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India is striving to become the largest green railway network globally while being the 4th largest railway system and the 4th largest rail freight carrier. The Indian Railways has electrified 61,813 km of its broad-gauge network and aims for 100% electrification, with significant investments and projects underway, including the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail. The railway sector is expected to contribute 1.5% to India's GDP and has received a record capital outlay of $29 billion in the Union Budget 2023.

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India is striving to become the largest green railway network globally while being the 4th largest railway system and the 4th largest rail freight carrier. The Indian Railways has electrified 61,813 km of its broad-gauge network and aims for 100% electrification, with significant investments and projects underway, including the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail. The railway sector is expected to contribute 1.5% to India's GDP and has received a record capital outlay of $29 billion in the Union Budget 2023.

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India aims to become Largest green railway network in the world.

4th largest rail freight carrier in the world.

Single largest employer in India and 8th largest in the world.

India has the 4th largest railway system in the world, behind only US, Russia and
China.

The Indian Railways consists of a total track length of 126,366 km with 7,335
stations. 5100 km of track length was achieved during 2023-24. Average daily track
laying becomes 14 km per day. The railways operate 13,523 passenger trains and
9,146 freight trains daily.

Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail bullet train project sanctioned at a total cost of


$14.27 Bn.

As of Feb 2024, 61,813 km length of Broad-Gauge network has been electrified. With
this, Indian Railways is rapidly progressing towards its target of 100%
electrification and becoming the largest green railway network in the world. Indian
Railways (IR) is rapidly progressing.

38,650 Km length of railway electrification has been achieved since 2014 till Oct,
2023.

Kavach has so far been deployed on 1465 Route km (Rkm) and 139 locomotives
(including Electric Multiple Unit rakes) on South Central Railway in Telangana (684
Rkm), Andhra Pradesh (66 Rkm), Karnataka (117 Rkm) & Maharashtra (598 Rkm) States.

400 new generation Vande Bharat Trains to be manufactured during the next three
years.

100% FDI allowed in railway infrastructure under the automatic route.

The railway sector in India aims to contribute about 1.5% to the country’s GDP by
building infrastructure to support 45% of the modal freight share of the economy.

Railways have earned INR 14,798.11 Cr in Jun 2024 against INR 13,316.81 Cr over the
last year from Freight loading.

As on 31st January, 2024, 82 Vande Bharat train services are operating across the
Indian Railways.

Under the Union Budget 2023, Indian Railways has been allocated a highest ever
capital outlay of $29 Bn.

100 PM Gati Shakti Cargo terminals for multimodal logistics to be developed during
the next three years.

Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL) and the Amber Group have formed a strategic
alliance to enter into train components and subsystems business in India and Italy.

RVNL, RAILTEL, IRCON, IRCTC IRFC

Railway is going to play a big role in IMEC project ( india middle east europe
corridor )

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