On 16th April, 1853 the first railway on Indian sub-continent ran over a stretch of 21 miles from Bombay to Thane.
The train consisting of 14 carriages was hauled by three locomotives named Sultan, Sindh and Sahib with 400 VVIPs.
Indian Railways had no toilets for 60 years, later toilet facility was provided since 1902.
Indian Train Network Service is on 4th number in the world.
Number of railway stations including big and small are 7500.
16 lakh people work in Indian Railways which is considered as the biggest department of India.
Daily 2.5 Cr people travel through Indian Railways which is equal to the total population of Australia.
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