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Connecting
railways/railroads across India
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RAILDWAR
The Indian Railways Portal |
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Indian Railways Sites - Official |
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Official sites from Ministry of Railways,
attached offices, zonal/metro railways, production units, organisations,
training institutions, divisions, departments, workshops, locomotive
sheds, public sector undertakings under Ministry of Railways, heritage
sites, sites related to trains/tourism and sites set up by organised
services in Indian Railways. |
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Indian Railways Sites -
Unofficial |
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Associations and Groups |
Cards, Cliparts, Drawings and Stamps |
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Read about Indian Railways Fan Club Association (IRFCA), a group of more
than 300 enthusiasts from several countries around the world. All these
enthusiasts have one thing in common - their passion for Indian
Railways. |
Enjoy the animated greeting cards, beautiful cliparts, skillful line
drawings and images of stamps on Indian Railways trains and locomotives. |
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Heritage Routes and Sites |
Model Trains and Monorails |
- In November 1999, UNESCO declared Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR)
as a world heritage site. Browse a plethora of interesting sites on DHR.
- National Rail Museum has inspired quite a few IR and heritage
enthusiasts to construct their own sites. Similarly, there is a site on
Mysore Railway Museum. |
- A website on B.S.Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railways in Pune, India.
- Practical guidance to potential modellers on what to model and
techniques on modelling.
- Fascinating information on possibly the world's most obscure railway -
Patiala State Monorail Tramway. |
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Of Trains, Travel, Maps and Timetables |
On Rolling Stock and Signalling |
- Read about the interesting experiences of travellers on Indian trains.
Experience the great journey on the Royal Orient Express. Find
information about tourist trains in India.
- Go on journeys to various parts of India with Indian Railways
enthusiasts.
- Footplate on a WAP4 with Anand Krishnan.
- Get train schedules from an interactive Train Schedule Guide. Find
out the timings and distances on the Calcutta Metro from the Subway
Navigator. |
- Relive the romance of the steam age.
- Go diesel-hopping and meet IR's latest workhorses, the huge GTMac WDG4
and the WDP2.
- With DC traction gradually disappearing from IR, the wonderful DC
machines have been preserved for posterity in a photographic tribute.
- Read a description of the new lightweight high-speed imported FIAT
coaches.
- See images of EMUs carrying a city to work.
- Get an interesting insight into Railway Signalling in India. |
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Technical and Safety |
Pot-Pourri |
- Read about the Advanced Railway Ticketing System(ARTS) and
IMPRESS(Passenger Reservation System).
- Danger Ahead, the premier source on the web for information about rail
safety and accidents, discusses safety on IR. |
- Go through a rich collection of images bringing out the various hues
and colours of IR.
- Read about the rail developments in Eastern India. Look up an amazing
resource base on Konkan Railway. Peruse the history of BB&CI Railways,
the forerunner of WR.
- A little of everything - these sites contain all the information you
would ever want on drawings, maps, pictures, timetables, farelists,
tourist info and much more.
- Scan the material collected over the years from newspapers, magazines
and other sources. |
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Other Official
Railway/Railroad Sites |
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- General continental sites and official
sites of the major railways of the continent, classified country-wise. |
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Other Interesting
Railway/Railroad Sites |
- Sites of international associations and
groups, including UIC.
- General international sites including sites for online publications
like Railway Age Magazine and Railway Gazette International.
- Technical sites dealing with Railway Technology, including high speed
trains.
- Danger Ahead, the premier source on the web for information on rail
safety and accidents. |
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Other Transport Sites |
- World Bank site on Transport, containing
a range of useful articles on experiences of various railways,
particularly in the developing countries.
- A range of sites pertaining to institutions doing research and
training in transportation. |
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Do your good deed
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The Hunger Site
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The Rainforest Site
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The Blood Bank
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To visit other sites that make
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This Indian
Railways Portal has been designed and developed by Alok Bhatnagar, Executive
Director Finance (Commercial & Resource Mobilisation), Railway Board, New Delhi.
Copyright reserved. Site last updated on 11th June 2006.
Disclaimer
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