The "FAIRY QUEEN", which has made the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest working locomotive was used in 1895 for hauling mail trains between Howrah and Raniganj. After being reactivated in the National Rail Museum, New Delhi, it attracts tourists Delhi-Alwar route.
Shortest station name on IR:Ib, near Jharsuguda on the Howrah-Nagpur main line (South Eastern Railway).
Longest station name on IR: Venkatanarasimharajuvari-peta (Halt) on the Arakkonam-Renigunta section of the Southern Railway (the first station after Renigunta towards Arakkonam (just within the AP border).
Mail /Express trains on IR with highest number of halts:
Howrah-Amritsar Exp. leads in this category with 115 halts.
Here is a list of the other top contenders:
Train Number of Halts
Delhi - Howrah Janata Exp. 109
Jammu Tawi - Sealdah Exp 107
Toofan Exp 96
Sabarmati Exp. (Ahmedabad - Muzaffarpur) 95
Mumbai - Dehra Dun Exp. 93
Mumbai-Firozpur Janata Exp. 87
Howrah - Tirupati Exp. 85
Bokaro - Alleppey Exp. 82
Average cost of hauling of goods unit (One ton) per mile in 1900 was:
East Indian Railway : pies 2.40
Great Indian Peninsular Railway: pies 5.27
Bombay, Baroda & Central Indian Railway : pies 4.77
Rajputana Railway : pies 5.20
(192 pies made a rupee)
A century later cost of haulage of goods per tonne Km (in 2000) was Rs.0.82 (157.44 pies)
