Indian Railways creates history as it covered 1,634 kilometres in less than 50 hours
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17th Apr, 2020
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- Indian Railways has created history as its 88 coach freight train Annapurna carrying foodgrains covered 1,634 kilometres in less than 50 hours.
- Eighty eight coach Annapurna Freight Train travelled from Dhandharikalan in Punjab to New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal in 49 hours 50 minutes.
- The distance of 1,634 kilometres used to take 96 to 100 hours. The freight train has promptly transported food to ten needy states.
- This is for the first time Railways has transported foodgrains in such a large scale. It is 137 per cent more than last year.
