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Posted: Sep 21 2012 (07:54)
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Last Response: Sep 21 2012 (08:57)
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Last Response: Sep 21 2012 (08:57)
Indian Railways (reporting mark IR) is an Indian state-owned enterprise, owned and operated by the government of India through the Ministry of Railways. It is one of the world's largest railway networks comprising 115,000 km (71,000 mi) of track over a route of 65,000 km (40,000 mi) and 7,500 stations. IR carries about 7,500 million passengers annually or more than 20 million passengers daily (more than a half of which are suburban passengers) and 2.8 million tons of freight daily. In 2011-2012 Indian Railways earned which consists of from freight and from passengers tickets.
Railways were first introduced to India in 1853 from Bombay to Thane. In 1951 the systems were nationalized as one unit, the Indian Railways, becoming one of the...
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Railways were first introduced to India in 1853 from Bombay to Thane. In 1951 the systems were nationalized as one unit, the Indian Railways, becoming one of the...
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Some Corrections :
1) We don't have any Rail Network connection with Nepal, we have with Bangladesh and Pakistan only.
2) Also we don't have the Worlds largest rail network, USA (226,427 km), Russia ( 128,000), China ( 91000) are ahead of us.
Please correct me if Im wrong..
1) We don't have any Rail Network connection with Nepal, we have with Bangladesh and Pakistan only.
2) Also we don't have the Worlds largest rail network, USA (226,427 km), Russia ( 128,000), China ( 91000) are ahead of us.
Please correct me if Im wrong..
Strictly speaking when ''one of the largest'' is used in any context even #4 can be said to be covered. It is just an expression. On Nepal link you are right, as the talks were held in between the two governments in April 2012, for developing links. At the moment, I think it is a Rail-Bus-Rail link