What are some amazing facts about the Rajdhani Express?

 Rajdhani express gets the highest priority on the Indian railway network. They are fully air-conditioned. The Rajdhani Express is a series of express passenger train services in India operated by Indian Railways connecting the national capital New Delhi with capital and/or largest cities of various states. Rajdhani means “The Capital” in many Indian languages.

Here are some cool facts about Rajdhani Express:

1. Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express is the longest running Rajdhani Express train, connects New Delhi to Thiruvananthapuram. The 12431 Rajdhani Express runs the longest nonstop run between Kota Junction to Vadodara Junction.

2. Rajdhani Express runs at speed of 140 km/h.

3. The first Rajdhani Express left New Delhi station for Howrah station to cover a distance of 1,445 km in 17 hours 20 mins.

4. Are the first train of Indian Railways in which onboard Wi-Fi system is available. Howrah Rajdhani with onboard WI-Fi.

5. Howrah Rajdhani is the oldest Rajdhani Express, followed by Mumbai Rajdhani and Bangalore Rajdhani Express.

6. Assam and West Bengal are the only states with three Rajdhani Express.

7. Jharkhand, Odisha, and Maharashtra are the only states with two Rajdhani Express

8. West Bengal and Maharashtra are the only states with two Daily running Rajdhani Express. Sealdah Rajdhani and Howrah Rajdhani from West Bengal and Mumbai Rajdhani and August Kranti Rajdhani from Mumbai.

9. All Rajdhani Express trains offer three classes of accommodation: AC First Class with 2-berth and 4-berth lockable bedrooms, AC 2-tier with open berths (bays of 4 berths + 2 berths on the other side of the corridor) with curtains for privacy, and AC 3-tier (bays of 6 berths + 2 berths on the side) without curtains.Currently, there are 23 pairs of trains, connecting New Delhi to important cities across the country. These trains have fewer stops than other express trains and halt only at prominent stations.

10. Passengers are served complimentary meals during the journey. Depending on the duration and timings of the journey, these could include morning tea, breakfast, lunch, high tea, and dinner.

What are some amazing facts about The Indian Railways, that most people don't know?

 Inserting a fact which only a few people know:

Indian railways is running single compartment train from Bobbili to Saluru it is called Rail bus in East Coast railway Zone in visakhapatanam division. Total 3 rail buses are present.

This was inside seating

Drive cabin: in Rail Bus drive cabin at both ends.

Manufactured BY Bharat Earth Movers Ltd

You can see timing of rail bus.

pic credit: Rugada Manikanta (మణికంఠ రుగాడ)

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Some other things

1. Indian railway uses only 2% of power of total generation of power.
2. Electric engine in railway always uses only rare pantograph irrespective direction of moving. Because if they use front one if any damage occurs then damage parts of may damage rare one and we can use rare at that time.
3. The transmission of 25000KV is combination of R Y B terminals. Some part R terminal then Y then B it will repeat through out the line. While changing from one terminal to other they stop power supply of engine for couple of seconds.

What are some amazing facts about the Indian Railways?

 

This train is so special that it has made it to the ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ and the question asked was not for Rupees 5000, 10000, or 50000. It was asked as a question for a whopping Rupees. 25 Lakh. The contestant couldn’t manage to answer though.

Presenting to you India’s shortest running passenger train with a huge fan following and loyal commuter base, ‘The Legendary Ait-Konch Shuttle’!!!!

The Ait-Konch Shuttle is a train that runs with just 3 coaches and covers a distance of 13.68 kilometers in 35 minutes, at a sluggish pace of 30 Kilometers per hour. Sounds interesting? What is more interesting is the history behind this.

Konch and Ait are two tiny towns in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and comes under the Jalaun district. The crumbling 15 km road ride from Konch to Ait is a daunting one for bones, young and old. Tempos charge Rs 20 for each passenger and arrive at the destination in one hour.

The train made its first run around 1901-1903, even before the Railway Board was constituted in 1905. Introduced by Britishers, the shuttle was meant to ferry goods and passengers as Konch was a big market for cotton, forest produce, and ghee. The cotton was sent to Manchester for weaving.

When the government decided to discontinue its services in 1997, thousands squatted on the railway line in protest. The railways tried to reason with them and a Rail Bus was sent to Konch to replace the shuttle. But the shuttle remained the locals’ first and only choice.

Three months later, the train was back on track. Since the shuttle was running a loss, with the fare only Rs 2 per head, local traders bought 200 tickets daily to help boost the revenue.

Post-Covid Pandemic, the train has now been restarted as ‘Unreserved Special’ and the ticket is now costing Rs.30/- which was Rs.10/- before.

Nearly 400-500 passengers travel on the train every day. There is no halt on the way but a passenger can flag it down with a wave, or request the guard to let him alight when his village nears. Students and traders from adjoining villages take it to travel to Konch, which is the tehsil headquarters and also has several educational institutions. It is not surprising to find a marriage party traveling by it. Or a railway employee on a joyride.

It continues to run on a loss though….

Here are some glimpses of it.

What are some amazing facts that you have read or come across?

 As I am drinking here let me get you to something that god has created next best thing after sex.

