top
of the formation is known as the ballast.

Ballast


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Rails Fixtures and Fastening
Fish plate
A fish plate is a metal or wooden plate that is
bolted to the sides at the ends of two rails or
beams, to join them.
Spikes
A rail spike (also known as a cut spike or crampon) is a
large nail with an offset head that is used to secure rails and
base plates to railroad ties in the track.
Bearing plate
These are the plates which are provided in between the
flat footed rails and wooden sleepers
Bolts
Bolts are used for connecting fish plates to the rails at rail
joint, bearing plates and chairs to wooden sleepers etc.


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