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SSC CGL Study Materials - Transport and Communication






Friends, here is the 10th lesson of our SSC CGL Geography
study
materials series. In this lesson we shall discuss about the Transport and Communication systems of India. Happy Reading :)
  • Types of Transport :
    • Railways 
    • Roadways
    • Airways
    • Waterways
  • Means of Communication : Radio, Post, Telegraph, Wireless, Telephone, Email, Fax and Internet
  • The largest public sector undertaking : Indian Railways
  • First Railway Line in India : 1853 A.D, 34 kms, between Mumbai and Thane
  • The state which has the largest rail route : Uttar Pradesh
  • The state which has the highest road length : Maharashtra
  • No semblance of Rail network : Meghalaya and Sikkim
  • Number of Railway Zones in India : 17
  • Operational Difficulties our Indian Railways are Facing : Electrification and Track Conversion
  • Cheap Mode of Transport : Roadways
  • The longest national high-way : 7 (2325 km. distance, Covers Varanasi to Kanyakumari)
  • BRDB (1960) : Border Roads Development Board
  • AAI (it was IAAI) : Airports Authority of India
  • Domestic Air Services are run by : Indian Airlines Ltd
  • International Air Services are run by : Indian Airlines Ltd
  • Principle Navigable Waterway : Buckingham Canal (Vijayawada to Chennai)
  • The largest network of post-offices in the World : India
  • World's Longest High Elevation Road : Manali (Himachal Pradesh) to Leh (J&K), Altitude - 4270 Metres
Channels :
    • Metro Channel : Linking Six Metros
    • Rajadhani Channel : Linking All State Capitals
    • Business Channel : PIN-coded business
    • Green Channel : Local mail
    • Satellite Channel : Moneyorder Transmission
Gauge :
    • Broad Gauge : 1.69 mts
    • Metre Gauge : 1 mt
    • Narrow Gauge : 0.77 mt 

Indian Railway Zones - Headquarters

  • Northern Railway - Delhi
  • North Eastern Railway - Gorakhpur
  • Northeast Frontier Railway - Maligaon (Guwahati)
  • Eastern Railway - Kolkata
  • South Eastern Railway - Kolkata
  • South Central Railway - Secunderabad
  • Southern Railway - Chennai
  • Central Railway - Mumbai
  • Western Railway - Mumbai
  • South Western Railway - Hubli
  • North Western Railway - Jaipur
  • West Central Railway - Jabalpur
  • North Central Railway - Allahabad
  • South East Central Railway - Bilaspur
  • East Coast Railway - Bhubaneswar
  • East Central Railway - Hajipur
  • Kolkata Metro - Kolkata

Synopsis : Transport and Communication :

  • Road Ways : 
    • National Highways (Central Government)
    • State Highways (State Govt)
    • District Roads (Zilla Parishads)
    • Villiage Roads (Mandal and Villiage Panchayats)
  • Airways :
    • Air India
    • Indian Airlines
  • Railways :
    • Broad Gauge : 1.69 mt
    • Metre Gauge : 1.0 mt
    • Narrow Gauge : 0.77 mt
  • Water Ways :
    • Inland Waterways
    • Oceanic Transport

Read previous lessons of SSC CGL Geography from below

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