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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size: 125%;">Ministry of Railways</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Government_of_India_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Government_of_India_logo.svg/100px-Government_of_India_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="45" class="mw-file-element" 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colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_(government_department)" title="Ministry (government department)">Ministry</a> overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">March 1905<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1905-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rail_Bhavan" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail Bhavan">Rail Bhavan</a><br />1, Raisina Road, <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">1,212,882 (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-IRYB_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IRYB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>264,600 crore</span> (US$30 billion) (2023–24)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)" title="Minister of Railways (India)">Minister of Railways</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy Ministers responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/V._Somanna" title="V. Somanna">V. Somanna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Ravneet_Singh_Bittu" title="Ravneet Singh Bittu">Ravneet Singh Bittu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_(government_department)" title="Ministry (government department)">Ministry</a> executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Satish Kumar,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><a href="/wiki/Indian_Railway_Service_of_Mechanical_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers">IRSME</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chairperson_of_the_Railway_Board" title="Chairperson of the Railway Board">Chairman & CEO, Railway Board</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Child agencies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Railways" title="Indian Railways">Indian Railways</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Dedicated_Freight_Corridor_Corporation_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India">DFCCIL</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indianrailways.gov.in">www<wbr />.indianrailways<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ministry of Railways</b> is a ministry in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>, responsible for the <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_India" title="Rail transport in India">country's rail transport</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Indian_Railways" title="Indian Railways">Indian Railways</a> is the rail network operated and administered by the Railway Board constituted by the ministry. The ministry along with the Railway Board is housed inside <a href="/wiki/Rail_Bhawan" title="Rail Bhawan">Rail Bhawan</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>. It is headed by the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)" title="Minister of Railways (India)">Minister of Railways</a>. With more than 1.2 million employees, it is one of the world's <a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_by_employees" class="mw-redirect" title="List of companies by employees">largest</a> employers. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Railways_(India)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first <a href="/wiki/Railway_track" title="Railway track">railway track</a> was operational in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Madras</a> in 1837 and the first passenger train ran in <a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a> in 1853.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FR_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FR-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But the earlier railways were operated by private companies with the earliest being the <a href="/wiki/Madras_Railway" title="Madras Railway">Madras Railway</a> established in 1845 and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Indian_Peninsular_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Indian Peninsular Railway">Great Indian Peninsular Railway</a> incorporated in 1849.<sup id="cite_ref-Hist_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hist-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 1901, the Secretary of State for India in Council appointed Thomas Robertson as a special commissioner for Indian Railways to prepare a report on the administration of Indian Railways.<sup id="cite_ref-IR_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IR-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his report in 1903, Thomas recommended setting up of a three-member Railway Board headed by a chief commissioner.<sup id="cite_ref-IR_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IR-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1905, the railway branch of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Public_Works_Department" title="Central Public Works Department">Public Works Department</a> was transferred to the newly established railway board under the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry">department of commerce and industry</a> by the Indian Railway Board Act.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1908, the set up was re-organized on the recommendations of the Railway Finance Committee (1908) by constituting the railway board headed by a president as a separate department.<sup id="cite_ref-IR_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IR-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pursuant to the <a href="/wiki/William_Mitchell_Acworth" title="William Mitchell Acworth">Acworth</a> committee's recommendations in 1921, the railway board was expanded to four members with the addition of a financial commissioner in 1924 apart from the chief commissioner, one commissioners responsible for ways and works, projects and stores and the other responsible for general administration, staff and traffic.<sup id="cite_ref-IR_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IR-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1929, an additional member was added to the board and was assigned the responsibility for staff, so that the member in charge of traffic could focus solely on transport and commercial matters.<sup id="cite_ref-IRFCA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IRFCA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1944, all the railway companies were taken over by the Government.