India's first bullet train

The ministry of railways has floated a global tender for conducting a pre-feasibility study for constructing two corridors at the Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar”and Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad”sections of Indian Railways.

Railway officials said construction work for the project would take at least five years to complete.

Delhi-Bangalore-Delhi Train timings

New Delhi to Bangalore

 

Train No           :     2628

Train Name     :    KARNATAKA EXP

Departure        :    21:15

Arrival              :   13:40

Runs on            :    M T W TH F S SU

New Delhi to Bangalore

Train No          :     2650

Train Name     :    KARNATAKA SAMPARK KRANTHI EXP

Departure        :    06:45

Arrival              :   19:00

Runs on            :    M T- TH - S SU

Bangalore to New Delhi

 

Train No          :     2627

Train Name     :    KARNATAKA EXP

Departure        :    19:20

Arrival              :   10:35

Runs on            :    M T W TH F S SU

Bangalore to New Delhi

Train No          :     2649

Train Name     :    KARNATAKA SAMPARK KRANTHI EXP

Departure        :    22:20

Arrival              :   09:20

Runs on            :    M - W - F S SU

Please check train timing before the journey.

Train timings are subject to change without prior notice.

Indian Railways Tender

Readers are requested to visit the following websites for Railways related tender informations.

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Abhinav Bindra - Indian Shooter

India's first ever individual Olympic gold medallist Shooter Abhinav Bindra's gold medal winning performance in the Beijing Olympics has got him free rail travel by air-conditioned first class for the rest of his life.

Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Monday announced a free lifetime train travel pass for him which is valid for first class AC travel by all the trains including Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains.

Indian Rail System

Indian Railways are the largest rail network in Asia and the world's second largest under one management. Indian Railways is a multi-gauge, multi-traction system covering over 1 lakh track kilometres,3800 yards, 2400 goodsheds and 750 repair shops. Its has got around 8500 locomotives, 40,000 coaching vehicles and 3.6 lakh freight wagons.

The work force is approx. 22 lakhs and it runs some 11,500 trains everyday, including 7,200 passenger trains.Freight traffic on Indian Railways has registered an impressive growth in the last four decades.