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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.
The Indian Government is undertaking several initiatives to upgrade its aging railway infrastructure and enhance its quality of service. The Railway Ministry has announced plans to invest ₹ 5,400,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 57 trillion or US$720 billion in 2023) to upgrade the railways by 2030.
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 ...
The history of Indian Railways dates back to over 160 years ago. On 16th April 1853, the first passenger train ran between Bori Bunder (Bombay) and Thane, a distance of 34 km. It was operated...
All trains in the national system in India are operated by the government-run Indian Railways (IR). History [ edit] India's first commercial railway service began on 16th April 1853 at 3:35PM on its first run between Bori Bunder (in Mumbai, present-day Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) and Thane.
Jun 12, 2018 · Indian Railways runs more than 13,000 passenger trains daily from 7,349 stations across India. Credit: Navaneeth Kishor. Despite beginning life as a by-product of British colonial rule, India’s railways have come to define and shape the country over the course of the last century and a half.
Indian Railways, a state monopoly on India's rail transport, constitutes one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world, transporting six billion passengers a year. The railways traverse the length and breadth of the country. IR is the world's second largest commercial or utility employer, with more than 1.36 million employees.
