Largest Biggest
Quick Revision: Largest & Biggest in Indian Railways & General
🔝 Top 5 “LARGEST” Must-Knows
- Largest Rail Network (by route km) → USA (India 4th)
- Largest Rail Network (by passenger km) → India → 1st in World
- Longest Platform → Hubballi (Hubli) PF-1, Karnataka → 1,507 m
- Largest Rail Wheel Factory → Bengaluru (Yelahanka)
- Largest Coach Factory → Integral Coach Factory, Chennai
🚂 Indian Railways – Biggest & First
| Item | Place/Record | Memory Trick |
|---|---|---|
| Longest Tunnel | Pir Panjal (J&K) 11.2 km | “PP” = “Pir Panjal” |
| Longest Bridge | Vembanad Rail Bridge (Kerala) 4.62 km | “V” for Very-long |
| Highest Station | Ghum (W.B.) 2,258 m | “Ghum” = “Ghumao” height pe |
| Biggest Marshalling Yard | Mughalsarai (now Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya) | “M” for “Mega” |
| Longest Freight Train Trial | DDU–Gujarat 3.2 km (2019) | “3-km goods” |
🌍 World Rail Records
| Record | Country/Detail | Mnemonic |
|---|---|---|
| Fastest Commercial Train | China CRH380 380 km/h | “380” printed on name |
| Largest Metro Network (km) | Shanghai Metro | “Shanghai = S for Super-long” |
| Longest Straight Track | Australia (Nullarbor) 478 km | “Null-Arbor = No curve” |
| Highest Railway | Qinghai–Tibet (China) 5,072 m | “QT = Quite Tall” |
🧠10-Second Tricks
- “Indian Passenger = World 1st” → India tops only in passenger-km.
- “Hubballi = HP” → Highest Platform starts with H.
- “USA-Route, India-People” → USA leads in route length, India in people carried.
📊 Comparison Table – Longest Trains (India)
| Train | Distance (km) | Time (h) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vivek Express (Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari) | 4,218 | 80 | Longest run |
| Himsagar Express | 3,791 | 72 | 2nd longest |
| Ten–Jammu Express | 3,631 | 68 | 3rd longest |
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