List of railway stations in India

Indian Railways (IR) is India's national railway system operated by the Ministry of Railways. It manages the fourth largest railway network in the world by size, with a route length of 67,368-kilometre (41,861 mi) and total track length of 121,407-kilometre (75,439 mi) as of March 2017. Routes are electrified with 25 kV AC electric traction while 33% of them are double or multi-tracked.[3][5]

Indian Railways

Rail Bhavan, New Delhi
Type	Government
Industry	Rail transport
Founded	8 May 1845 (1845-05-08)[1]
Headquarters	New Delhi , India
Area served	India
Key people	Piyush Goyal (Minister of Railways) Suresh Angadi (Minister of State for Railways) Vinod Kumar Yadav (Chairman, Railway Board)
Services	Passenger railways Freight services Parcel carrier Catering and tourism services Parking lot operations Other related services
Revenue	₹1.97214 trillion (US$28 billion)[2] (2018–19)
Net income	₹60.14 billion (US$840 million)[2] (2018–19)
Owner	British Raj (until 1947) Dominion of India (1947-1950) Government of India (1950-present)
Number of employees	1,308 million[3] (2017)
Parent	Ministry of Railways
Divisions	18 zones
Subsidiaries	CRIS, CONCOR, RITES, IRCON, IRCTC, DFCCI, RailTel, MRVC, RVNL, NHSRCL, IRFC
Website	www.indianrail.gov.in indianrailways.gov.in

Railway network map of India - schematic
Overview
Reporting mark	IR
Locale	India
Dates of operation	8 May 1845 (1845-05-08)[1]–present
Technical
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) 610 mm (2 ft)
Electrification	35,488 kilometres (22,051 mi)[3][4]
Length	67,368 kilometres (41,861 mi) (route)[3] 93,902 kilometres (58,348 mi) (running track)[3] 121,407 kilometres (75,439 mi) (total track)[5]

Indian Railway (IR) runs more than 20,000 passenger trains daily, on both long-distance and suburban routes, from 7,349 stations across India.[3] The trains have five-digit and four-digit numbering system. Mail or Express trains, the most common types, run at an average speed of 50.6 kilometres per hour (31.4 mph).[6] Most premium passenger trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi Exp run at peak speed of 140–150 km/h (87–93 mph) with Gatiman Express between New Delhi and Agra touching peak speed of 160 km/h (99 mph). Indian railways has also started a pilot project by the name of "Train-18", with successful trials between Delhi-Varanasi and Lucknow-Delhi and clocked maximum track speed of 180 km/h (112 mph). In the freight segment, IR runs more than 9,200 trains daily. The average speed of freight trains is around 24 kilometres per hour (15 mph).[7] Maximum speed of freight trains varies from 60 to 75 km/h (37 to 47 mph) depending upon their axle load with container special running at a peak speed of 100 km/h (62 mph).

As of March 2017, Indian Railway's rolling stock consisted of 277,987 freight wagons, 70,937 passenger coaches and 11,452 locomotives.[3] IR owns locomotive and coach-production facilities at several locations in India. The world's eighth-largest employer, it had 1.308 million employees as of March 2017.[3]

In the year ending March 2018, IR carried 8.26 billion passengers and transported 1.16 billion tonnes of freight.[2] In the fiscal year 2017–18, IR is projected to have revenue of ₹1.874 trillion (US$26 billion), consisting of ₹1.175 trillion (US$16 billion) in freight revenue and ₹501.25 billion (US$7.0 billion) in passenger revenue, with an operating ratio of 96.0 percent.[2]