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 1950, the Central Advisory Committee for Railways approved the plan for re-organising Indian Railways into six <a href="/wiki/Zones_and_divisions_of_Indian_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Zones and divisions of Indian Railways">regional zones</a> and re-constituting the railway board to four members with the senior-most functional member appointed the chairman of the board with no absolute over riding power.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IRFCA1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IRFCA1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 1954, the chairman of the board was made responsible for decisions on technical and policy matters, with the status of a principal secretary to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> with an additional member added.<sup id="cite_ref-IRFCA1_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IRFCA1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The board was expanded with an additional member responsible for electrical engineering in 1972 and a further member responsible for health in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-IRFCA2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IRFCA2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, the board is expanded by the introduction of two new members responsible for signalling & telecom and for stores respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-IRFCA3_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IRFCA3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of India">Union Cabinet</a> decided to reduce the size of the board from eight to five.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Railways_(India)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left:1em"> <caption>Administrative officials </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Title </th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)" title="Minister of Railways (India)">Minister of Railways</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)" title="Minister of Railways (India)">Minister of State, Railways</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._Somanna" title="V. Somanna">V. Somanna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ravneet_Singh_Bittu" title="Ravneet Singh Bittu">Ravneet Singh Bittu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chairman_Railway_Board_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman Railway Board (India)">Chairman and CEO of Railway Board</a> </td> <td>Satish Kumar </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The ministry has a <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)" title="Minister of Railways (India)">union minister</a> and one or more <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">ministers of state</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The railway board reports to the union ministry with the directorates of <a href="/wiki/Railway_electric_traction" title="Railway electric traction">traction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Railway_engineering" title="Railway engineering">engineering</a>, <a href="/wiki/Traffic" title="Traffic">traffic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rolling_stock" title="Rolling stock">rolling stock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Railway_signalling" title="Railway signalling">signalling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Materials" class="mw-redirect" title="Materials">materials</a>, <a href="/wiki/Human_resources" title="Human resources">personnel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Railway_Protection_Force" title="Railway Protection Force">RPF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finance" title="Finance">finance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Health" title="Health">health</a> and <a href="/wiki/Safety" title="Safety">safety</a> reporting to the board.<sup id="cite_ref-ZR_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZR-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Indian_Railways" title="Indian Railways">Indian Railways</a> is a statutory body that reports to <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">parliament</a> and is under the <a href="/wiki/Ownership" title="Ownership">ownership</a> of ministry of railways.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indian Railways is further divided into 18 administrative zones (17 operational), headed by general managers who report to the board along with the heads of other institutions and undertakings owned by the Indian Railways.<sup id="cite_ref-ZR_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZR-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The railway board consists of a <a href="/wiki/Chairman_Railway_Board_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman Railway Board (India)">chairman</a>, four members responsible for operations, business development, human resources, infrastructure and finance respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-RB_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RB-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also part of the board are four director generals responsible for human resources, health, <a href="/wiki/Railway_Protection_Force" title="Railway Protection Force">RPF</a> and safety respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-RB_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RB-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Railway_Budget">Railway Budget</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Railways_(India)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Railway Budget"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Railway_budget_of_India" title="Railway budget of India">Railway budget of India</a></div> <p>The first <a href="/wiki/Railway_budget_of_India" title="Railway budget of India">railway budget</a> was presented in 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-Hist_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hist-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, Railway budget was presented as a standalone budget every year before the <a href="/wiki/Union_budget_of_India" title="Union budget of India">union budget</a> till 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last <a href="/wiki/Railway_Budget" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway Budget">Railway Budget</a> was presented on 25 February 2016 and on 21 September 2016, Government of India approved merger of the rail and general budgets from 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The railway budget is estimated to be <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>264,600 crore</span> (US$30 billion) for the financial year 2023–24.