Haha just getting your curiosity..

And here it goes the amazing facts about wondorous beer.

1. After he won the Nobel Prize, Niels Bohr was given a perpetual supply of beer piped into his house.

2. A cloud near the constellation Aquila contains enough ethyl alcohol to fill 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.

3.The builders of the Great Pyramid of Giza were paid with a daily ration of beer.

4.Germany is home to a beer pipeline. Taps in Veltsin-Arena are connected by a 5km tube of beer.

5.Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of an empty glass.

6.George Washington insisted his continental army be permitted a quart of beer as part of their daily rations.

7.At spas in Europe, you can literally bathe in beer as a physical and mental therapeutic treatment.

8.In the 1990s, the Beer Lovers Party ran candidates in Belarus and Russia.

9. Beer helped Joseph Priestly discover oxygen. He noticed gases rising from the big vats of beer at a brewery and asked to do some experiments.

10.A Buddhist temple in the Thai countryside was built with over a million recycled beer bottles.

11.The moon has a crater named Beer.

12. Beer soup was a common breakfast in medieval Europe.

13. At the start of Bavarian Beer Week in Germany, an open-air beer fountain dispenses free beer to the public.

14. In the 1980s, a beer-drinking goat was elected mayor of Lajitas, TX.

What are some mind-blowing amazing facts about the human body?

• Women’s hearts are smaller than men’s, therefore beat faster.
• 80% of your body heat is lost through your head.
• Around 50,000 cells in your body will die and be replaced every 3–4 seconds.
• Cracking your knuckles is just the sound of air popping in the joints’ fluid and doesn’t cause arthritis.
• The “B.O” smell isn’t actually caused by sweat. It’s caused when the bacteria feeds on the sweat.
• Human cells are so small that 10,000 can fit on the tip of a pin.
• Our body’s actually do ‘glow’, but the light is too weak to be seen by the human eye.
• Human teeth are just as strong as shark teeth.
• Goosebumps’ primary job for our ancestors was to make hairs stand up, making them appear more threatening to predators.
• The smallest bone in the human body is in middle ear, measuring only 2.8mm.
• As well as unique finger prints, we also have unique tongue prints.
• The cornea is the only part of the body that isn’t supplied blood. It gets oxygen directly from the air.
• Between birth and death, the human body goes from having 300 bones to just 206.
• 25% of your body’s bones are in your feet.
• Women’s brains actually shrink during pregnancy.
• Earwax is a form of sweat.
• During the day, the soft cartilage between your bones gets squashed and compressed so when you wake up, you’re about 1cm taller than when you go to bed.
• Human’s produce enough urine every month to fill a bath.
• The hardest bone in your body is your jawbone.
• Newborn babies don’t have kneecaps. They start as soft cartilage and harden by the age of 3.
• Most people breathe out of one nostril at a time. The side we breathe out of changes every few hours.
• Taking one step forward uses 200 muscles.
• Your skull is made up of 29 different bones.
• Your lips are 100x more sensitive than your fingertips.
• A person burns more calories when they’re asleep than watching tv.

What are some amazing pictures?

 1 . Drone shot of Tennis court

2. Urban basketball court with colorful graffiti

3 . Fifa 18 from a Fan album

4. Air view of Rowing

5. A male fighter standing in the ring wearing boxing gloves

6. Surfing

7 . Marathon

8. Hill Cycling

9. Soccer game being played at night under floodlights

10. Gray scale photo of cable cars

11. Grass is green

12. Skiing

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What are some of the most amazing places to visit in Europe?

 If you don’t mind climbing a bit, visit the “Solvay Hut” on the Matterhorn in Switzerland. Yes, there’s a little hut with 10 beds up there.

A little bungalow in the mountains..

Nice views!

Can you see it?

A little closer:

Here’s the entrance:

Enjoy your stay!

What are some amazing facts to know about Spain?

 

• Spain is the only country in Europe to actually have a physical border.

• Spain was the world’s first global empire. And that is why:
• Spanish is the second most spoken native language in the world.
• Spain is actually located on more than 1 continent. It has some autonomous cities in Africa.
• Spain, similar to the UK, has a monarchy.
• Spain is the largest producer of olive oil in the world.
• Spain is the 4th largest country in Europe, after Russia, Ukraine, and France.

• Pheasant Island is an island between France and Spain which belongs for 6 months to each country every year.

• Spain has the longest high-speed rail system in Europe and the second longest in the world, only second to China:

What are some interesting & amazing facts that most people don't know?

 Top 10 Biggest employers in the world (Excluding National Defense)

1. Wal-Mart - 2.3 million employees

2. McDonald’s - 2 million employees

3. China National Petroleum - 1.7 million employees

4. State Grid - 1.5 million employees

5.National Health Service - 1.4 million employees

6.Indian Railways - 1.3 million employees

7. Foxconn - 7.2 lakh employees

8. China Petrochemical Corporation - 7.1 lakh employees

9. Volkswagen - 6.2 lakh employees

10. G4S - 5.8 lakh employees

These days I keep telling people about this Top 10 Biggest Employers list for no reason. Its time for me to unleash this fact in Quora.

Source - Wiki & Google