Know the differences among terminus, central and junction
Monday - August 20, 2018 12:04 pm ,
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Bhopal railway station is junction, whereas Chhatrapati Shivaji station of Mumbai is terminus
AUG 20 (WTN) - The Indian Railways network is huge. Indian rail network is among the world's five largest rail networks. After the US, Russia and China, India's rail network is the largest. When you travel by rail, you must have seen the terminus, central and junction behind the stations. But do you know what all these means? If you do not know, then we describe you what are the difference between them.
Terminus - This is the station where there is no way ahead for any train. That is to say that the track ends here. From this station the train can only go in one direction. That is where the train came from, the same way back to the train. At this time there are 27 terminus categories of railway stations in India. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus are the largest terminus stations in the country.
Central - Central is imposed after the railway station, which is the most important station in the city. It can be said that the station which is also the oldest station in that city. Although, it is not necessary to be old. It can also be said that central station of any city is the busiest station. The movement of trains at the central station is more than the rest of the stations.
]It is not necessary that if there are more than one station in a city then there should be any central station.There are several railway stations in Delhi, but there is no central station there. There are five stations in India which are called central. Mumbai Central, Chennai Central, Trivandrum Central, Mangalore Central and Kanpur Central.
Junction - Junction is called the station where there are at least three rail routes to reach the station. That is, the station where more than three tracks come is called junction. According to the information, there are more than 300 junctions in India at this time. The junction with the highest route is of Mathura. Seven routes originate from Mathura Junction. There are six routes from Salem Junction and five from Vijaywada junction.
AUG 20 (WTN) - The Indian Railways network is huge. Indian rail network is among the world's five largest rail networks. After the US, Russia and China, India's rail network is the largest. When you travel by rail, you must have seen the terminus, central and junction behind the stations. But do you know what all these means? If you do not know, then we describe you what are the difference between them.
Terminus - This is the station where there is no way ahead for any train. That is to say that the track ends here. From this station the train can only go in one direction. That is where the train came from, the same way back to the train. At this time there are 27 terminus categories of railway stations in India. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus are the largest terminus stations in the country.
Central - Central is imposed after the railway station, which is the most important station in the city. It can be said that the station which is also the oldest station in that city. Although, it is not necessary to be old. It can also be said that central station of any city is the busiest station. The movement of trains at the central station is more than the rest of the stations.
]It is not necessary that if there are more than one station in a city then there should be any central station.There are several railway stations in Delhi, but there is no central station there. There are five stations in India which are called central. Mumbai Central, Chennai Central, Trivandrum Central, Mangalore Central and Kanpur Central.
Junction - Junction is called the station where there are at least three rail routes to reach the station. That is, the station where more than three tracks come is called junction. According to the information, there are more than 300 junctions in India at this time. The junction with the highest route is of Mathura. Seven routes originate from Mathura Junction. There are six routes from Salem Junction and five from Vijaywada junction.
