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INDIAN RAILWAY
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Characteristics
Train are the most common land
transport specially for long distances
They cover long distances in
lesser time than buses
They can carry lot of passengers and
goods at a time
They connect one station to another they do not give door to door services
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Types Of Railways
• Based on the fuel the railways can be classified as: Steam engines, Electricity,diesel,tracksidesystems (laser radar type).
• It can be classified on the basis of the things transported. There are passenger trains that carry people and freight trains that carry goods.
• Based on gauge it can be divided into:Narrowgauge, broad gauge and metro gauge.
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ENGINES
STEAM TRAINS
ELECTRICITY TRACKSIDEDIESEL TRAINS
THINGS
TRANSPORTED
PASSENGER FREIGHT
GAUGE
NARROW GAUGE
BROAD GAUGE
METRO GAUGE
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New Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi Express is the fastest train in India. The all air-conditioned superfast train clocks a maximum speed of 150km/h on the Faridabad-Agra section.Vivek Express, which runs between Dibrugarh and Kanyakumari, has the longest route in India. It covers 4,286 km in about 82 hours and 30 minutes.
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The Konkan Railway is an important train line which connects India’s economic capital, Mumbai and Manglore. It runs through Maharastra, Karnataka and Goa covering 760 kilometers.Trains goes through a very beautiful scenic terrain and there is awesome concept used behind building of railway tunnels of konkan Railway.
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