Indian Railways

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Indian Railways is India’s state-owned national railway system, operating one of the world’s largest rail networks for passenger and freight transport across the country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency
national railway system
state-owned railway system
areaServed India
chairperson Chairman and CEO, Railway Board
continentServed Asia
country India
electrification 25 kV AC overhead line
firstPassengerTrainDate 1853-04-16
firstPassengerTrainRoute Thane
surface form: Mumbai to Thane
foundedBy Government of British India
surface form: British colonial government in India
governingBody Ministry of Railways (India)
surface form: Railway Board
hasRollingStock coaches
locomotives
wagons
hasService Duronto Express
Freight trains
Garib Rath Express
Mail and Express trains
Rajdhani Express
Shatabdi Express
Suburban rail services
Vande Bharat Express
hasTrainingInstitution National Academy of Indian Railways
various zonal training centres
headquartersLocation New Delhi, India
surface form: New Delhi
inception 1853
industry rail transport
languageOfDocumentation English
Hindi
legalStatus departmental undertaking of Government of India
logoUsed emblem of Indian Railways
mainFunction transport of freight
transport of passengers
networkType broad-gauge rail network
numberOfDivisions 70+
numberOfZones 18
onlineTicketingPortal IRCTC
owner Government of India
parentOrganization Ministry of Railways (India)
surface form: Ministry of Railways
primaryFuelType electric traction
regulates railway operations in India
safetyAgency Commissioner of Railway Safety
secondaryFuelType diesel traction
serviceType freight rail transport
passenger rail transport
subsidiary Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
Indian Railway Finance Corporation
Konkan Railway Corporation Limited
surface form: Konkan Railway Corporation

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
RailTel Corporation of India
supervisingMinistry Ministry of Railways (India)
surface form: Ministry of Railways
ticketingSystem Passenger Reservation System
trackGauge Indian broad gauge
metre gauge
narrow gauge
usesSignallingSystem automatic block signalling
colour light signalling

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Daund Junction operator Indian Railways
Shivajinagar railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Shivajinagar railway station operator Indian Railways
Pune–Daund route partOf Indian Railways
this entity surface form: Indian Railways network
Pune–Daund route operator Indian Railways
Beas railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Jammu Tawi railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Wansjaliya Junction ownedBy Indian Railways
Morena railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Mandsaur railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Bandra Terminus ownedBy Indian Railways
Vadodara Junction ownedBy Indian Railways
Bhavnagar Terminus ownedBy Indian Railways
Udhampur railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Katni Junction ownedBy Indian Railways
Betul railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Dwarka railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Rupnagar railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Satna Junction railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Kalady railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Karwar railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Sabarmati railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Rewa railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Sehore railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Burhanpur railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Khandwa Junction railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Sealdah ownedBy Indian Railways
Barddhaman Junction ownedBy Indian Railways
Chhindwara Junction ownedBy Indian Railways
Umaria railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Ujjain Junction ownedBy Indian Railways
Jhansi electric loco shed ownedBy Indian Railways
Kanpur electric loco shed ownedBy Indian Railways
Tundla Junction ownedBy Indian Railways
Izatnagar ownedBy Indian Railways
subject surface form: Izatnagar railway station
Damoh railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
MTJ ownedBy Indian Railways
subject surface form: Mathura Junction railway station
Ahmednagar railway station ownedBy Indian Railways
Rae Bareli Junction ownedBy Indian Railways
Indian Railways Modern Coach Factory (nearby, Lalganj) ownedBy Indian Railways
subject surface form: Indian Railways Modern Coach Factory, Lalganj
JHS ownedBy Indian Railways
subject surface form: Jhansi Junction
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway station (Mughalsarai Junction renamed) ownedBy Indian Railways
subject surface form: Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway station