Explanation: The world's first diesel- powered locomotive was operated in the summer of 1912 on the Winterthur– Romanshorn railroad in Switzerland, but was not a commercial success. During further test runs in 1913 several problems were found.-For any Study material-
Explanation: Elphinstone Road, a station on the Western line of the Mumbai SuburbanRailway, was named after Lord Elphinstone, the Governor of Bombay from 1853 to 1860.
Explanation: Mission Satyanishtha was launched by Indian Railways. It was a daylong event at National Rail Museum, New-Delhi. It aims at sensitizing all railways employees about need to adhere to good ethics and to maintain high standards.
Explanation: The Un-Reserved Ticket through Mobile Application (UTS app) was started by the Indian Railways on 27 Dec 2014 from Mumbai Suburban area.
Explanation: Indian Railways is divided into 18 zones. Recently added South Coast Railway zones in Indian Railway (2019).
Explanation: New railway zone named as southern coast railway has been announced for Andhra Pradesh which would be headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram. It will be the 18th zone comprising Guntakal, Guntur and Vijayawada divisions and is to be built at the cost of 205 crores.
Explanation: Modi government on 21 September 2016, approved the merger of rail and the general budgets and ended the 92- year-old practice of a separate budget for the nation’s largest transporter.
Explanation: India will get its first bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad in 2022-23.
Explanation: Vande Bharat Express is a ‘Make in India’ initiative that will help create more jobs as more such train sets are manufactured for service across the Indian Railways network.
Explanation: The International union of railways is an international body of rail transport of India created on 17 October 1922. It has 194 members across 5 continents.