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Railway_ministers">Railway ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Railways_(India)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Railway ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)" title="Minister of Railways (India)">Minister of Railways (India)</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"> <caption>Indian Railway Ministers<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Span </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Mathai" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mathai">John Mathai</a> </td> <td>1947–48 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Gopalaswami_Ayyangar" title="N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar">N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar</a> </td> <td>1948–52 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a> </td> <td>1952–56 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jagjivan_Ram" title="Jagjivan Ram">Jagjivan Ram</a> </td> <td>1956–62 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swaran_Singh" title="Swaran Singh">Swaran Singh</a> </td> <td>1962–63 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H._C._Dasappa" title="H. C. Dasappa">H. C. Dasappa</a> </td> <td>1963–64 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S.K._Patil" class="mw-redirect" title="S.K. Patil">S.K. Patil</a> </td> <td>1964–66 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._M._Poonacha" title="C. M. Poonacha">C. M. Poonacha</a> </td> <td>1967–69 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Subhag_Singh" title="Ram Subhag Singh">Ram Subhag Singh</a> </td> <td>1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panampilly_Govinda_Menon" title="Panampilly Govinda Menon">Panampilly Govinda Menon</a> </td> <td>1969–70 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzari_Lal_Nanda" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulzari Lal Nanda">Gulzari Lal Nanda</a> </td> <td>1970–71 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Hanumanthaiya" class="mw-redirect" title="K. Hanumanthaiya">K. Hanumanthaiya</a> </td> <td>1971–72 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._A._Pai" title="T. A. Pai">T. A. Pai</a> </td> <td>1972–73 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lalit_Narayan_Mishra" title="Lalit Narayan Mishra">Lalit Narayan Mishra</a> </td> <td>1973–75 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kamalapati_Tripathi" title="Kamalapati Tripathi">Kamalapati Tripathi</a> </td> <td>1975–77 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"> <caption>Indian Railway Ministers </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Span </th></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhu_Dandavate" title="Madhu Dandavate">Madhu Dandavate</a> </td> <td>1977–79 </td></tr> <tr> <td>(13) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._A._Pai" title="T. A. Pai">T. A. Pai</a> </td> <td>1979–80 </td></tr> <tr> <td>(15) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kamalapati_Tripathi" title="Kamalapati Tripathi">Kamalapati Tripathi</a> </td> <td>1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kedar_Pandey" title="Kedar Pandey">Kedar Pandey</a> </td> <td>1980–81 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Chandra_Sethi" title="Prakash Chandra Sethi">Prakash Chandra Sethi</a> </td> <td>1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._B._A._Ghani_Khan_Choudhury" title="A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury">A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury</a> </td> <td>1982–84 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bansi_Lal" title="Bansi Lal">Bansi Lal</a> </td> <td>1984–86 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohsina_Kidwai" title="Mohsina Kidwai">Mohsina Kidwai</a> </td> <td>1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhavrao_Scindia" title="Madhavrao Scindia">Madhavrao Scindia</a> </td> <td>1986–89 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a> </td> <td>1989–90 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janeshwar_Mishra" title="Janeshwar Mishra">Janeshwar Mishra</a> </td> <td>1990–91 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._K._Jaffer_Sharief" title="C. K. Jaffer Sharief">C. K. Jaffer Sharief</a> </td> <td>1991–95 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Vilas_Paswan" title="Ram Vilas Paswan">Ram Vilas Paswan</a> </td> <td>1996–98 </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a> </td> <td>1998–99 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Naik" title="Ram Naik">Ram Naik</a> </td> <td>1999 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"> <caption>Indian Railway Ministers </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Span </th></tr> <tr> <td>29 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mamata_Banerjee" title="Mamata Banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</a> </td> <td>1999–01 </td></tr> <tr> <td>(27) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a> </td> <td>2001–04 </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a> </td> <td>2004–09 </td></tr> <tr> <td>(29) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mamata_Banerjee" title="Mamata Banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</a> </td> <td>2009–11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Trivedi" title="Dinesh Trivedi">Dinesh Trivedi</a> </td> <td>2011–12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>32 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mukul_Roy" title="Mukul Roy">Mukul Roy</a> </td> <td>2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td>33 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._P._Joshi" title="C. P. Joshi">C. P. Joshi</a> </td> <td>2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td>34 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pawan_Kumar_Bansal" title="Pawan Kumar Bansal">Pawan Kumar Bansal</a> </td> <td>2012-13 </td></tr> <tr> <td>(33) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._P._Joshi" title="C. P. Joshi">C. P. Joshi</a> </td> <td>2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td>35 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge" title="Mallikarjun Kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a> </td> <td>2013-14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>36 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._V._Sadananda_Gowda" class="mw-redirect" title="D. V. Sadananda Gowda">D. V. Sadananda Gowda</a> </td> <td>2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td>37 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhu" title="Suresh Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</a> </td> <td>2014–17 </td></tr> <tr> <td>38 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Piyush_Goyal" title="Piyush Goyal">Piyush Goyal</a> </td> <td>2017–21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>39 