Dhosawas - Industrial Area Ratlam

Railways in India were started in 1853 [9] by the British for their administrative convenience, but today in most parts of India, the rail network is laid and rail has become a cheap and main mode of transport. From a very modest start in 1853 when the first up train traveled from Mumbai to Thane (a distance of 34 km) [10] [11] [12], now Indian Railways has developed into a vast network. is. It has 7,172 stations spread over a length of 115,000 km. [13] They have a fleet of 7,910 locomotives; 42,441 passenger service, 5,822 other coach vehicles, 2,22,379 wagons (as on 31 March 2005). Indian Railways is a multi gauge system; Which includes wide gauge (1.676 mm) meter gauge (1.000 mm); And thin gauge (0.762 mm and 610 mm). The length of their tracks is 89,771 km respectively; There are 15,684 km and 3,350 km. While the length of Gaugewar route is 47,749 km respectively; There are 12,662 km and 3,054 km. The total running length of the tracks is 84,260 km, of which 67,932 km is wide gauge, 13,271 km is gauge and 3,057 km is thin gauge. Approximately 28 percent of the route kilometer, running track 39 percent and 40 percent of the total tracks have been electrified. Main section There are two main sections of Indian Railways - Freight / Freight and Passenger. The freight segment generates about two-thirds of revenue while the rest comes from passenger traffic. Bulk traffic contributes more than about 95 percent of coal within the freight segment. In the process of rationalization of passenger and freight structure from the year 2002-03, the relative index of air-conditioned first class has been reduced from 1400 to 1150. The relative index of AC-2 tires has been reduced from 720 to 650. AC First Class fares have been cut by about 18 percent and AC-2 tires have been reduced by 10 percent. In 2005-06, the number of goods in goods traffic has been reduced from 4000 items to 80 main commodity groups and more in 2006-07 to 27 groups. The total number of classes has been reduced from 59 to 17 to charge freight. [14]