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Please notify the uploader with {{subst:update-note|1=File:Railway network map of India - Schematic.svg|2=Visit By 7509781949 Kuldeep Sonakiya the map is seriously outdated.There is an ongoing conversion of all the narrow-gauge and meter-gauge tracks in India to broad-gauge tracks, with completion expected in 2022.
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 Indian Ministry of Railways has classified railway line speeds into seven categories: [2] [3] [4] Conventional lines: The routes which support an operational speed of less than 110 km/h (68 mph) are conventional rail lines. Group E lines: Support less than 100 km/h (62 mph) Group D lines: Support up to 100 km/h (62 mph)
Indian Railways jointly operates passenger and freight services with its neighboring countries. Railway line construction, maintenance, border check point management is also carried out with partner railway agencies and other government agencies.
Railway map of India in 1909. The first railway budget was presented in 1924. [9] The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was merged with the East Indian Railway Company (EIR) in the same year. [27] On 3 February 1925, the first electric train ran between Victoria Terminus (VT) and Kurla, hauled by a SLM electric locomotive on 1500 V DC traction. [28]
Station Routes Division State Ambliyasan Junction: 3: Ahmedabad: Gujarat: Abohar Junction: 3: Ambala: Punjab: Achhnera Junction: 3: Agra: Uttar Pradesh: Adra Junction ...
The East Coast Railway line integrated with the commissioned Howrah-Chennai electrified trunk route on 29 November 2005. There was a missing link between Kharagpur and Visakhapatnam stations and all trains from Howrah towards Chennai side had to undergo a locomotive change from electric to diesel at Kharagpur and vice versa at Visakhapatnam in ...
The great famine of 1878 was an impetus for the fast completion of the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway track, but by then the idea of a route from Mumbai to Kolkata, shorter than the one via Allahabad, had set in. [7] The Bengal Nagpur Railway was formed in 1871. Amongst its major objectives were taking over of the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway and ...