INDIAN RAILWAY

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

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.

ENGINES

STEAM TRAINS

ELECTRICITY TRACKSIDEDIESEL TRAINS

THINGS

TRANSPORTED

PASSENGER FREIGHT

GAUGE

NARROW GAUGE

BROAD GAUGE

METRO GAUGE

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.

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.