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The full form of DFCCIL is Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited A Govt. of India (Ministry of Railways) Enterprise

History of Indian Railway and DFCCIL: Important Notes

Indian Railway operates the fourth largest network in the world with a span of more than 1.2 Lakh km across the country. Today, with over 14 Lakh employees, Indian Railways is the seventh largest employer in the world after the US Department of Defence, the Chinese Army, Walmart, China National Petroleum, State Grid of China and the British Health Service.

Indian Railway provides three types of services to the public which are express trains, mail express trains and passenger trains. Passenger train fares are the lowest and Mail Express fares are the highest, while express trains lie in the middle.

History of Indian Railway1832 to 1852dfccil full form

1832-1852: Industrial Railways  
Year Work Done
1832 The first proposal of Railway was done in Madras
1837

The country's first train, Red Hill Railway, ran from Red Hills

to Chintadripet bridge in Madras. The train was pulled by

a rotary steam locomotive engine which was manufactured by William Avery.

Built by Engineer Arthur Cotton, the railway was

mainly used for transporting granite stone for

road-building work in Madras.
1845 The Godavari Dam Construction Railway was constructed at

Dowleswaram in Rajahmundry. This structure was also

built by Also built by Arthur Cotton. It mainly supplied stone

for the construction of a dam over the Godavari River.
8 May 1845 The Madras Railway was amalgamated, followed by the East India Railway
1 Aug 1849 The Great Indian Peninsular Railway (GIPR) was formed by an Act of Parliament
17 Aug 1849

‘Guarantee System’ was introduced which provided free land and a

guaranteed 5% return to private British companies who

were willing to build railways in India
1851 The Solani Aqueduct Railway was built in Roorkee. It was pulled

by the Thomason steam locomotive engine. The railway transported

construction materials for an aqueduct over the Solani River.
1852 In 1852, Madras Guaranteed Railway Company was formed

History of Indian Railways: Passenger Railways and Expansion (1853 to 1924)

1853-1924: Passenger Railways and Expansion  
Year Work Done
16 April 1853

India’s first passenger train ran between Bombay's Bori Bunder station and Thane,

which was dedicated by Lord Dalhousie. The 14-carriage train was pulled by three

steam locomotive engines which were Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan.

The train traveled a total of 34 km and carried a total of 400 people.

This passenger line was built and operated by the Great

Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR).
15 Aug 1854 In Eastern India, the first passenger train ran from Howrah to

Hoogly and covered a distance of 39 km (24 miles).

The Railway line was built and managed by the East

Indian Railway Company (EIR).
May 1854 The Bombay-Thane line was further extended to Kalyan

with the Dapoorie viaduct over the Ulhas River which

was also India's first railway bridge.

In the same year, GIPR opened its

first Railway workshop in Byculla.
1855 In 855 BB & CI Railway was formed. In the same year

in August, the EIR Express and Fairy Queen

steam locomotives were launched.
1 July 1856 South India's first passenger train ran from Royapuram-Veyasarapady (Madras)

to Wallajah Road in Arcot and covered a total distance of 97 km.

The train was built and operated by the Madras Railway department.

In the same year, Madras Railway's first workshop was opened at

Perambur (near Madras) and the Bombay-Thane line was extended to Khopoli.
1858 In 1858, the Eastern Bengal Railway was formed.
24 Feb 1873 India's first tramway system which is a horse-drawn tramway was

opened in Calcutta. It was opened in between Sealdah

and Armenian Ghat Street which covered a distance of 3.8 KM.

In the following year, the Great South Indian and

Carnatic Railways combined to form the South Indian Railway Company.
9 May 1874 On 9th May 1874, a horse-drawn tramway started

its operation in Bombay between Colaba and Parel.
1880 In 1880, the Calcutta Tramway Company was formed.
1897 In 1897, many passenger railway companies

introduced lighting in passenger coaches
1902 The Jodhpur Railway Department was the first one

to introduce electric lighting as standard fixtures.
1920 Electric signal lighting was introduced between Currey Road and Dadar in Bombay.

History of Indian Railways: Electrification and further expansion (1925 to 1950)

1925-1950: Electrification and further expansion  
Year Work Done
1925 In 1925, the first railway budget was presented in India.
3 Feb 1925 On 3rd February 1925, the first electric passenger train

in India ran between Victoria Terminus (VT) and Kurla on

1,500 V DC overhead traction. The locomotives for this train

were manufactured by Cammell Laird and Uerdingen Wagon Fabrik.

The VT-Bandra section was electrified through the

elevated platform at Sandhurst Road, the Oudh and Rohil

khund Railway was merged with the EIR.
1926 The Kurla-Kalyan section was electrified with 1,500 V DC.

Also, electrification to Poona and Igatpuri with 1,500 V DC

over the Bhore and Thal Ghats was also completed.

In the same year, the Charbagh Railway Station/

Lucknow Railway Station was built.
Jan 1928 The Bandra-Virar section was electrified with 1,500 V DC.
1928 The Frontier Mail made its maiden run from Bombay VT to Peshawar.

In the same year, the country's first automatic color-light

signals became operational, on GIPR's lines between

Bombay VT and Byculla.
1928 The Kanpur Central and Lucknow stations were opened.

