Today most of the people in India travel by trains. Apart from passengers, trains are also used to transport goods from one place to another. But do you know which is the longest train in India and the world and how many coaches are there in it.
The longest train in the world
Let us tell you that the Australian BHP Iron Ore is the longest train in the world. This train was run in June 2001 and its length was about 4.6 miles i.e. 7.353 km. This was the longest train ever in the history of the world. BHP has its own private rail line in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is called Mount Newman Railway. Let us tell you that this rail network has been designed for the transportation of iron ore. BHP operates another rail line in the area, called The Goldsworthy Railway.
The Australian BHP Iron Line was 7.3 km long. This was the world’s longest and heaviest goods train with a long train. This train was equipped with 682 diesel locomotives, which were pulled by eight strong General Electric AC 6000 CW diesel locomotives. This train completed the 275 km journey from Yandi Mine to Port Hedland in Western Australia in 10 hours and four minutes. However, during the climb on the way, a coupler had gone out of the train, due to which the train journey was delayed by four hours and 40 minutes. During that time, 82,000 tonnes of iron ore was loaded in this train. This train was so long that 24 Eiffel Towers could fit in it. Because the length of the Eiffel Tower is 300 meters. The weight of this train was about one lakh tonnes.
This train runs even today
Let us tell you that even today the BHP Iron Ore train runs. Is. It has 270 coaches, which are pulled by four diesel locomotive engines. This train carries about 38,000 tonnes of iron ore. Although earlier the record of the longest train was held by South Africa. A train weighing 71,600 tonnes was run there in 1991. This train ran between Saishen to Saldanha and was filled with iron ore. There were 660 wagons in it and its length was 7,200 meters. Nine electric and seven diesel locomotive engines were installed to pull it.
India’s longest train
Indian Railways has planned to launch it on 15th August in the year 2022. The day he achieved the feat of running the country’s longest and heaviest train. It was named Super Vasuki. Let us tell you that not one or two but five engines were installed to pull this 3.5 kilometer long goods train. 27,000 tonnes of coal was filled in 295 coaches of this train. It ran from Korba in Chhattisgarh to Nagpur and completed the journey of 267 kilometers in 11 hours 20 minutes. Earlier, Railways had also run trains like Anaconda and Sheshnag.
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