![]() ![]() ![]() Suburban EMUs run at an average speed of 37.5 km/h (23.3 mph). Mail or Express trains, the most common types of trains, run at an average speed of 50.6 km/h (31.4 mph). It runs 13,169 passenger trains daily, on both long-distance and suburban routes, covering 7,325 stations across India. In 2020, Indian Railways carried 808.6 crore (8.086 billion) passengers and in 2022, Railways transported 1418.1 million tonnes of freight. 58,000 km (36,000 mi) or 85% of all the broad-gauge routes are electrified with 25 kV 50 Hz AC electric traction as of 1 April 2022. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a total route length of 68,103 km (42,317 mi) as of 1 February 2023. Indian Railways ( IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. Hence the foundation year is 1845 and not 1853. This article is about the company and not about rail transport. The first passenger line albeit was by GIPR in 1853. ![]()
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