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Indian Railways Overview & Stats

Indian Railways is one of the largest rail networks in the world, comprising 115,000 km of track across India. It is owned and operated by the Government of India through the Ministry of Railways. In 2013-14, Indian Railways carried over 8 billion passengers annually and over 1 billion tons of freight. It has over 1.3 million employees, making it one of the largest commercial employers in the world. Indian Railways operates both long distance and suburban rail systems across broad, meter, and narrow gauges tracks.

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Indian Railways Overview & Stats

Indian Railways is one of the largest rail networks in the world, comprising 115,000 km of track across India. It is owned and operated by the Government of India through the Ministry of Railways. In 2013-14, Indian Railways carried over 8 billion passengers annually and over 1 billion tons of freight. It has over 1.3 million employees, making it one of the largest commercial employers in the world. Indian Railways operates both long distance and suburban rail systems across broad, meter, and narrow gauges tracks.

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Indian Railways

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


This article is about the organisation. For general information on railways in India, see Rail
transport in India.
Indian Railways

"Lifeline of the Nation"
Type Public sector undertaking
Industry Railways
Founded April 16, 1853 (161 years ago)
[1]

Headquarters New Delhi, India
Area served India
Key people
D. V. Sadananda Gowda
(Minister of Railways, 2014
2019)
Services
Passenger railways
Freight services
Parcel carrier
Catering and Tourism Services
Parking lot operations
Other related services
Revenue
1441.6 billion (US$24 billion)
(201314)
[2]

Profit
157.8 billion (US$2.6 billion)
(201314)
[2]

Owners Government of India (100%)
Employees 1.307 million (2013)
[3]

Parent
Ministry of Railways through
Railway Board (India)
Divisions 17 Railway Zones
Website www.indianrailways.gov.in
Indian Railways
Reporting mark IR
Locale India
Dates of operation 16 April 1853Present
Track gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
1,000 mm (3 ft 3
3

8
in)
762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
610 mm (2 ft)
Headquarters New Delhi, India
Website www.indianrailways.gov.in
Indian Railways (reporting mark IR / . ) is an Indian state-owned enterprise, owned and
operated by the Government of India through the Ministry of Railways. It is one of the
world's largest railway networks comprising 115,000 km (71,000 mi) of track over a route of
65,436 km (40,660 mi) and 7,172 stations.
[4]
In 2013-14, IR carried 8,425 million passengers
annually or more than 23 million passengers daily (roughly half of which were suburban
passengers) and 1050.18 million tons of freight in the year.
[5]
In 20132014 Indian Railways
had revenues of 1441.67 billion (US$24 billion) which consists of 375.0 billion
(US$6.2 billion) from freight and 940.0 billion (US$16 billion) from passengers tickets.
[2]

Railways were first introduced to India in 1853 from Bombay to Thane. In 1951 the systems
were nationalised as one unit, the Indian Railways, becoming one of the largest networks in
the world. IR operates both long distance and suburban rail systems on a multi-gauge
network of broad, metre and narrow gauges. It also owns locomotive and coach production
facilities at several places in India and are assigned codes identifying their gauge, kind of
power and type of operation. Its operations cover twenty nine states and seven union
territories and also provides limited international services to Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Indian Railways is the world's ninth largest commercial or utility employer, by number of
employees, with over 1.307 million employees. As for rolling stock, IR holds over 239,281
Freight Wagons, 62,924 Passenger Coaches and 9,013 Locomotives (43 steam, 5,345 diesel
and 4,568 electric locomotives).
[6]
The trains have a 5 digit numbering system and runs
12,617 passenger trains and 7421 freight trains daily.
[7]
As of 31 March 2013, 20,884 km
(12,977 mi) (31.9%) of the total 65,436 km (40,660 mi) route length was electrified.
[8]
Since
1960, almost all electrified sections on IR use 25,000 Volt AC traction through overhead
catenary delivery.
On 23 April 2014, Indian Railways introduced a mobile app system to track train schedules.
[9]

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