2. Indian Railways (reporting mark IR) is a state-owned railway company,
responsible for rail transport in India. It is owned and operated by
the Government of India through the Ministry of Railways. It is fount
largest railway network in the world comprising 119,630 kilometers
(74,330 mi) of total track and 92,081 km (57,216 mi) of running track
over a route of 66,687 km (41,437 mi) with 7,216 stations at the end of
2015-16. In 2015-16, IR carried 8.107 billion passengers annually or
more than 22 million passengers a day and 1.101 billion tons of freight
annually.
3. Indian Railways headquarters, Delhi
Native name भारतीय रेल
Bhāratīya Rail
Type Public sector
Industry Railways
Founded 16 April 1853 (164 years ago)
Headquarters New Delhi, India
Area served India
Key people •Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu(Minister of Railways, 2014–
)
Services Passenger railways
Freight services
Parcel carrier
Catering and Tourism Services
Parking lot operations
Other related services
Revenue ₹1.683 trillion (US$26 billion) (2015–16)
Net income ₹105.05 billion (US$1.6 billion)(2015–16)
Owner Government of India
Number of employees 1.331 million (March 2016)
Parent Ministry of Railways through Railway Board
Divisions 17 Railways Zones
Subsidiaries •IRCTC
•RailTel
Website www.indianrail.gov.in
indianrailways.gov.in
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7. These are air-conditioned trains linking major cities to New Delhi.
They have high priority and are one of the fastest trains in India,
travelling at a maximum speed of around 130–140 km/h. In the
Railway budget of 2014, it was proposed that the speed of Rajdhani
express, would be increased up 180km/m.
Route: New Delhi Ludhiana Pathankot Cant Kathua
Jammu Tawi.
8. The Shatabdi trains are air-conditioned, intercity trains for travel during
daytime. Unlike the Rajdhani or Duronto Expresses, all Shatabdi
expresses, it makes a round trip on same day. They have limited stops.
Indian Railway is planning to introduce Wi-Fi services, New Delhi - Kalka
Shatabdi Express being first train for trials.
Route: New Delhi Aligarh Cutaway Kanpur.
9. These are the non-stop (except for technical halts) point to point rail
services introduced for the first time in 2009. They provide first AC,
two-tier AC and three-tier AC accommodation. Some of them provide
non air-conditioned Sleeper Class accommodation.
New Delhi Faridabad Mathura Agra
10. Air-conditioned no-frills trains with seats and 3-tier Economy AC
berths. The maximum speed is 130 km/h (81 mph). Some of them have
AC Chair cars also.
AMRITSAR LUDHIANA NEW DELHI LUCKNOW
GORAKHPUR SAHARSA
11. Sampark Kranti Express trains are a series of super-fast trains operated
by the Indian Railways providing quick connectivity to the national
capital, New Delhi.
New Delhi Kanpur Allahabad Guwahati
12. Jan Shatabdi Express are more affordable variety of the Shatabdi
Express, which have both AC and non-AC classes. The maximum speed
is 110 km/h (68 mph). They have fewer stops.
New Delhi Aligarh Ctawah Kanpur
13. • These are fully air-conditioned trains linking major cities in the
country. They have high priority and are one of the fastest trains in
India, travelling at about 130 km/h (81 mph). They have limited stops.
New Delhi Jaipur Agra Mumbai
Cochin
14. AC Express trains are fully air-conditioned passenger trains linking
major cities in India. They have high priority and are among the fastest
trains in India. Though some trains travel at 130km/h at some sections,
most of them are restricted to speed of 110km/h.
New Delhi Kanpur Gorakhpur Jalpaiguri
Naharlagun
15. • These trains are designed for city transport. Indian Railway constructed
the first Kolkata Metro for the city of Kolkata. Now metro railway
services are found in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Jaipur
and Gurgaon also.
Schedule :
Operation Timing - 04.45 hrs. to 23.30 hrs.
First Train From Dwarka Sector 21 towards New Delhi: 04.45 hrs.
First Train From New Delhi towards Dwarka Sector 21: 04.45 hrs.
Last Train From Dwarka Sector 21 towards New Delhi: 23.30 hrs.
Last Train From New Delhi towards Dwarka Sector 21: 23:15 hrs.
New Delhi Greater Kailash Nehru Enclave Kalkaji Mandir
Okhla NSIC
16. The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the
structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English)
and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade. It enables trains to
move by providing a dependable surface for their wheels to roll upon.
17. In India there are 796000 centers to book railway ticket.
18. Traveler can book train ticket by online. One of the easiest way to book
train ticket by IRCTC official web portal and as we all know that as of
now we can book train ticket before four months of journey.
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22. Total number of railway stations in India is estimated to be
between 8,000 and 8,500 and fourth largest employer in the world,
employing over a million people. The total no. stations in India is
present now 68,00,000.
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25. Total Freight carried by Indian Railways: 1 Billion Tones; Half of which is Coal.
Total Number of Trains run every day: Goods 7421 | Passenger 12617.
Average distance covered by one Engine (Locomotive) a day: 559.25 km.
Local Train (Suburban) passengers carried per day: 11,126,027 (1.1 crore)