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a> </td> <td>2021–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism_and_controversies">Criticism and controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Railways_(India)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Criticism and controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 14 February 2008, <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Air_Brake_Company" title="Westinghouse Air Brake Company">Westinghouse Air Brake</a>, admitted to a US federal court of violating <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Corrupt_Practices_Act" title="Foreign Corrupt Practices Act">Foreign Corrupt Practices Act</a> (FCPA) regulations by making improper payments from its subsidiary Pioneer Friction based in <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>, to government officials of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_railway_board" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian railway board">Indian railway board</a> to obtain and retain business with the Railway Board and curb taxes.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 May 2013, the <a href="/wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Central Bureau of Investigation">CBI</a> arrested then minister of railways <a href="/wiki/Pawan_Kumar_Bansal" title="Pawan Kumar Bansal">Pawan Kumar Bansal</a>'s nephew, Vijay Singla for accepting an alleged bribe of <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>9 million</span> (US$100,000) from a middleman for the appointment of a particular person to the railway board.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The railway board clarified that no rules had been broken during the appointment and suspended Mahesh, the person concerned.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Railways_(India)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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and Economic Service</a> (RITES)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_Land_Development_Authority" title="Rail Land Development Authority">Rail Land Development Authority</a> (RLDA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_Vikas_Nigam" title="Rail Vikas Nigam">Rail Vikas Nigam</a> (RVNL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RailTel" title="RailTel">RailTel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Railway_Protection_Force" title="Railway Protection Force">Railway Protection Force</a> (RPF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Railway_Recruitment_Control_Board" title="Railway Recruitment Control Board">Railway Recruitment Control Board</a> (RRCB)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Railways_Sports_Promotion_Board" title="Railways Sports Promotion Board">Railways Sports Promotion Board</a> (RSPB)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Research_Design_and_Standards_Organisation" title="Research Design and Standards Organisation">Research Design and Standards Organisation</a> (RDSO)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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Western Railway zone">North Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Frontier_Railway_zone" title="Northeast Frontier Railway zone">Northeast Frontier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Railway_zone" title="Northern Railway zone">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Central_Railway_zone" title="South Central Railway zone">South Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Coast_Railway_zone" title="South Coast Railway zone">South Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Central_Railway_zone" title="South East Central Railway zone">South East Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Railway_zone" title="South Eastern Railway zone">South Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Western_Railway_zone" title="South Western Railway zone">South Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_zone" title="Southern Railway zone">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Central_Railway_zone" title="West Central Railway zone">West Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Railway_zone" title="Western Railway zone">Western</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Rolling_stock_of_India" title="Category:Rolling stock of India">Rolling stock</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Railways_coaching_stock" title="Indian Railways coaching stock">Coaching Stock</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ICF_coach" title="ICF coach">ICF coach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LHB_coach" title="LHB coach">LHB coach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tejas-Rajdhani_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="Tejas-Rajdhani Express">Tejas coach</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trainsets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amrit_Bharat_(trainset)" title="Amrit Bharat (trainset)">Amrit Bharat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multiple_units_of_India" title="Multiple units of India">Multiple units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E5_and_H5_Series_Shinkansen#Export_to_India" title="E5 and H5 Series Shinkansen">Shinkansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vande_Bharat_(trainset)" title="Vande Bharat (trainset)">Vande Bharat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vande_Bharat_(sleeper_trainset)" title="Vande Bharat (sleeper trainset)">Vande Bharat Sleeper</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Locomotives_of_India" title="Locomotives of India">Locomotives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagon_numbering_system_in_India" title="Wagon numbering system in India">Wagon Numbering</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Rolling_stock_manufacturers_of_India" title="Category:Rolling stock manufacturers of India">Manufacturing<br />units</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banaras_Locomotive_Works" title="Banaras Locomotive Works">Banaras Locomotive Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BEML_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="BEML Limited">BEML Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Heavy_Electricals_Limited" title="Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited">Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Wagon_and_Engineering" title="Bharat Wagon and Engineering">Bharat Wagon and Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braithwaite_%26_Co." title="Braithwaite & Co.">Braithwaite & Co.