Name the model followed for construction of network of railways in India.
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Railway transportation is an important mode of the conveyance of people and goods in India. Indian Railways (IR) is the primary operator of rail operations throughout the country, a state-owned organisation of the Ministry of Railways, which historically had its own government budget. Between 2019 and 2020, 22.15 million passengers used the Indian Railways network daily. In the same period, 3.32 million metric tons of freight was also shipped daily on the IR network.[1]
Rail transport in India
Operation
National railway
Indian Railways
Statistics
Ridership
8.086 billion (2020)[1]
Passenger km
1.050 trillion (2020)[1]
Freight
1.208 billion tonnes (2020)[1]
System length
Total
67,956 km (42,226 mi) (route) (2020)[1]
99,235 km (61,662 mi) (running track) (2020)[1]
126,366 km (78,520 mi) (total track) (2020)[1]
as of March 2020
Double track
25,034 km (15,555 mi) (route with multiple tracks) (2020)[1]
Electrified
45,881 km (28,509 mi) (route) (2021)[2]
Track gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
63,950 km (39,740 mi) (2020)[1]
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Data not available (used for metro and trams only)
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
2,402 km (1,493 mi) (2020)[1]
Two narrow gauges, 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) and 610 mm (2 ft)
1,604 km (997 mi) (2020)[1]
Features
No. bridges
1,50,390 (2020)[1]
No. stations
7,325 (2020)[1]
Highest elevation
2,257 m (7,405 ft)
at
Ghum on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
Lowest elevation
4 m (13 ft)
at
Burra Bazar and Honnavar