Latest News

  • Home
  • National
  • Indian Railways reaches another milestone, operates 'SheshNaag' - the longest train ever
Indian Railways reaches another milestone, operates 'SheshNaag' - the longest train ever
Saturday, March 7, 2020 IST
Indian Railways reaches another milestone, operates

The Indian Railways on Thursday broke another recordby operating  'SheshNaag', a 2.8 Km long train amalgamating 4 empty BOXN rakes, powered by 4 sets of electric locomotives. 

 
 

NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways on Thursday (July 2, 2020) broke another record by operating 'SheshNaag', a 2.8 km-long train amalgamating four empty BOXN rakes, powered by four sets of electric locomotives. 
 
It may be noted that 'SheshNaag' is the longest train ever to be operated by the Indian Railways. The formation was made by joining four empty BOXN rakes and is powered by four sets of electric locomotives. It has nine engines and four guards van.
 
The 251-wagon long-haul goods train named ‘SheshNaag’ was operated by the South East Central Railway (SECR), Nagpur Division of the Indian Railways. 
 
The Ministry of Railways took to Twitter on July 2 to share a video clip of the "longest train ever to run on Indian Railways".
 
Two days ago, on June 30, the Railway Ministry had run a 177-coach freight train named ‘Super Anaconda’.
 
Importantly, the Indian Railways reached this feat on a day when it achieved 100 percent punctuality for the first time ever.
 
The Indian Railways said in a release that on Thursday (July 2, 2020), it achieved 100 percent punctuality of trains for the first time in history as 201 trains that that run on this day reached the destination on time. 
 
Prior to this India Railways has achieved 99.54 percent punctuality of trains on June 23 with the delay of only one train making it the second-best rate after today.

 
 

The Indian Railway Ministry said, ''First time ever in the history of Indian Railways, 100% punctuality of trains achieved with all trains on time. Previous best was 99.54% on 23.06.2020 with one train getting delayed.''
 
Expressing his happiness on the milestone achieved by the Indian Railways, Union Minister Piyush Goyal Tweeted, ''Trains in the Fast Lane: Enhancing services to unprecedented levels, Indian Railways made history on 1st July 2020 by achieving 100% punctuality rate.''
 
It is to be noted that during the ongoing lockdown, Indian Railways is running only special trains with a restricted capacity to ferry passengers stranded or those travelling out of necessity. These are specific routes across the country devised to help movement in the current situation.
 

 
 
 
 
 

Related Topics

 
 
 

Trending News & Articles

 Article
Here is the full list of 827 porn websites banned by the DoT

While the Uttarakhand High Court has asked to block 857 websites, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) found 30 portals without any pornographic content. ...

Recently posted . 61K views . 1 min read
 

 Article
Class XII Boys Raped 16-Year-old in Dehradun School After Watching Porn on Phone: Police

The four boys as well as five school officials, including the director and principal, were arrested after the incident. The minors were presented before the Juvenil...

Recently posted . 8K views . 1 min read
 

 Article
Sept 27,2001 Rahul Gandhi and his girl friend Veronique,was arrested in Logan airport in Boston

Rahul was having an Italian passport and was carrying suitcase full of dollars. Some say it was about was it $2 million. Rahul and his girl friend was th...

Recently posted . 7K views . 7 min read
 

 Article
TOP 10 GYM EQUIPMENT BRANDS IN INDIA 2017

True – Tr...

Recently posted . 6K views . 83 min read
 

 
 

More in National

 Article
Supreme Court Reserves Order On Sreesanth's Plea Against Lifetime Ban By BCCI

The court has given both Sreesanth and the BCCI to file their written submissions in two weeks.  

Recently posted. 582 views . 0 min read
 

 Article
One Of PM Modi's Brothers Is Grocer, Another Drives Auto, Says Biplab Deb

Biplab Deb's past gems include a claim that ancient Indians had access to the internet and artificial satellites in the age of the Mahabharata.

Recently posted. 585 views . 1 min read
 

 Article
Tamil Nadu Man Invites PM Modi to Daughter's Wedding, He Responds With a Letter

They said even though they knew to it would be difficult for the prime minister to take time out of his busy schedule for the ceremony, his letter had come as a hug...

Recently posted. 494 views . 1 min read
 

 Article
Government orders cadre review, restructuring of Income Tax department; committee formed

HIGHLIGHTS   *CBDT, that frames policy for the Income Tax department, ordered creation of a 1...

Recently posted. 605 views . 2 min read
 

 Article
Framed in Isro case, he died without hearing SC verdict

BENGALURU: The TV screen in K Chandrasekhar’s Hebbal hospital room bore in bright, bold letters news he’d been waiting to hear for tw...

Recently posted. 518 views . 3 min read
 

 
 
 

   Prashnavali

  Thought of the Day

"If you're going through hell, keep going."
Anonymous

Be the first one to comment on this story

Close
Post Comment
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST


ads
Back To Top