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burn_Standard_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Burn Standard Company">Burn Standard Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittaranjan_Locomotive_Works" title="Chittaranjan Locomotive Works">Chittaranjan Locomotive Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Locomotive_Factory,_Marhowrah" title="Diesel Locomotive Factory, Marhowrah">Diesel Locomotive Factory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Locomotive_Factory,_Madhepura" title="Electric Locomotive Factory, Madhepura">Electric Locomotive Factory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integral_Coach_Factory" title="Integral Coach Factory">Integral Coach Factory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latur_railway_station#Marathwada_Railway_Coach_Factory" title="Latur railway station">Marathwada Rail Coach Factory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Coach_Factory,_Raebareli" title="Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli">Modern Coach Factory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patiala_Locomotive_Works" title="Patiala Locomotive Works">Patiala Locomotive Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_Coach_Factory,_Kapurthala" title="Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala">Rail Coach Factory (Kapurthala)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonipat#Industrial_estates" title="Sonipat">Rail Coach Factory (Sonipat)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_Wheel_Factory" title="Rail Wheel Factory">Rail Wheel Factory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_Wheel_Plant,_Bela" title="Rail Wheel Plant, Bela">Rail Wheel Plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titagarh_Wagons" class="mw-redirect" title="Titagarh Wagons">Titagarh Wagons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Railway_depots_in_India" title="Category:Railway depots in India">Railway<br />depots</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Diesel_locomotive" title="Diesel locomotive">Diesel Loco</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Abu_Road" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Abu Road">Abu Road</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Alambagh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Alambagh (page does not exist)">Alambagh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Andal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Andal (page does not exist)">Andal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Bandra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Bandra (page does not exist)">Bandra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Bardhaman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Bardhaman (page does not exist)">Bardhaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Bhagat_Ki_Kothi" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Bhagat Ki Kothi">Bhagat Ki Kothi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Bokaro_Steel_City&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Bokaro Steel City (page does not exist)">Bokaro Steel City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Bondamunda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Bondamunda (page does not exist)">Bondamunda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Coonoor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Coonoor (page does not exist)">Coonoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Ernakulam" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Ernakulam">Ernakulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Erode" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Erode">Erode</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Gandhidham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Gandhidham (page does not exist)">Gandhidham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Golden_Rock" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Golden Rock">Golden Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Gonda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Gonda (page does not exist)">Gonda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Gooty" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Gooty">Gooty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Guntakal" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Guntakal">Guntakal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Howrah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Howrah (page does not exist)">Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Hubli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Hubli (page does not exist)">Hubli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Itarsi" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Itarsi">Itarsi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Izzatnagar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Izzatnagar (page does not exist)">Izzatnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Jamalpur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Jamalpur (page does not exist)">Jamalpur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Jhansi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Jhansi (page does not exist)">Jhansi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Kalka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Kalka (page does not exist)">Kalka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Kalyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Kalyan">Kalyan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Kazipet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Kazipet (page does not exist)">Kazipet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Kharagpur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Kharagpur (page does not exist)">Kharagpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Krishnarajapuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Krishnarajapuram">Krishnarajapuram </a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Kurla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Kurla (page does not exist)">Kurla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Ludhiana" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Ludhiana">Ludhiana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Lumding&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Lumding (page does not exist)">Lumding</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Malda_Town&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Malda Town (page does not exist)">Malda Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Maula_Ali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Maula Ali (page does not exist)">Maula Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Mhow" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Mhow">Mhow</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Motibagh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Motibagh (page does not