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In 1986, this was converted into a dedicated autonomous organization (CRIS), an umbrella organization for all information technology-related activities on Indian Railways. It was tasked with designing, developing and implementing the Freight Operations Information System (FOIS) and its communications infrastructure.
Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a deparmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. [ a ] As of 2023 [update] , it manages the fourth largest national railway system by size with a track length of 132,310 km (82,210 mi), running track ...
Indian Railways is now moving to manufacturing high-end aluminium self-propelled 160 km/hour indigenous Make in India coaches that require no locomotive and are 10% cheaper than the comparable imports. The first such self-propelled train, Vande Bharat Express, was rolled out in October 2018. It is estimated to be 40% cheaper than foreign-built ...
This article lists conventional railway lines of India. For urban railway lines, see Urban rail transit in India, for high-speed railway lines and speed classification, see List of high-speed railway lines in India.
The Ministry of Railways is a ministry in the Government of India, responsible for the country's rail transport. Indian Railways is a statutory body managed by the railway board under the ownership of the ministry that operates the national railway system. The ministry along with the railway board is housed inside Rail Bhawan in New Delhi.
Indian railways operates a 68,584 km (42,616 mi) 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge network which is equipped with long-welded, high-tensile 52kg/60kg 90 UTS rails with pre-stressed concrete (PSC) sleepers and elastic fastenings. [1] These tracks are shared by both freight and passenger trains with passenger trains often priortized on the network.
Indian Railways had electrified 64,421 route kilometres (rkm) which is 96.99% of the total broad gauge network of Indian Railways (66,413 rkm, including Konkan Railway) by 1 October 2024. [2] Indian Railway aimed to electrify all of its broad gauge network by March 2024 [needs update]. The entire electrified mainline rail network in India uses ...
Hospet Kottur Railway; Hyderabad–Jodhpur Railway; Indian Branch Railway; Indian Government Railway; Indian Midland Railway; Indian Mill and Railway Company; Indus Flotilla Railway; Indus Valley State Railway; Jaipur State Railway; Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway; Jessore–Jhenidah Light Railway; Jetalsar–Rajkot Railway; Jhansi–Manikpore ...