Train/India

Rail transport is an important mode of transport in India. All main-line rail operations in India are handled by Indian Railways (IR), a state-owned organization of the Ministry of Railways. Except the Kolkata Metro, the urban rail transit systems across the country are operated independently of the Indian Railways.

Indian Railways

Indian Railways (IR) is India's national railway system operated by the Ministry of Railways. It manages the fourth-largest railway network in the world by size, with 121,407 kilometres (75,439 mi) of total track over a 67,368-kilometre (41,861 mi) route.

Rail Bhavan, New Delhi

Zones

Central Railway zone headquarters, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Mumbai
East Coast Railway zone headquarters, Bhubaneswar
Eastern Railway zone headquarters, Kolkata
Metro Railway, Kolkata has headquarters at Kolkata
North Central Railway zone has headquarters at Prayagraj
Northeast Frontier Railway zone has headquarters at Guwahati
Northern Railway zone has headquarters at Delhi
South Central Railway zone has headquarters at Secunderabad, Hyderabad
South Coast Railway zone has headquarters at Visakhapatnam
South East Central Railway zone has headquarters at Bilaspur
South Eastern Railway zone headquarters, Garden Reach, Kolkata
South Western Railway zone headquarters, Hubli
Southern Railway zone headquarters, Chennai
West Central Railway zone has headquarters at Jabalpur
Western Railway zone headquarters, Churchgate, Mumbai

Network

Railway tracks

Category:Rail tracks in India

Rail tracks near Secunderabad
Rail tracks near Balarampur, Purulia
Rail tracks near Simurali
Rail tracks near Jalgaon
Diamond crossing near Nagpur

Railway stations

Locomotives

The locomotives of India presently consist of electric and diesel locomotives. Steam locomotives are no longer used in India, except in heritage trains. Locomotives are also called locos or engines. In India, locomotives are classified according to their track gauge, motive power, the work they are suited for and their power or model number. The class name includes this information about the locomotive. It comprises 4 or 5 letters. The first letter denotes the track gauge. The second letter denotes their motive power (Diesel or Electric) and the third letter denotes the kind of traffic for which they are suited (goods, passenger, mixed or shunting). The fourth letter used to denote locomotives' chronological model number. However, from 2002 a new classification scheme has been adopted. Under this system, for newer diesel locomotives, the fourth letter will denote their horsepower range. Electric locomotives don't come under this scheme and even all diesel locos are not covered. For them this letter denotes their model number as usual.

Steam locomotives

HPS 24467 Steam Locomotive
YP class Steam Locomotive
Bengal Nagpur Railway number 815. A Beyer Garratt built in Manchester by Beyer Peacock & Co Ltd
Steam Locomotive at Viswesarayya Technology Museum Bangalore
Nilgiri Mountain Railway locomotive No.37385 preserved in Delhi Railway Museum

Diesel locomotives

Electric locomotives

Passenger trains

Mail train

Express trains

Heritage and tourist trains

Freight trains

Category:Freight trains in India

Ro-Ro train
BCNA freight train
BTPN freight train
Coal train
Cargo train

Urban rail transit

Urban rail transit in India consists of suburban rail, rapid transit, monorail and tram systems. There are currently 15 operational rapid transit (also called "metro") systems in fifteen cities in India. There is a single monorail system in Mumbai. There is a single tram system in Kolkata.