1. Presented by- HARIOM GAUTAM

2. Indian Railway

3. History of Indian Railway
First Indian Railway line was
opened on 16th April 1853.

4. The first train consisting of one
steam engine and four coaches ,
traversed a stretch of 21-miles
between Mumbai(Bombay) and
Thane. Operated by private
company -Englishmen.
Indian Railway has a glorious
past of more than150 years
serving the nation.

6. Features of Indian Railway
Indian Railway has a 3 tier
management system.
In 1951 the system were nationalized
as one unit.
Railway has 9213 locomotive 59,713
coaches & 2.5 lack of wagon.
It is one of the world largest railway
networks comprising 115,000km of
track over a route of 65,000km.
No strike in last 30 years in spite of
19 lakhs workers.

7. 17 zones in Indian railway.
IR Headquater – New Delhi.
It is largest railway system in
Asia and 2nd largest railway
system in world under one
management system.

8. It carries 1.4 crore passengers and 16
lakh tonnes of goods every day. More
than any rail system on earth.

9. It runs 12000 trains everyday
It is biggest civilian employer in the
world.
As of 31 march 2012 . 22,224km (34%)
of the total 65,000 km route length was
electrified.
India first electric train “DECCAN
QUEEN” started on 1920 between
Mumbai to Pune.
Himsagar express – it is largest
distance travel in India between
Jammutavi to Kannyakumari (3,726km).

10. It is fuel efficient system.
7500 stations & about 500
computerized passenger reservation
system.
It is a lifeline of country.

11. ORGANISATION:-
 Top- railway board or ministry of
railway headed by chairman railway
board.
Middle- 17 zones headed by General
Manager.
Bottom- 68 division headed by
Division Railway Manager.

12. Speed of Trains
Shatabdi max
140kmph.
Rajdhani max
130kmph.
Others max 110kmph.

13. NUMBERING OF TRAIN
 4 digit numbering for express
 3 digit numbering for passenger trains
 train no start with 2 –superfast
Allshatabdi train starts with no 20 &
last two digit vary from 01 to 84.

14. Railway Track
or
Combination of rails, fittedWay
Permanent subgrade is on sleepers
and resting on ballast and
called the railway track or permanent
way.

15. Technical details track and
gauge
Indian railway uses 4 gauges:-
Broad gauge- 1,676mm. It is standard
gauge.it is used in 91% of total track.
Meter gauge- 1,000mm. Used in
8000km route.
Narrow gauges- 762mm. Used in
2000km only.

16. Problem
 Increasing number of passenger/
customer
Poor customer service/satisfaction.
Rising input cost upto 200%