which reagon of India has the highest consatration of railway network ? why?
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Rail transport in India
Operation
National railway Indian Railways
Statistics
Ridership 8.439 billion (2019)[1]
Passenger km 1.157 trillion (2019)[1]
Freight 1.225 billion tonnes (2019)[1]
System length
Total
67,415 km (41,890 mi) (route) (2019)[1]
95,981 km (59,640 mi) (running track) (2019)[1]
123,542 km (76,765 mi) (total track) (2019)[1]
as of March 2019
Double track
24,411 km (15,168 mi) (route with multiple tracks) (2019)[1]
Electrified
39,886 km (24,784 mi) (route) (2020)[2]
Track gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge 62,891 km (39,079 mi) (2019)[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 2,839 km (1,764 mi) (2019)[1]
Two narrow gauges, 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) and 610 mm (2 ft) 1,685 km (1,047 mi) (2019)[1]
Features
No. bridges 150,746 (2019)[1]
No. stations 8,100(2019)[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
Railway network map of India - schematic
The railways are an important mode of transport in India. In 2018–19, 23.12 million passengers daily used Indian Railways network, which operates mainline and suburban rail services in the country. In the same period, 3.36 million metric tons of freight was also shipped daily on the IR network. Other rail operations such as metros and tram will increase above figures.[1]
Indian Railways (IR) is the primary operator of rail operations throughout the country, a state-owned organization of the Ministry of Railways, which historically had its own government budget. Other locally owned public corporations operate various suburban and urban railways throughout the country, such as Chennai metro and Kolkata trams. Private sector operations currently exist only for freight trains and railroads exclusively for non-passenger usage, but there has been renewed efforts in 2020 to encourage private sector involvement in running passenger trains.[3]
As of March 2019, the national rail network comprises 123,542 km (76,765 mi) of track[1] over a route of 67,368 km (41,861 mi) and 7,349 stations.[1] It is the fourth-largest national railway network in the world (after those of the United States, Russia and China).[4] 36.21% of routes are double or multi-tracked.[1] 39,886 km (24,784 mi) or 58.49% of the routes are electrified with 25 KV AC electric traction as of April, 2020.[2] It is one of the busiest networks in the world, transporting 8.439 billion passengers and 1.225 billion tonnes of freight annually.[1] Indian Railways is the world's eighth largest employer, with more than 1.227 million employees as of March 2019.[1] As of March, 2019, IR's rolling stock consisted of 289,185 freight wagons, 74,003 passenger coaches and 12,147 locomotives.[1]
The Government of India has recently focused on improving the railways. This includes electrification of the entire IR network by 2023,[5] new trains that can operate on existing rail infrastructure at 200 km/h,[6] and new high speed railways that can operate at speeds in excess of 300 km/h.[7]
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