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Friday, June 6, 2025

First Train - General Knowledge

 



First Train - GK 



Year 

From

To

Distance

World

1825

(27th September)

Stockton 

(England)

Darlington Railway (England)

42 KMs

India

1853

(16th April)

Bori Bunder

(Bombay)

Thane

34 KMs

Eastern India

1854

(15th August)

Howrah

(Calcutta)

Hoogly

39 KMs

Southern India

1856

(1st July)

Madras

Arcot

97 KMs

Northern India

1859

(3rd March)

Allahabad

Kanpur

196 KMs












Wednesday, March 24, 2021

First Centralized AC Railway Terminal - Bangalore

First Centralized AC Railway Terminal - Bangalore


  • India’s First Centralized Air Conditioned Railway Terminal

  • At Bangalore ( Baiyappanahalli )

  • Named after one of the foremost civil engineers, Bharat Ratna Sir  M. Visvesvaraya

  •  To meet the ever increasing demand for new trains

  • Sanctioned in 2015-16

  • Cost - Rs. 300 Crores (Approx)

  •  It decongest the existing Railway Stations at KSR Bengaluru and Yesvantpur.

  • Airport like facade

  •  State-of-the-art passenger amenities

  • 4200 Sq Meters area

  • Daily footfall - 50 thousand

  • Can operate 50 trains daily

  • Grand canopy over the Station Building concourse (like in Airports)

  • Fully AC entrancy Lobby

  • Good parking facility

  • 7 Platforms (along with 8 stabling lines and 3 pit lines)

  • Food courts, Escalators, Lifts, FOB, Subways

  • Water recycling plant - 4 Lakh liters capacity per day