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Indian Railway: Indian Railways (IR) Is

Indian Railways is India's national railway system which operates the fourth largest railway network in the world. It runs over 20,000 passenger trains daily from over 7,000 stations across India. As of 2017, Indian Railways had over 277,000 freight wagons, 71,000 passenger coaches and 11,000 locomotives and employed over 1.3 million people, making it one of the largest employers in the world.

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Indian Railway: Indian Railways (IR) Is

Indian Railways is India's national railway system which operates the fourth largest railway network in the world. It runs over 20,000 passenger trains daily from over 7,000 stations across India. As of 2017, Indian Railways had over 277,000 freight wagons, 71,000 passenger coaches and 11,000 locomotives and employed over 1.3 million people, making it one of the largest employers in the world.

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INDIAN RAILWAY

Indian Railways (IR) is India's national railway system operated by


the Ministry of Railways. It manages the fourth largest railway network
in the world by size, with a route length of 67,368-kilometre (41,861 mi)
and total track length of 121,407-kilometre (75,439 mi) as of March
2017. Routes are electrified with 25 kV AC electric traction while thirty
three percent of them are double or multi-tracked.
Indian Railway (IR) runs more than 20,000 passenger trains daily, on
both long-distance and suburban routes, from 7,349 stations across
India. The trains have a five-digit numbering system. Mail or express
trains, the most common types, run at an average speed of 50.6
kilometres per hour (31.4 mph). In the freight segment, IR runs more
than 9,200 trains daily. The average speed of freight trains is around 24
kilometres per hour (15 mph).
As of March 2017, IR's rolling stock consisted of 277,987 freight wagons,
70,937 passenger coaches and 11,452 locomotives. IR
owns locomotive and coach-production facilities at several locations in
India. The world's eighth-largest employer, it had 1.308 million
employees as of March 2017.
In the year ending March 2018, IR carried 8.26 billion passengers and
transported 1.16 billion tonnes of freight. In the fiscal year 2017–18, IR
is projected to have revenue of ₹1.874 trillion (US$27 billion), consisting
of ₹1.175 trillion (US$17 billion) in freight revenue and ₹501.25
billion (US$7.3 billion) in passenger revenue, with an operating ratio of
96.0 percent.

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