Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (officially Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus since 2017, formerly Victoria Terminus (VT), Bombay station code: CSMT (mainline)/ST (suburban)), is a historic railway terminus and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Façade of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
A photo of Victoria Terminus from 1910. Note the seated statue in the canopy under the clock
Memorial of 2008 Mumbai Attacks victims killed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India that operates India's national railway system. As of 2023, it manages the fourth largest national railway system by size with a running track length of 104,647 km (65,025 mi) and route length of 68,426 km (42,518 mi) of which 60,451 km (37,563 mi) is electrified. With more than 1.2 million employees, it is the world's ninth-largest employer and India's second largest employer.
Rail Bhawan, the headquarters of Indian Railways
The railway viaduct near Thane in 1855
A typical red-colored ICF coach used by the Indian Railways till the late 1990s
Introduced in 2019, Vande Bharat Express operating on a train-set built by ICF, is the fastest train in India