Correct Answer - Option 3 : B
The correct answer is South Western Railway.
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South Western Railways Zone has introduced biodiesel for trains, operating under its zone.
- South Western Railways Zone is headquarters in Hubli, Karnataka.
- First train Hubballi-Bengaluru Janshatabdi Express powered by 5% biodiesel blended with High-Speed Diesel was flagged off from Hubli.
- Indian Railways initially attempted blending of High-Speed Diesel (HSD) with Bio-Diesel extracted from the Jatropha plant. Jatropha oil had been used in India as biodiesel in remote rural and forest communities; Jatropha oil can be used directly after extraction i.e. without refining in diesel generators and engines.
- Indian Railways have also set up an Indian Railways Organization for Alternate Fuels (IROAF) to promote Bio-Diesels and other environmentally benign alternate fuels.
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Bio-Diesel is a type of fuel that provides energy for cleaner alternatives as sustainable fuel for diesel locomotives and reduces dependency on fossil fuel especially diesel.
- The management and governance of the Indian Railway are in the hands of the Railway Board.
- The Indian Railway network is divided into 18 zones.
Zone |
Headquarter |
Central Railway |
Mumbai |
Eastern Railway |
Kolkata |
Western Railway |
Mumbai |
Northern Railway |
Delhi |
Southern Railway |
Chennai Central |
North Central Railway |
Prayagraj |
North Eastern Railway |
Gorakhpur |
Northeast Frontier Railway |
Guwahati |
North Western Railway |
Jaipur |
South Central Railway |
Secunderabad |
South Coast Railway |
Visakhapatnam |
South Eastern Railway |
Kolkata |
South East Central Railway |
Bilaspur |
South Western Railway |
Hubballi |
West Central Railway |
Jabalpur |
Kolkata Metro Railway |
Kolkata |
East Central Railway |
Hajipur |
East Coast Railway |
Bhubaneswar |
- The Konkan Railway is operated by the Konkan Railway Corporation- is a Union Government Company. Its headquarters is in Navi Mumbai.
- "Train-18" also known as Vande Bharat Express is India's first indigenously designed higher-speed rail intercity electric multiple units made under the Indian government's Make in India initiative.
- The first rail in India was started on 16 April 1853, from Bombay to Thane.