Geography - Transport and Communication
By Sant Kumar Sharma (Dev Sharma) - February 21, 2017
Transport and Communication
RAIL TRANSPORT ➷
- First Train was started by "Lord Dalhousie" on 16th April, 1853.
- B/W Bombay and Thane (34 Km)
- Indian railway was nationalised in 1950
- It is largest railway network in Asia and 2nd largest in the World
- 3 Types of railway line in india :
(1) Broad Gauge [88,547 km]
(2) Meter Gauge [16,489 km](3) Narrow Gauge [3450 km]
- Total no. of railway zones is 16 and largest railway zone is "North-Zone "
- India's longest route train is "Vivek Express". It run's b/w Dibrugarh (Assam) to Kanyakumari. Earlier, " Himsagar Express" has the longest route.
- India's fastest train is "Shatabdi Express". It run's b/w Delhi and Bhopal [150 kmph]
- The Oldest Engine "Fairy-Queen" still runs on rails
- Uttar Pradesh has largest railway network in india followed by (2)Rajasthan (3)Maharashtra & (4) Gujarat
- Names of Indian railway included in UNESCO's world heritage list :(1) Kalka-Shimla (2) Darjeeling-Siliguri & (3) Nilgiri railway
- First railway foundry was set-up at "Jabalpur, Bihar"
- First Locomotive built in India at Ajmer, Rajasthan is " Lady-Curzon "
- (CLW) Chittaranjan Locomotive works built first "Steam Engine-Deshbandhu"
- (CLW) made the first 1500 D.C. "Electric Locomotive Engine-Lokmanya"
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| Indian Railway's System |
Konkan Railway ➽ b/w Roha(near mumabi) and Mangalore(Karnatka)
- Its length is 760 km
- It connects 4 states i.e. (a)Maharashtra (b)Goa (c)Karnatka (d)Kerala
Delhi Metro Rail Transit System ➽
- It works under ministry of "Urban-Development"
- It has built with the help of "Japan & South Korean" companies
- Its model was taken from "Hong-Kong" & "Singapore"
- Its current managing director is "Mangu Singh"
RITES ➾ Rail India Technical and Economical Services Ltd.
CONCOR ➾ Container Corporation of India Ltd.
CRIS ➾ Centre for Railways Information Systems.
AIR TRANSPORT ➷
- Air transport started in india in 1911
- India's first airoplane post service was started b/w Allahabad & Naini
- All the airways companies were Nationalised in 1953 and were put under two corporations namely : Indian Airlines & Air-India
NOTE-: Indian Airlines Head Quarter is located in New Delhi.
- Now, Indian Airlines and Air-India have been merged and a new company named "National Aviation Company Of India Ltd. -NACIL"
NOTE-: Head-Quarter of NACIL is located in Mumabi.
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| Indian Air Transport Services |
SOME IMPORTANT AIRPORTS OF INDIA
Airports State
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- Indira Gandhi International Airport ⟿ Delhi
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose(Dum-Dum Airport)⟿ Kolkata
- Anna Iternational Airport ⟿ Chennai
- Rajive Gandhi International Airport ⟿ Hyderabad
- Lokpriya Gopinath International Airport ⟿ Guwahati
- Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel ⟿ Ahemdabad
- Dabolim International Airport ⟿ Goa
- Raja Sansi International Airport ⟿ Amritsar
- Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport ⟿ Mumbai
DO YOU KNOW
- Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, Atlanta(USA) is the busiest airport in the world.
- Indira Gandhi International Airport is the busiest airport of india. It has the longest runway of 4km.
- Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport(Mumbai) is the 2nd busiest airport of India.
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