Indian
Railways are the largest rail network in Asia and the world’s
second largest under one management. Criss-crossing the country’s
vast geographical spread, Indian Railways are a multi-gauge,
multi-traction system covering over 1 lakh track kilometres,300
yards, 2300 goodsheds and 700 repair shops. Its rolling stock
fleet includes 8300 locomotives, 39,000 coaching vehicles and
3.5 lakh freight wagons. Its work force is 1.65 million and
it runs some 11,000 trains everyday, including 7,000 passenger
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