Indian railways are referred to as the country’s lifeline Thousands of people visit here daily via railway. When one is on the journey with a train, then each person travels along with the ticket. However, today, we are going to discuss the story of one such train, through which one can travel without the ticket. Obviously, in this train not even TT arrives.
Indian Railways
Indian Railways is the fourth largest railway network in the world. Every day, millions of passengers travel by train. The railways operate around 13,000 trains. But in order to travel by different classes of railways, each passenger needs to buy a ticket. You travel in railway trains with various class options such as General, Sleeper, AC (3rd, 2nd, and 1st) depending upon your comfort and pocket.
Tickets are not available on this train.
Here we will tell you that there is a place in India where people can travel for free. You will be surprised to know that people have been traveling here for free for about 75 years. However, this train runs only on a specific route.
Here you can travel by train for free
If you like to travel for free by train, then there is Bhakra and Nangal route on the border of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and it is also managed by Bhakra Bass Management Board. So, this is named as Bhakra-Nangal. It is also Bhakra-Nangal Dam known as the tallest straight gravity dam in the whole world. Actually, people, even from various distant places around the globe visit just to take a glance. This train has covered a distance of 13 kilometers through the Sutlej River and the Shivalik Hills. Any kind of fare is charged from the passengers traveling in this train.
Hundreds of people travel daily
Around 800 people travel on this train every day.However, in 2011, the Bhakra Bus Management Board (BBMB) decided to stop this free service due to financial losses. But later on, it was decided that this train must not be looked upon as an income source but as heritage and culture. It is to be noted here that construction of Bhakra-Nagal Dam was started in 1948 with much of support from Railways. It was then being used to undertake workman and machines. Since then, when the dam was formally inaugurated in 1963, hundreds of tourists have been enjoying the journey of this train every day.
