Sunday, 20 Nov 2011
India's Longest Train Service Unveiled
Who else can play the great role as integrator in this Vast country except Indian Railways? Whether accepted or not it is the tying string of all the various colorful flowers of this diversified country. In it's venture as the BIG DOST of this country men Indian Railways unvieled on 19th November the longest train journey of the country which counts as the 8th longest in the world..
Union Minister of Development of North Eastern Region Paban Singh Ghatowar flagged off the inaugural train run of the Vivek Express at Dibrugarh station , a new weekly train that now boasts the longest rail route in the country – 4,286 km all the way from Dibrugarh in upper Assam, to Kanyakumari at the southern tip of Tamil Nadu, that will be covered in 82.30 hours. in the presence of Assam Revenue Minister Prithibi Majhi and General Manager of North East Frontier Railway Keshav Chandra.
Date: 20 Nov 2011 , Author: / Category: India, Railways / Views: 8661/Rating:3.4