India: railway route length 2022

At the end of fiscal year 2022, the length of railway routes across India was over 68 thousand kilometers. The railway network in India was one of the largest in the world. Indian Railways has over 12 thousand passenger trains and over seven thousand freight trains commuting on a daily basis.

Route length of railways across India from financial year 2003 to 2022 (in 1,000 kilometers)

Characteristic	Route length in thousand kilometers
FY 2022	68.04
FY 2021	68.1
FY 2020	67.96
FY 2019	67.42
FY 2018	66.94
FY 2017	67.36
FY 2016	66.69
FY 2015	66.03
FY 2014	65.81
FY 2013	65.44
FY 2012	64.6
FY 2011	64.46
FY 2010	63.97
FY 2009	64.02
FY 2008	63.27
FY 2007	63.33
FY 2006	63.33
FY 2005	63.47
FY 2004	63.22
FY 2003	63.12

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

India

Survey time period

FY 2003 to FY 2022

Supplementary notes

India's financial year begins in April and ends in March. For example, FY 2016 started in April 2015 and ended in March 2016.

Previous reports have been accessed for historical data.

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