The Chairman of the Committee is appointed by the Speaker from amongst the members of the Committee and The Committee reviews the rate of dividend which is payable by the Railway Undertaking to the General Revenues.

Freight is one of the major sources of income for Indian Railways.

The Bhopal railway station has become the India’s first railway station to have a sanitary napkin vending machine named as ‘Happy Nari’. The machine dispenses two sanitary napkins at the cost of Rs 5 only and accepts Rs 5 coins.

The railway magazine, Rail Bandhu, will be now published in all regional languages and would be available for purchase to reserved passengers.

The 53.85km Seikan tunnel in Japan is the longest and deepest rail tunnel in the world. It passes through Tsugaru Strait connecting the Hokkaido and Honshu islands. It was built 100m below the seabed and includes a 23.3km submarine portion.

The committee chaired by Bibek Debroy had inter-alia recommended concessioning of commercial operation of train service like Rajdhani/Shatabdi to private parties.

Chairman of Railway Convention Committee is appointed by Lok Sabha speaker.

It aims to provide railway stations in India with high – speed public Wi – Fi service.

The Chenab Bridge is an Indian railway steel and concrete arch bridge under construction between Bakkal and Kauri in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir in India. When completed, the bridge will span the Chenab River at a height of 359 m (1,178 ft) above the river, making it the world’s highest rail bridge.