Indian Railways GK FOR - RPF EXAM ,NTPC- GOODS GAURD, ESM,ASM

• When the first train ran on -  16th April 1853, 
• When the first train ran from  -  Bombay to Thana, a distance of 21 miles (33.81 km). 
• IR boasts of more than 7,500 railway stations in its periphery.
•  It has a fleet of not lessthan 7,800 locomotives, 40,000 coaches & 3,26,000 wagons. 
• 9 pairs of Rajdhani and 13 pairs of Shatabdi Express Trains run on the rail tracks of India. 
• In 1977, theNational Rail Museum was established at New Delhi.