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      • With some 39,000 miles (62,800 km) of track length, India’s rail system, entirely government-owned, is one of the most extensive in the world, while in terms of the distance traveled each year by passengers it is the world’s most heavily used system.
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  2. India - Railways, Roads, Infrastructure: With some 39,000 miles (62,800 km) of track length, India’s rail system, entirely government-owned, is one of the most extensive in the world, while in terms of the distance traveled each year by passengers it is the world’s most heavily used system.

  3. Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India that operates India's national railway system. As of 2023, it manages the fourth largest national railway system by size with a running track length of 104,647 km (65,025 mi) and route length of 68,426 km (42,518 mi) of which ...

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  4. Dec 13, 2023 · The railway system thrives on metros and monorails running within cities to meet the rapid rise of urban population. As of financial year 2023, Delhi had the longest operational metro route in...

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  6. Jun 5, 2023 · India's railway network is the fourth largest in the world, with an overall route of 42,317 miles (68,103 km). The U.S., China and Russia take the top three spots in the world for the length of...

  7. Indian Railways is the 4th largest railway network in the world by size with 123,542 kilometres of total tracks over a 67,415 Kms route. In the fiscal year ending March 2019, IR carried 8.4 billion passengers and transported 1.2 billion tonnes of freight. Indian Railways runs 13,523 passenger trains and 9,146 freight trains daily

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  8. Further reading. References. Other websites. Indian Railways ( IR) is a body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India. [1] . It operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size.

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