new delhi, ma feb 26 :the indian railways not just runs the world's fourth largest railroad network but is also among the largest employers. here's a fact sheet:

* operates the fourth largest railroad network in the world over 63,974 route-km

* figures among the world's five largest networks along with the us, russia, china and canada

* enters select club of networks that ferry a cargo of over 1 billion tonnes annually
* enters select club of networks that ferry a cargo of over 1 billion tonnes annually

* runs as many as 19,000 trains every day

* some 12,000 trains are for passengers and 7,000 for freight

* the network has 7,083 stations

* station at kharagpur has longest platform in world of 2,733 feet

* transports 2.65 million tonnes of freight each day

* ferries 23 million passengers every day, 7.2 billion annually

* has 1.4 million employees on its rolls

* seventh largest employer in the world, according to economist magazine

* ranks as largest employer after the us defence department, the chinese army, wal-mart, china national petroleum, state grid of china and british health services

* has an annual revenue base of rs.1,06,000 crore ($19 billion)

* operations span nearly 170 years

* first train operated from mumbai to thane on april 16, 1843.

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