- Third largest railway network in the world with route kilometer of nearly 64,000 route km.
- IR operations span 170 years, from the first train that ran from Mumbai to Thane on April 16, 1853.
- 19,000 trains are run every day including 12,000 passenger trains and 7,000 freight trains.
- Over 7,000 stations.
- Transports 2.65 million tonnes of freight every day.
- Ferries 23 million passengers every day, 7.2 billion annually.
- 1.36 million employees on its rolls.
- Seventh largest employer in the world, according to Economist magazine.
- Ranks as largest employer after the US defence department, the Chinese army, Wal-Mart, China National Petroleum, State Grid of China and British health services.
- Has an annual revenue base of Rs.1,06,000 crore ($21 billion).
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