broad gauge

One of the last vestiges of the colonial era railways, Shakuntala Express runs on India’s only private railway line between Murtazapur and Yavatmal in Maharashtra, chugging along the 190 km stretch at an average speed of 20 km per hour.

Indian Railways will soon be auctioning the coaches of at least six metre-gauge trains that have been pulled out of operation by the Lucknow division of North Eastern Railway (NER).

A trip to the North Eastern states of India will now be easier to plan as Indian Railways has inaugurated two passenger trains, one of which reaches the eastern most railway station of the country.