<P> All main - line rail operations in India are handled by Indian Railways ( IR ) , a state - owned organization of the Ministry of Railways . As of March 2017 , the rail network comprises 121,407 km ( 75,439 mi ) of track over a route of 67,368 km ( 41,861 mi ) and 7,349 stations . It is the fourth - largest railway network in the world ( after those of the United States , Russia and China ) . Thirty eight percent of the routes are electrified with 25 KV AC electric traction while thirty - three percent of them are double or multi-tracked . </P>
<P> All main - line rail operations in India are handled by Indian Railways ( IR ) , a state - owned organization of the Ministry of Railways . As of March 2017 , the rail network comprises 121,407 km ( 75,439 mi ) of track over a route of 67,368 km ( 41,861 mi ) and 7,349 stations . It is the fourth - largest railway network in the world ( after those of the United States , Russia and China ) . Thirty eight percent of the routes are electrified with 25 KV AC electric traction while thirty - three percent of them are double or multi-tracked . </P>
indian railway network connects about how many stations
indian railway network connects about how many stations
7,349
7,349