Friday, August 29, 2008

Indian Rail System

Indian Railways are the largest rail network in Asia and the world's second largest under one management. Indian Railways is a multi-gauge, multi-traction system covering over 1 lakh track kilometres,3800 yards, 2400 goodsheds and 750 repair shops. Its has got around 8500 locomotives, 40,000 coaching vehicles and 3.6 lakh freight wagons.

The work force is approx. 22 lakhs and it runs some 11,500 trains everyday, including 7,200 passenger trains.Freight traffic on Indian Railways has registered an impressive growth in the last four decades.

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