Indian Railways WAP-7 for Kids Passenger Train

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มี.ค. 2024
  • Indian Railways Electric Type WAP-7 Locomotive hauls a passenger train.
    I was blessed to be able to visit India in 2018 and took this video.
    Enjoy the Indian Railways passenger train & learn these FACTS below!
    Did you know? Indian Railways are considered to be the 2nd or 4th largest railway/railroad in the world, depending on the metrics used.
    Some facts about Indian Railways are:
    It is the largest rail network in Asia and the world’s second largest.
    It has the world’s largest Route Relay Interlocking System at New Delhi Railway Station.
    It carries more than 23 million passengers daily.
    It has four sites declared as “World Heritage sites” by the UNESCO.
    It was nationalized in 1951
    Indian Railways is one of the largest employers in the world with over 1.4 million employees.
    The Railways carries more than 25 million passengers every day, which is more than the entire population of Australia.
    The New Delhi Railway Station has secured a place in the Guinness Book of Records for being the largest route relay interlocking system in the world.
    Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh has the longest platform in the world with a length of 1366.33 meters.
    Currently, there are total 7, 349 stations in India. Also, there are 16 zones over a route of 65,808 km with 7,112 stations.
    There are total 6 Rail Museums in India. They are -
    Chennai Rail Museum, Chennai
    Joshi’s Museum of Miniature Railway, Pune
    National Rail Museum, New Delhi
    Railway Heritage Centre, Tiruchirappalli
    Railway Museum, Mysore
    Rewari Railway Heritage Museum
    The Rail Museum in Delhi is the largest in India and also in Asia which has both working and non-working models.
    Howrah junction is the busiest railway station in India which has the train frequency of 974.
    There is a diamond crossing in Nagpur from where trains can go North, East, West, and South. The crossing is one of its kind.

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