Indian Railways owned and operated by the Government of India, through a separate department Ministry of Railways. It is one of busiest and also the world's largest railway networks comprising 115,000 km of track over a route of 65,436 km and 7,172 stations. In 2014-15, indian railways carried 8.397 billion passengers annually or more than 23 million passengers a day and 1050.18 million tons of goods and freight in the year.In 2014–2015 Indian Railways had revenues of approx. ₹1634.50 billion which consists of ₹1069.27 billion from freight and ₹402.80 billion from passengers tickets.
In India Railways were first introduced to in the year 1853 from Mumbai to Thane by British government. After independence in 1951 the systems were nationalised as one unit, the Indian Railways, becoming one of the largest networks in the world. Indian Railways operates both long distance and suburban rail systems on a multi-gauge network of broad, metre and narrow gauges.
Indian Railways isnot only worlds largest network but also the world's seventh largest commercial or utility employer, by number of employees, with over 1.307 million employees.
In India Railways were first introduced to in the year 1853 from Mumbai to Thane by British government. After independence in 1951 the systems were nationalised as one unit, the Indian Railways, becoming one of the largest networks in the world. Indian Railways operates both long distance and suburban rail systems on a multi-gauge network of broad, metre and narrow gauges.
Indian Railways isnot only worlds largest network but also the world's seventh largest commercial or utility employer, by number of employees, with over 1.307 million employees.
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