India Railway: India's shortest train journey, your station will arrive before you sip tea, fare for 9 minutes distance is ₹1255
Indian Railway network is the fourth longest rail network in the world. After America, China, Russia, Indian Railways comes next. Trains run from East to West, North to South. Every day 2.50 crore people travel by train.
Indian Railway shortest train journey: Indian Railway network is the fourth longest rail network in the world. After America, China, Russia, Indian Railways comes next. Trains run from East to West, North to South. Every day 2.50 crore people travel by train.
Indian Railways runs 1200 passenger express trains on the tracks. The rail route is expanding continuously. Indian Railways covers long distances as well as short distances. India's longest distance train is Vivek Express, which covers a distance of 4300 km from Dibrugarh in Assam to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu in 85 hours, but do you know about the shortest train journey?
India's shortest train journey
India's shortest journey is of just 9 minutes. For this shortest rail journey of 2.8 km distance, selected trains are run by the Railways. People pay a hefty fare for this shortest rail journey.
Shortest rail route
India's shortest rail route is Maharashtra's Nagpur to Ajni route. The distance between the two stations is just 3 km. Trains take just 8 to 9 minutes to cover this distance. About 4-5 trains run on this route. The special thing is that a large number of people cover this 3 km distance here.
Short journey, hefty fare
The distance between Nagpur and Ajni is just 2.8 km. The train covers a distance of less than 3 km in 8 to 9 minutes. But for such a short distance, you have to pay a hefty fare. If you check the fare between these two stations on IRCTC's ticket booking site, you will be stunned.
Fare for the shortest train journey is Rs 1255
If you cover this distance by auto, you will have to pay a fare of 50 to 60 rupees. But to travel on the country's shortest rail route, you will have to pay many times more fare than this.
For third AC, you will have to pay Rs 500, for second AC, Rs 750. The fare for first AC is Rs 1225. While for sleeper coach, you will have to pay Rs 145 as fare. Please note that the fare of different trains is different.