Indian Railways

Indian Railways

Indian Railways has a network of 114,500 kilometers (71,147 mi) with 7,500 stations. It is one of busiest rail network in world carrying over 30 million passengers and 2.8 million tons of freight daily. It has the world's fourth largest railway network after those of the United States, Russia and China. It is the world's second largest commercial or utility employer, with more than 1.36 million employees. As for rolling stock, IR owns over 240,000 (freight) wagons, 60,000 coaches and 9,000 locomotives.