10 Interesting Facts About the Incredible Indian Railways

BENGALURU: One of those things that made India incredible is the Indian Railway and yes it’s a true story. Like it or not Indian Railway has played an integral role in every Indian’s life at some point or the other. We sure can’t get enough of cribbing about how hard it is to get a train ticket. Yet, we cannot deny how these trains have saved us when we had those last minute journeys to make. All thanks to the famous tatkal services.

They are slow, they are unavailable always, they are overcrowded, they are late almost every single time and we all hate those unnecessary long journeys. We now have the best and cheapest of air travel services, but let’s face it can we ignore the glorious Indian rail gaadi? I don’t think so.

Here we present some interesting facts about Indian Railways as given by Economic Times—

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