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Indian Railway (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 ...
Network. The urban rail transit in India consists of systems such as rapid transit (Metro), suburban rail (operated by Indian railways ), light rail (Metrolite), tram, regional rail and monorail. As of 2023, India has the fourth longest length of metro lines with 895 kilometres (556 miles ). [205]
The North Western Railway (abbreviated NWR) is one of 19 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Jaipur, Rajasthan and has 59,075+ employees, 658+ stations and a route length of more than 5,761 kilometres (3,580 mi) across the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana.
Northern Railways is one of nine old zones of Indian Railways and also the biggest in terms of network having 6807 kilometre route. It covers the states of Punjab , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh and the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir , Delhi and Chandigarh .
This is a list of railway stations in India. The railway operations are managed by Indian Railways (IR) in the country.
India currently does not have any high-speed rail lines operational, but has several lines planned, one of which is currently under construction. The following article lists all the lines in various stages of completion. For conventional lines in India, see List of railway lines in India. Map showing proposed high speed corridors
The East Central Railway (abbreviated ECR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Hajipur and comprises Sonpur , Samastipur , Danapur , Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya , and Dhanbad divisions.
Howrah–New Delhi main line. The Howrah–New Delhi main line is a railway line connecting Delhi and Kolkata cutting across northern India. The 1,531 km (951 mi) railway line was opened to traffic in 1866 with the introduction of the "1 Down/2 Up Mail" train.
Cross-border railway lines in India. Indian Railways jointly operates passenger and freight services with its neighboring countries. Railway line construction, maintenance, border check point management is also carried out with partner railway agencies and other government agencies.
Indian Railways operates India's railway system and comes under the purview of the Ministry of Railways of Government of India. As of 2023, it maintains over 108,706 km (67,547 mi) of tracks and operates over 13,000 trains daily with a fleet of 14,800 locomotives.