Indian Railways is the largest railways network to be operated by a single government and is the world’s third largest network length of 127,760 kms.
Indian Railways owned the longest railway platform in the world at Kharagpur with a length of 2,733 feet. Gorakhpur with 4,430 feet is the new one
Two historical railway elements are included in the UNESCO’ World Heritage site list – Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, and Indian Mountain Railways
Indian Railways has five luxury trains.
The Vivek Express (Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari) travels a distance of 4273 km, which is the longest run in the railways.
The shortest run is taken by a few scheduled services between Nagpur and Ajni – a total of 3 kms.
Mathura junction has the maximum number of routes emerging from it.
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