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This is a list of trains run by Indian Railways. [1] A. Abohar–Jodhpur–Bathinda Passenger; Adilabad–Hazur Sahib Nanded Express; ... East Coast Express (India)
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 850 km (530 mi) long proposed Patna-Guwahati corridor is the first corridor connecting Northeastern India. It will take around three and a half hours to complete the journey, eleven and a half hours quicker than existing fastest service of Rajdhani on the regular rail route. [27]
The trains are identified by five digit numbers with train-pairs traveling in opposite directions usually labelled with consecutive numbers. [148] Express trains often have specific unique names for easy identification. [149] In 2018–19, Indian Railways operated 13,523 passenger trains on average daily and carried 8.44 billion passengers. [150]
The urban rail transit in India consists of systems such as rapid transit (Metro), suburban rail (operated by Indian railways), light rail (Metrolite), tram, regional rail and monorail. As of 2023, India has the fourth longest length of metro lines with 895 kilometres (556 miles ). [ 207 ]
[23] [24] Construction of the Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor, India's first high-speed rail corridor started in 2017 and is expected to be operational by 2028. The E5 Series Shinkansen trains operating on standard gauge and will have a maximum operational speed of 320 km/h (200 mph) and an average speed of 260 km/h (162 mph). [25] [26]
The first-ever mode of the urban rail transit system in India was commuter rail (or suburban rail), built in Mumbai on 16 April 1853. The first passenger train was flagged off from Bori Bunder (present-day Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai ) from where it travelled to Thane , covering a distance of 34 km in an hour and fifteen minutes.
The total route length of 58 km is estimated to cost INR 5,540 million. The survey was completed in 2007-08 and the cost was updated in 2013–14 India–Myanmar