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.
buy fiverr fake reviews
|