Indian Train Travel in India

Indian Railways is believed to be one of the largest rail networks across the world. It covers a length of over 62,000 km and takes nearly about millions of passengers on a daily basis.

The history of Indian railways is a long and rich starting its journey from during the British rule in the country. British during their rule required a fast mode of transport for troop movement and so they introduced trains. The first train was introduced on April 16, 1853 from Bori Bunder to Thane and comprised 14 carriages which could comfortably carry about 400 passengers.

Luxury train tour India offered them the extravagance of exploring the desert state in the shortest time possible. It will cover the same route as the existing one, including Jaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Bharatpur and Agra in a seven-night tour starting and ending in New Delhi. The cost on the new indian train is around 20-30 percent more than the existing train. On special occasions like New Year or Christmas, an extra 10% would be charged.

Indian Railways is also said that in the year 1985, early introduced steam locomotives were replaced by diesel engines. Later in 1995, another revolution was introduced in the railways; the revolution was computerization of entire Indian railways network. After that many new passenger trains were introduced that spread across the length and breadth of India crossing the distance between Jammu & Kashmir to Kanyakumari, and from Gujarat to Assam, crossing all major cities between their routes including Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kerala, Pune, Bangalore, and Mumbai.

The 17 rail zones that are essential part of the Indian railway system are North, North East, North East Frontier, Eastern, South Eastern, South Central, Southern, Central, Western, South Western, North Western, West Central, North Central, South East Central, East Coast, and East Central.

With so many trains entering the indian railway industry, railway bookings has also become a big challenge for daily commuters. Many people stand in line for hours and hours to get one ticket. To ensure comfort of the commuters, rail ministry has also come up with online rail booking system. E-tickets and I-tickets have now started playing a big role in the industry and have delivered a lot of convenience to train commuters with the ease of buying tickets at Indian Railways sitting at home.