how many cities in india have metro railway
Urban rail transit in India There are currently 11 operational rapid transit (also called 'metro') systems in ten cities in India. As of November 2017, India has 425 kilometres (264 miles) of operational metro lines and 347 stations. A further 500+Â km of lines are under construction. Metro rail lines in India are composed of mainly standard gauge. Projects like the Kolkata Metro and Delhi Metro used broad gauge for their earliest lines but all new projects in India are on standard gauge as rolling stock imported is of standard gauge.
New Delhi metro station New Delhi is a station on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro. It is within walking distance from the Indian Railways New Delhi station.[2] It is on the Ajmeri Gate (Platform Number 16) side of the New Delhi Railway Station.
Rail Budget The last Railway Budget [8] was presented on 25 February 2016 by Mr. Suresh Prabhu.
Indian Railways Indian Railways (reporting mark IR) is a State owned national transporter, responsible for rail transport in India. It is owned and operated by the Government of India through the Ministry of Railways. It is the third largest railway network in the world comprising 119,630 kilometres (74,330 mi) of total track[4] and 92,081 km (57,216 mi) of running track over a route of 66,687 km (41,437 mi) with 7,216 stations at the end of 2015-16.[2] In 2015-16, IR carried 8.107 billion passengers annually or more than 22 million passengers a day and 1.101 billion tons of freight annually.[2] As of the end of 2015-16, of the total 68,525 km (42,579 mi) route length, 28,327 km (17,602 mi) or 45% were electrified and 28,371 km (17,629 mi) or 37% were double or multiple line routes.[5] The railway network is predominantly a broad gauge network. Small stretches of the network use metre and narrow gauges. All the electrified lines use 25 kV AC electric traction.[2]
Rail Budget John Mathai presented the first Railway Budget for independent India in November 1947.
Rail 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. As of 31 March 2016[update] the rail network traverses the length and breadth of the country comprising 119,630 km (74,330 mi) of track[2] over a route of 66,687 km (41,437 mi) and 7,216 stations.[1] It is the fourth-largest railway network in the world (after those of the United States, Russia and China).[6] It is one of the busiest networks in the world, transporting 8.107 billion passengers and over 1.108 billion tonnes of freight annually, as of 2016.[update][1] Indian Railways is the world's largest commercial or utility employer, with more than 1.4 million employees.[7][8] Indian Railways' rolling stock includes over 200,000 (freight) wagons, 50,000 coaches and 8,000 locomotives.[7]