First in Indian Railway(भारतीय रेल में प्रथम)

Indian Railway (IR) is the national railway system of India which is operated by the Ministry of Railways. It is the world’s fourth largest railway network in size, of which size is 121,407 kilometres. 49% of the routes are electrified with 25 KV AC electric traction while 33% of them are double or multi-tracked. IR runs more than 20,000 passenger trains daily. Indian railway is one of the largest employment providers in India.

Indian Railway Contributing Economic Development:

The service sector is playing an important role in the development of the Indian economy. Railway service is an important part of the Service sector. Capacity building on existing routes will help in carrying more goods, as well as increase the passenger journey. Indian Railways’ revenues increased at a CAGR of 9.66 per cent during FY17-FY18 to US$ 27.71 billion in FY18. India was among the top 20 exporters of railways globally, as of 2017.

First in Indian Railway:

• Lal Bahadur Shastri, the first Railway Minister to resign due to the Railway Accident.

[toggle] Rail Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri had resigned from his post taking moral responsibility of the Ariyalur train accident in Tamil Nadu in November 1956. About 142 people were killed in the accident. He was the Railway minister from 1951 to 1956. [/toggle]

• Surekha Yadav is the first woman railway driver of India.

[toggle] Shankar Yadav was born on 2 September 1965. She  is a female  first loco pilot (train driver) of the Indian Railways in India[/toggle]

• John Mathai was the first Railway Minister of Independent India.

[toggle] Asaf Ali was the first railway minister before India’s Independent, he was railway minister from 2 September 1946 to 14 August 1947. After India got independence on August 15, 1947, John Mathai became the first Railway Minister of the country. He also presented the first Rail Budget of Independent India in 1948.[/toggle]

• The country’s first woman railway minister was Mamata Banerjee.

[toggle] Mamta Banerjee was the first female Railway minister of India in the Atal Bihari Government (2000–2004) for one year.[/toggle]

• Rewari Rohtak Demu service is India’s first CNG (natural gas) engine train.

[toggle] Rohtak – Rewari DEMU is a passenger train of the Indian Railways which runs between Rohtak Junction railway station of Haryana.India’s first CNG train which was flagged off on 14 January 2015, by Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu.[/toggle].

• The country’s first Rajdhani Express from Delhi to Howrah first ran on March 1, 1969.
• The country’s first air-conditioned Double Decker train (Howrah to Dhanbad) was run on October 1, 2011.

[toggle] India’s first double-decker train was flagged off in October 2011. It still operates between Howrah in West Bengal and Dhanbad in Jharkhand.[/toggle]

• The country’s first air-conditioned train (from Mumbai to Baroda) was started in 1936.
• The first computerized reservation service of railway started in New Delhi on November 15, 1985.
• The country’s first railbus service started in 1994 from Merta city in Rajasthan.
• The first Shatabdi express train in India was the Delhi-Jhansi Shatabdi Express, the operation took place in 1998.
• The first double-decker Shatabdi express train in India is prevalent between Goa and Mumbai, its operation started from 6th December 2015.
• First lady motorman of Indian Railways is Smt. Preeti Kumari.
• Shobhana Jain was the first woman director general of Indian Railways Staff College(Not Indian Railway).
• Mrs Sudha Chaudhary was the first woman general manager of Indian Railways.
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is India’s first railway station.

[toggle] Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus was built in 1887. It was designed by Frederick William Stevens. is formerly known as Victoria Terminus. It is a historic railway station in the city of Mumbai, India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [/toggle]

• Deccan Queen India’s first electric train is the most expansive Zone Northern Railway in Indian Railways.

[toggle] Deccan Queen wan run between Kalyan and Pune[/toggle]

• India’s first railway station is Habibganj (Bhopal division), which has received ISO 9001-2000 certification.

[toggle] Habibganj railway station is a railway station in Bhopal City and part of the West Central Railway It is located in Habibganj, New Bhopal. It is India’s first private railway station. It is India’s First ISO 9001 certified railway station [/toggle]

• The first railway platform ticket was released in Lahore.

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