GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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FAMOUS PLACES IN INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
India’s first ‘Ladies Special’ Suburban train was started by which of the Indian Railway Zone?
A
Western
B
Eastern
C
Southern
D
Eastern
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mumbai: The world’s first “ladies special” suburban train today competed 25 years and the Western Railway (WR), which started the service, termed it as a “milestone” in its long journey. The WR started the maiden train exclusively for women commuters on May 5, 1992. It was first such train service in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Surekha Yadav née Surekha Shankar Yadav (born 2 September 1965) is a female locopilot (train driver) of the Indian Railways in India, . She became India’s first female train driver in 1988.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kolkata Suburban Railway is the largest suburban railway network in India, serving the suburbs of Kolkata. Now Kolkata Sub-Urban Railway has 348 stations and a track length of 1, 172 km. The suburban railway operates 1450 EMU services and 159 MEMU services carrying 3.1 million (31.51 lakhs) people daily.

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