Lifeline of India - Indian Railway

Indian Railway is called the lifeline of India and considered to be the most safe and reliable mode of transportation which is serving the nation for the past 150 years. Indian Railways is also one of a major employer of the country as it provides jobs to 1.6 million people in the country.

Some major achievements of Indian railways are

* It is one of the largest railway system in the world providing transport links through 63,140 routes.

* A wide fleet with 7800 locomotives, 40,000 coaches, 3,26,000 wagons, 9 pairs of Rajdhani and 13 pair of Shatabdi Express is currently operated on almost daily basis.

* Indian Railways operates 11,000 trains, and transports more than 1 million tonnes freight regularly. Amongst 11.000 trains, 7000 trains are used by people for commuting purposes.

* The classes of travel available on Indian Railways are 1st AC, 2nd AC, 3rd AC, AC Chair Car, IInd Sleeper and IInd Ordinary Class.

* Indian Railways has surely kept up the pace with the revolution in information technology. You can easily check out loads of information about Indian Railways, their achievements, records and statistics as well. Indian Railways Online is definitely a marvelous surprise as apart from this information you can get your train tickets booked, canceled as well. You can know the train status, its scheduled as well current arrival and departure times as well, its availability status and other vital information as well.