In the same year, the Grand Trunk Express started running between

Peshawar and Mangalore. Also, the Punjab Limited Express began moving between

Mumbai and Lahore, and automatic color-light signaling

was extended to the Byculla-Kurla section.
1 June 1930 The Deccan Queen commenced its service, it was hauled by a WCP-1-No.

20024 (old number EA/1 4006). The route was electrified and the train

had seven coaches. The train traveled from Bombay VT to Poona (Pune).

 

In the same year, the Hyderabad Godavari Valley Railway was merged into

Nizam's State Railway and the route of the Grand Trunk

Express was changed to Delhi-Madras.

Zonal re-organization and further developments (1951 to 1983)

1951-1983: Zonal re-organization and further developments  
Year Work Done
1951 In 1951, the railway was re-organized into regional zones
14 April 1951 The Southern Railway zone was created.
14 April 1952 On 14th April 1952, Northern, Eastern, and

North Eastern Railway zones were created
5 Nov 1951 The Central and Western Railway zones were created.

In the same year, the government of West Bengal also entered

into an agreement with the Calcutta Tramways Company

to take over its administrative functions and operations.
1952 In 1952, lights fans and were mandated for all

compartments in all classes of passenger accommodations,

and sleeping accommodations were launched in coaches.
1 Aug 1955 The South-Eastern zone was separated from the Eastern Railway zone.
1956 A divisional system of administration was established for the zones.

In the same year, the first fully air-conditioned

train was introduced in between Delhi and Howrah
1957 Indian Railways decided to adopt 25 kV AC electrification,

choosing SNCF as a technical consultant.

In the same year, the Main Line Electrification Project was

established which later became the Railway Electrification Project.
1958 The Northeast Frontier Railway zone was

separated from the North-Eastern zone.
1959 The first section was electrified from Raj

Kharswan to Dongoposi with 25kV AC traction.
1960 The first train ran on the Raj

Kharswan-Dongoposi section using 25 kV AC traction
1966

The first freight service with containers

started between Bombay and Ahmedabad.

The electrification (with 25 kV AC) of several

suburban tracks over Delhi, Madras, and Calcutta was done.
1979 The Main Line Electrification Project was converted

into the Central Organization for Railway Electrification (CORE)

.

Rapid Transit and Later Developments (1984 to Present)

1984- Present: Rapid Transit and Later Developments  
Year Work Done
24 Oct 1984 Calcutta Metro was the country's first rapid-transit line.

India's first metro train ran from Esplanade to

Bhowanipur (presently known as Netaji Bhawan station) in Calcutta.
1986 In 1986, computerized ticketing and

reservations were introduced in New Delhi.
1988 India's fastest train, the Shatabdi Express,

was introduced between New Delhi and Jhansi.
1990 In 1990, the first self-printing ticket

machine (SPTM) was introduced in New Delhi.
1993 Separate three-tier air-conditioned

coaches and a sleeper class was introduced
16 Jan 1995 On 16th January 1995, the first regularly scheduled

service with 2 x 25 kV traction commenced on the Bina-Katni line.
Sep 1996 The CONCERT system of computerized

reservations further commenced in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Chennai.
1998 Coupon-Validating Machines (CVMs)

were launched at Mumbai CST.
18 April 1999 The CONCERT system became operational at the national level.

In the same year, the South East Central Railway zone was

formed and credit cards were accepted for

tickets and reservations at some stations.
Feb 2000 The website of Indian Railways went online.
6 July 2002 The East Coast, South Western, South East

Central, North Central and West Central

Railway zones were formed.
3 Aug 2002 Indian Railways (IR) started online

ticketing and reservations.
1 Dec 2002 Internet ticketing expanded

to many cities of India
5 Feb 2012 The Western Railway zone (WR) completely

switched to 25 kV AC traction and ended its use of 1,500 V DC.
26 Sep 2013 The Tatkal (Emergency) system of ticketing

was extended to all trains available in India
5 April 2016 India's fastest train, Gatimaan Express

made its maiden journey from Delhi to Agra
11 April 2016 On 11th April 2016, the Central Railway zone (CR) completely

switched to 25 kV AC traction and ended its use of

DC traction in the Mumbai area country's main-line rail network.
2016 2016 India’s fastest train Gatimaan Express

was introduced for passengers
31 March 2017 2016 Indian Railway declared that India's

entire rail network would be electrified by 2022.

DFCCIL Important Notes

DFCCIL stands for Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited. DFCCIL was established on 30 October 2006 and comes under the Ministry of Railways

According to records, freight accounts for around 60 to 70 percent of revenue in the total profit percentage of Indian Railways, and from 1950 to 2011, freight has declined from 83 percent to 35 percent, resulting in a huge loss of revenue.

Therefore, DFCCIL was created with the idea of dedicating a high-speed, high-capacity freight line along the Golden Quadrilateral (Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Howrah) and its diagonal (Delhi-Chennai and Mumbai-Howrah)

DFCCIL is primarily responsible for the construction, mobilization of financial resources, maintenance, and operation of the freight corridor

DFCCIL Board of Directors

Name Designation in DFCCIL
Hari Mohan Gupta Director of Infrastructure and Project Planning in DFCCIL
Nanduri Srinivas Director of Operations & Business Development in DFCCIL
Hira Ballabh Director of Finance in DFCCIL
Ravindra Kumar Jain Managing Director in DFCCIL

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