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RRB NTPC Static GK భారత రవాణా వ్యవ్స్థ (Indian Transport System) Presented by Anusha • Road Transport System( ) రో葍డు రవాణా • Railway Transport ( ) ర ైలు రవాణా వ్యవ్స్థ • Water Transport System ( ) జల రవాణా వ్యవ్స్థ • Air Transport System( ) వాయు రవాణా వ్యవ్స్థ Railway Transport System ( ) ర ైలు రవాణా World : • The first train was opened in 1825 (27-9-1825) between Stockton to Darlington, England. • ఇంగాలం葍 లోꀿ స్ాాక్ టꁍ న ండి డార్లంగ్ టꁍ మధ్య 1825 (27-9-1825) లో తొ젿స్ార్గా ర ైలున ꡍాారంభంచారు. • India: • The first passenger train in India ran between Bombay and Thane on 16 April 1853. • బ ⠂బాయి న ⠂డి థానె వ్రకు ꡍాారంభంచారు. • 34 కి.례 ꡍొ 葍వెైన ఈ .ర ైలు మారగంప ై 롊దటి ర ైలున అప్పటి గవ్రన쁍 జనర졍 葍లహౌసీ ꡍాారంభంచారు Andhrapradesh : • It was opened in 1862 from Puttur to Reni Gunta. • 1862 లో పుత్ూతరు న ⠂డి రేణి గ ⠂ట వరకు ప్రార⠂భ⠂చారు. • MSM . ఈ ర ైలవే ల ైన వేసిన స⠂సథ క⠂పెనీ (మ額ాా సదరꁍ మ రాష్టార కంప ꁀ) భారతదేశంలోꀿ ర ైలవేజోꁍ్ • Number of Railway Zones in India at present ...... 18 • Largest Railway Zone in India… .. Northern Railway Zone • The smallest railway zone in the country ... the northeastern frontier railwayzone • The first established railway zone was the Southern Railway • The newly established 18th Railway Zone ... South Coast Railway భారతదేశంలోꀿ ర ైలవేజోꁍ్ • 8 ప్ాస్ ుతం భారతదేశంలో ర ైలవే జోꁍ్ స్ంఖ్య ...... 1 • ….. భారత దేశంలో అ逿 ప దద ర ైలవే జోꁍ ఉతుర ర ైలవే జోꁍ • దేశంలో 栿నన ర ైలవేజోꁍ ... ఈశానయ స్ర్హద ద ర ైలవేజోꁍ • 롊టా롊దట ఏరాపటు చేసిన ర ైలవే జోꁍ ..... దక్షిణర ైలవే • 8 నూతనంగా ఏరాపటు చేసిన 1 వ్ ర ైలవేజోꁍ... దక్షిణ కోస్ాు రైలవే Railway Zone Zonal Headquarter Division Central Railway Mumbai 1. Mumbai,2. Nagpur, 3. Bhusawal, 4. Pune, 5. Sholapur Eastern Railway Kolkata 1. Howrah-I,2. Howrah-II3. Sealdah,4. Malda,5. Asansol,6. Chitaranjan East Central Railway Hajipur 1. Danapur,2. Mugalsarai,3. Dhanbad ,4. Sonpur,5. Samastipur East Coast Railway Bhubaneshwar 1. Khurda Road,2.Rayagada,3. Sambhalpur Northern Railway Baroda House, New Delhi 1. Delhi-I,2. Delhi-II,3. Ambala,4. Moradabad,5. Lucknow,6. Firozpur North Central Railway Allahabad 1. Allahabad,2. Jhansi,3. Agra North Eastern Railway Gorakhpur 1. Izzatnagar, 2. Lucknow,3. Varanasi,4. DLW North Frontier Railway Maligaon, Guwahati 1. Katihar,2. Alipurduar,3. Rangiya,4. Lumding,5. Tinsukhia North Western Railway Jaipur 1. Jaipur,2. Jodhpur ,3. Bikaner,4. Ajmer Southern Railway Chennai 1. Chennai,2. Madurai,3. Palghat,4. Trichy,5. Trivendrum South Central Railway Secunderabad 1. Secunderabad,2. Hyderabad,3. Nanded South Eastern Railway Garden Reach, Kolkata 1. Kharagpur,2. Adra,3. Chakradharpur,4. Ranchi,5. Shalimar South East Central Railway Bilaspur 1. Bilaspur,2. Nagpur,3. Raipur South Western Railway Hubli 1. Bangalore,2. Mysore,3. Hubli,4. RWF/YNK Western Railway Mumbai CST 1. BCT,2. Vadodara,3. Ahmedabad,4. Ratlam,5. Rajkot,6. Bhavnagar West Central Railway Jabalpur 1. Jabalpur,2. Bhopal,3. Kota Kolkata Metro Kolkata 1. Kolkata Metro South coast Railway Vishkhapatnam 1. Guntakal,2.Guntur, 3. Vijaywada,4Valteru. • ర ైలవేజోꁍ - ప్ాధాన కారాయలయం • ఉత్ూర ర ైలవే .............................. నయూఢిల్లీ • మధ్ూ ర ైలవే... మ ⠂బయి (ఛత్ాప逿 �వర灀 టెరమిన졍) • ప�ిమ ర ైలవే................. మ ⠂బయి (చరమిగే籍) • తూరుప ర ైలవే.......... కో졍 కతా (ప్శ్చిమబ ంగా졍) • ఆగననయ ర ైలవే ......... కో졍 కతా (ప్శ్చిమబ ంగా졍) • ఈశానయ ర ైలవే ......... గోరఖ్ ప్ూ쁍( ఉతుర ప్ాదేశ్) ఈశానయ స్ర్హద ద ర ైలవే - మా젿గాం-గువ్హ逿 (అస్ ం ) • దక్షిణ ర ైలవే ................... చెనెైన (త렿ళనా葍డ) • దక్షిణ మధ్య ర ైలవే ............... సికిందాాబా額 • నెైరు逿 ర ైలవే ................... హుబ్లల (కరాాటక) • వాయువ్య ర ైలవే ............. జ ైప్ూ쁍 (రాజస్ాథꁍ) • U.P) ఉతుర మధ్య ర ైలవే .......... అలహాబా額( • M.P) ప్శ్చిమ మధ్య ర ైలవే ....... జబ졍 ప్ూ쁍 ( • తూరుప మధ్య ర ైలవే ............ హాజీప్ురా( బీహా쁍) • ( khurdha road,sambalpur,rayagada) తూరుప 遀ర ర ైలవే .......... భువ్నేశే쁍( ఒడిశా) • ఆగననయ మధ్య ర ైలవే ... బ్లలాస్ ప్ూ쁍( ఛ遀ుష్ ఫు葍) • కోలకతా మెటరాꡍా젿టꁍ ర ైలవే ......... కో졍 కతా • ……………….. (Guntakal,Guntur, Vijayawada,Valteru,Vishakha) దక్షిణ కోస్ాు ర ైలవే 퐿శాఖ్ప్టనం • There are three different types of gauges of Indian Railways. Broad Gauge (1.676 m) Meter Gauge.(1 m) Narrow Gauge.(0.762 m) (Used in hills areas) Lite Narrow Gauge (0.610 m) (used in Industrail areas) Standard Gauge (Used in Metro’s)(1.500 m) • : భారత్額ేశ⠂లో గల 퐿퐿ధ్ ర ైళ్ీల • – Howra- అతయధిక సటాష్టꁍ (స్ మారు 160 సటాష్టనల ) లలో ఆగన ర ైలు Amruthsar • Village on Wheels are the special train introduced by the Indian Railways to cater to the budget tourists, especially villagers. • To spread awareness about HIV/AIDS - Red Ribbon Express( 2007 dec 1st ) • Karmabhoomi Express: కార్ికుల కోస్ం • Science express : scientific exhibition for children mounted on a train which travels across India. • Navayuga Express : It travels More states List of the Railway Production Units in India Chittaranjan Locomotive Steam locomotives & 1950 Works (CLW, electric locomotives Chittaranjan) Diesel Locomotive Works Diesel Locomotives 1964 (DLW), Varanasi Wheel Axle Plant (WAP), Wheel Axle Plant 1983 Bangalore Diesel Component Works Diesel Components & 1981 but production (DCW), Patiala Parts started in 1986 Rail Coach Factory (RCF0, Rail Coaches 1988 Kapoorthala, Punjab Integral Coach Factory Coaching Stick, AC Rail 1955 (ICF), Chennai Coaches Bharat Earth Movers Ltd., Rail coaches for Delhi 1964 Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation • Fastest Trains in India: ✓Vande Bharat Express - Train 18 , 180 km/h. (23 February 2019) ✓ Delhi-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi ✓Gatimaan Express, 160 km/h. {2016 April 5th ) ✓New Delhi - Bhopal Shatabdi Express , 150 km/h. ✓Mumbai - New Delhi Rajdhani Express & New Delhi - Kanpur Shatabdi Express , 140 km/hour. ✓ Slowest train in India- Nilgri Express (10kmph),between Chennai and Mettupalayam ✓ First electric train – Deccan Queen, 1931,connects Mumbai with Pune . ✓ First underground railway (Metro Railway) – Kolkata Metro(1984) ✓ First railway station – Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai. ✓ Longest railway platform –Gorakhpur railway station, Uttar Pradesh • Longest rail route in India: 1.Vivek Express : – from Dibrugarh (Assam) To Kanyakumari 2.Himsagar Express : passes through – 11 States(Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Kerala) • Train runs between India and Pakistan – Samjhauta Express, Thar Express • India's first private train Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express • world's highest rail bridge: Chenab Bridge • world’s first hospital train: • The Lifeline Express • Current Railway Minister: Piyush Goyal • Maitri Express: • friendly foreign relations between India and Bangladesh • Dhaka in Bangladesh to Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. • UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Indian Railway: • The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway - West Bengal ( 1999) • Chatrapati Shivaji Terminal - Maharashtra (2004) • The Nilgiri Mountain Railway - Tamil Nadu (2005) • The Kalka-Shimla Railway – Assam (2008) • Matheran Railway - Maharashtra (2010) Water Ways ( ) జల రవాణా • water transport in India may be divided into two groups: (a) Inland Water Transport or River Transport( ) అంతఃస్థ졀య జల మారాగలు (b) Sea Water Ways.