Railways in INDIA

The Railways in India provide the principal mode of transportation for freight and passengers. 

The Indian Railways have been a great integrating force for so many years now. From a very modest

beginning in 1853, when the first train steamed off from Mumbai to Thane, a distance of 34 km, Indian

Railways have grown into a vast network of 7,337 stations spread over a route length of 68,103 km

with a fleet of 12,734 locomotives, 71,733 passenger service vehicles, 8,102 other coaching vehicles

and 3,02,624 wagons. It has played a vital role in the economic industrial and social development of

the country. The network runs multi-gauge operations extending over 68,103 route kilometre.