Indian Railways: Indian Railways is the second largest rail network in Asia and the fourth largest in the world. Every day crores of people in India travel by train. In such a situation, it is considered as the lifeline of the life of common people. Railways operates thousands of trains across the country daily. Every train has a different name and number. Many premium trains also run across the country like Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto. In such a situation, has this question ever come in your mind that on what basis the names of these trains are decided. Today we are giving you information about what is the way of naming these trains. Most of the trains are named on the basis of their boarding and destination stations. But how did the names of Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto come for the first time?
1. Shatabdi Express-
The Shatabdi train was started in the year 1989. This train was named on the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Shatabdi means 100 years. In such a situation, to celebrate the birth year of Pandit Nehru, the then government had started this train. This train is usually run for a distance of 400 to 500 kms. The maximum speed of this train is 160 kilometers per hour.
2. Rajdhani Express-
It is known from the name of Rajdhani Express that it connects Delhi to the capital of other states of the country. This train is of long distance and in this people get the facility of sleeping and AC. The maximum speed of Rajdhani Express is 140 kmph.
3. Duronto Express-
Duronto is a Bengali word which means without interruption. The specialty of Duronto Express train is that it stops at Badal less stations and takes the passengers from one place to another as soon as possible. The maximum speed of this train is 140 kilometers per hour.
How are the names of common trains selected?
Significantly, the Railways follows a common procedure for choosing the names of trains. Most of the train names are based on the names of its boarding and destination stations like Howrah-Mumbai Mail, Lucknow-Barauni Mail, Bengaluru-Chennai Mail etc. With this, the passengers also get to know easily from which station the train will depart.
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