( ) స్ముదా జల మారాగలు Inland Water Transport or River Transport: • National Waterways • Central Inland Water Ways: • Inland Waterways Authority of India: • Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is the statutory body in charge of the waterways in India. • regulation of Inland waterways for shipping and navigation. • 1986 • Its headquarters is located in Noida, UP. • National Inland Navigation Institute - Patna (2004) • National Waterways: • six inland waterways have been declared as National Waterways: • National Waterway-1: • Allahabad-Haldia stretch of the • Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river • (Total length-1620 km) in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal • National Waterway-2: • Sadiya(Assam)- Dhubri(Bangladesh) stretch of the Brahmaputra river • (Total length-891 km) • National Waterway-3: ➢Kollam-Kottapuram(168 km) (Kerala ) ➢Champakara (14 km) ➢Udyogmandal canals (23 km) National Waterway-4:: states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry. National Waterway-5: states of West Bengal and Odisha National Waterways 6: (121 km) • Manipur • National Waterways 6 is a proposed waterway between Lakhipur and Bhanga of the Barak River. Sea Water Ways • 1958 – Shipping Board Major Ports: ( ) ఓ葍రనవ్ులు India has 13 major Ports • Kolkata Port, • Paradip Port, • New Mangalore Port, • Cochin Port, • Jawaharlal Nehru Port, • Mumbai Port, Kandla Port, • Vishakhapatnam Port, • Chennai Port, • Tuticorin port, • Ennore Port, • Mormugao Port • Port Blair Port. western coast Mumbai Port : (Maharashtra) ✓ One of the oldest modern ports of India. ✓ Initially the location was used by Navies of Shivaji. ✓ It is natural harbour and largest natural port in India. Kandla Port: (Gujarat ) • 1955 – Kachh Sindhu shakha • Spring of Partition • Kandla port was built after partition as the Karachi port on western coast had gone to Pakistan. • It comes under the Trade Free Zone. • It is a tidal port Imports: crude oil, Machines Exports : Cotton Textiles, Cotton, Salt etc • First Export Processing Zone in India. • Jawaharlal Nehru Port : • It is also known as Nava Sheva and is the largest container port in India, handling around half of containers of all major port. • largest artificial port of India. • reduce traffic on Mumbai port. New Mangalore Port: • “Gate way of Karnataka” • Located at a site called Panambur in Karnataka. • It handles the iron ore exports from Kudremukh mines. • Cochin Port : (Kerala) • Queen of Arabian Sea • Japan • located on the Willington island on the South-West coast of India; • Mormugao Port: • Mormugao port in Goa is leading iron ore exporting port of India. • Estuary of the river Juari. East Coast: Vishakhapatnam Port: • Vizag port is located in Andhra Pradesh • It is natural harbour and protected by a hill, named ‘Dolphin Nose’. • Export of iron ore to Japan. • It is the deepest port of India Paradip Port : • Located at confluence of river Mahanadi in Bay of Bengal in Odisha. Chennai Port : (Tamilanadu) • Chennai Port is the largest port in the Bay of Bengal and second largest port of India after JNPT.
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