North Eastern Railway operates longest 'Awadh Mahashakti' freight train on August 20

Exam-focused facts from the 24 August 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

North Eastern Railway (NER) operated its longest-ever freight train 'Awadh Mahashakti' on August 20, 2026.
The 'Awadh Mahashakti' freight train comprised 129 wagons and three engines.
The train covered around 160 km from Gonda to Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh in 3 hours and 50 minutes at an average speed of 42 kmph.
The Gonda-Burhwal-Sitapur section is part of High-Density Network-4 (HDN-4), an important route connecting Delhi with Guwahati.
India's longest-ever freight train 'Rudrastra' had 354 wagons and seven engines, spanning about 4.5 km.