indian railway network connects about how many stations
7,349
title: Rail transport in India text: Rail transport in 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. , the rail network comprises of track over a route of and 7,349 stations. It is the fourth-largest railway network in the world (after those of the United States, Russia and China). Forty nine percent of the routes are electrified with 25 KV AC electric traction while thirty-three percent of them are double or multi-tracked. It is one of the busiest networks in the world, transporting title: Indian Railways text: 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 of total track over a route. Forty nine percent of the routes are electrified with 25 KV AC electric traction while thirty three percent of them are double or multi-tracked. IR runs more than 20,000 passenger trains daily, on both long-distance and suburban routes, from 7,349 stations across India. The trains have a five-digit numbering system. Mail or express trains, the most common types, run at an average speed of . In title: Indian Railways text: begun in 2013, extending to the air-conditioned coaches of all trains, and 6,095 GPS-enabled Fog Pilot Assistance System railway signalling devices (replacing the practice of placing firecrackers on tracks to alert train drivers) installed in 2017 in four zones: Northern, North Central, North Eastern and North Western. 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 of total track over a route. Forty nine percent of the routes are electrified with 25 KV AC electric traction while thirty three percent of title: Longest train services of Indian Railways text: Longest train services of Indian Railways The list of longest train services of Indian Railways contains "regular" passenger rail services that are currently scheduled and running directly between two cities of India which are more than 2000 km apart. The special trains, coach changes, shunting or station transfers are not listed here. Indian Railways (IR) is one of the world's largest railway networks comprising of track over a route of and 7,112 stations. In 2014-15, IR carried 8.397 billion passengers annually or more than 23 million passengers a day (roughly half of whom were suburban passengers) and 1058.81 million tons title: Transport in India text: IR is divided into seventeen zones including the Kolkata Metro Railway. The IR are further sub-divided into sixty seven divisions, each having a divisional headquarters. The railway network traverses through the length and breadth of the country, covering more than 7,000 stations over a total route length of more than and track length of about . About or 34% of the route-kilometre was electrified as on 31 March 2012. IR provides an important mode of transport in India, transporting over 18 million passengers and more than 2 million tons of freight daily across one of the largest and busiest rail