Showing posts with label About Indian Railway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label About Indian Railway. Show all posts

Friday, 30 May 2014

Getting to know about trains between stations has never been easier!

The Indian Railways has introduced some splendid services for the benefit of its passengers. Today, passengers can get valuable information from the official portal of the Indian Railways with just a click. One of the most sought-after services is about the number of trains between stations. People who want to plan their travel well in advance find this service quite helpful as they can get a list of trains that run between a particular pair of stations in seconds.

Checking for trains between important stations is now a breeze as the passenger just needs to key in some basic details in order to get the full updates. A passenger can key in any two stations as the source and destination, select the date of journey and class of accommodation and click on submit. The official portal of Indian Railways then throws up an exhaustive list of trains that run between those stations, time of departure at the source station, time of arrival at the destination station, train number, train name, time taken to travel between the two stations, days when the train is operated etc.
Passengers do not have to know the codes of the source and destination stations to check the list of trains between stations. It is enough if they enter 3 or 4 characters of the name of the station’s name as the system automatically populates the same. Apart from getting the full list of train names and numbers, passengers can also get to know about their availability of seats, fare, schedule etc. by choosing a particular train from the list that is displayed.


This feature of getting the list of trains between important stations is indeed a huge support for passengers for planning their trip. They can plan their travel based on the arrival and departure time of the trains at the respective stations where they plan to board and get down. These trains are also accompanied with important information like the days during which they run, so that passengers can book tickets accordingly. Since the class of accommodation is already keyed in at the time of entering the source and destination codes, only those trains that have that particular class are displayed on the screen, making the job of the passengers easier. The source station need not necessarily be the station from where a train starts. Special “*” marks are included in these trains to denote that the source is not the originating station.


Thursday, 29 May 2014

Indian Railways Network – the veins of India in terms of Transportation

About Indian Railway

Since childhood I have always been keen in travelling through Indian railways, the whistling of train, the passing trains, seeing the engine from the window of my seat while the train takes a turn and counting the number of coaches of other passing trains was my favorite pass-time.


I will make you aware about few facts about Indian railway first that is in 1851, the first carriage train was started which was meant to carry construction goods to Roorkee while the first passenger train was started from Bori-Bunder to Thane in the city of Bombay, covering total distance of 21 kilometers.


Indian Rail Network Map


Maps have been my favorite subject of interest, gradually I developed a habit of studying the maps whether they are of roads or railways. While studying Indian Rail Network Map, I found that it has been divided into 16 different zones that are:
•    Northern Railway
•    Western Railway
•    Southern Railway
•    Eastern Railway
•    Central Railway
•    North Eastern Railway
•    Northeast Frontier Railway
•    North Western Railway
•    North Central Railway
•    South Central Railway
•    South Eastern Railway
•    South Western Railway
•    South East Central Railway
•    West Central Railway
•    East Coast Railway
•    East Central Railway


The other attention-grabbing fact that I learnt is that the Indian Rail Network Map comprises of a total of 28 states, 3 Union Territories and also provides travelling to international locations like Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. As per Indian Rail Network Map, it covers long distances that connect the suburban areas.



Railway Map of India


The Railway Map of India comprises of two UNESCO World Heritage Sites where first one is Chatrapati Shivaji Terminal and the second one is Mountain Railways of India. The Railway Map of India has three different railway routes that are part of Mountain Railways of India where one is Darjeeling Himalayan Railway that is located in state of West Bengal while another is the located in state of Tamil Nadu and is named as Nilgiri Mountain Railway and lastly is in state of Himachal Pradesh that operates from Kalka to Shimla.


The Railway Map of India is divided into two parts where first is the General Railway Maps of India and the other is the Railway Map of Metro cities. The General railway comprise of:-


1.    Duronto Express map
2.    Konkan Railway Map
3.    SamparkKranti Route Map
4.    Rajdhani Route Map
5.    Jan Shatabdi Route Map
6.    Palace on Wheels route map
7.    Shatabdi Route Map
8.    Fairy Queen Express Map
9.    Royal Orient Express Map
10.    Deccan Odyssey Map


The other Railway Map of India comprises of:-


1.    Mumbai Railways Map
2.    Delhi Railways Map
3.    Kolkata Railways Map