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Railways significantly reduced the time and cost of transporting bulk goods over long distances compared to traditional methods.

Jhansi is located on the North Central Railway route, not on the Western Railway line between Mumbai and Delhi.

The first passenger train in India ran between Bombay (Bori Bunder) and Thane on April 16, 1853.

Track gauge is the spacing of the rails on a railway track. Based on the width of gauge, it is classified into the standard gauge, minimum gauge, broad gauge, meter gauge, narrow gauge, medium gauge, etc. Metro rail is a rapid transit high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas

The Vivek Express, running between Dibrugarh and Kanniyakumari, is currently the longest train route in India by distance and time.

Coal accounts for the largest share of freight traffic in terms of volume for Indian Railways.

The South Central Railway headquarters is in Secunderabad, not Chennai (which is the headquarters of the Southern Railway).

The North Indian plains are favored for railway expansion due to flat terrain, high population density, and agricultural productivity.

Indian Railways is the fourth largest railway network in the world by size, following the US, China, and Russia.

The standard broad gauge track width in India is 1.676 meters.