exist)">Motibagh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Mughalsarai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Mughalsarai (page does not exist)">Mughalsarai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_New_Guwahati_City&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, New Guwahati City (page does not exist)">New Guwahati City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_New_Katani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, New Katani (page does not exist)">New Katani</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Patratu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Patratu (page does not exist)">Patratu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Pratapnagar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Pratapnagar (page does not exist)">Pratapnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Pune&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Pune (page does not exist)">Pune</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Raipur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Raipur (page does not exist)">Raipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Ratlam" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Ratlam">Ratlam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Sabarmati" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Sabarmati">Sabarmati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Samastipur" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Samastipur">Samastipur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Shakurbasti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Shakurbasti (page does not exist)">Shakurbasti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Siliguri" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri">Siliguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Tondiarpet" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Tondiarpet">Tondiarpet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Tughlakabad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Tughlakabad (page does not exist)">Tughlakabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Vatva" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Vatva">Vatva</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Vijayawada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Vijayawada (page does not exist)">Vijayawada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Visakhapatnam" title="Diesel Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electric_locomotive" title="Electric locomotive">Electric Loco</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Ajni" title="Electric Loco Shed, Ajni">Ajni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Angul" title="Electric Loco Shed, Angul">Angul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Arakkonam" title="Electric Loco Shed, Arakkonam">Arakkonam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Asansol" title="Electric Loco Shed, Asansol">Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Barauni" title="Electric Loco Shed, Barauni">Barauni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Bhilai" title="Electric Loco Shed, Bhilai">Bhilai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Bhusawal" title="Electric Loco Shed, Bhusawal">Bhusawal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electric_Loco_Shed,_Bilaspur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electric Loco Shed, Bilaspur (page does not exist)">Bilaspur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Bokaro_Steel_City" title="Electric Loco Shed, Bokaro Steel City">Bokaro Steel City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electric_Loco_Shed,_Bondamunda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electric Loco Shed, Bondamunda (page does not exist)">Bondamunda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Erode" title="Electric Loco Shed, Erode">Erode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Ghaziabad" title="Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad">Ghaziabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Gomoh" title="Electric Loco Shed, Gomoh">Gomoh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electric_Loco_Shed,_Gorakhpur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electric Loco Shed, Gorakhpur (page does not exist)">Gorakhpur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electric_Loco_Shed,_Guntakal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electric Loco Shed, Guntakal (page does not exist)">Guntakal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Howrah" title="Electric Loco Shed, Howrah">Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electric_Loco_Shed,_Ispat_Nagar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electric Loco Shed, Ispat Nagar (page does not exist)">Ispat Nagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Itarsi" title="Electric Loco Shed, Itarsi">Itarsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Jhansi" title="Electric Loco Shed, Jhansi">Jhansi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Kalyan" title="Electric Loco Shed, Kalyan">Kalyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Kanpur" title="Electric Loco Shed, Kanpur">Kanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electric_Loco_Shed,_Katni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electric Loco Shed, Katni (page does not exist)">Katni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Kazipet" title="Electric Loco Shed, Kazipet">Kazipet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electric_Loco_Shed,_Khanalampura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electric Loco Shed, Khanalampura (page does not exist)">Khanalampura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Lallaguda" title="Electric Loco Shed, Lallaguda">Lallaguda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Ludhiana" title="Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana">Ludhiana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electric_Loco_Shed,_Mughalsarai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electric Loco Shed, Mughalsarai (page does not exist)">Mughalsarai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electric_Loco_Shed,_Nagpur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electric Loco Shed, Nagpur (page does not exist)">Nagpur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electric_Loco_Shed,_Rourkela&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electric Loco Shed, Rourkela (page does not exist)">Rourkela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Royapuram" title="Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram">Royapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electric_Loco_Shed,_Saharanpur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electric Loco Shed, Saharanpur (page does not exist)">Saharanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electric_Loco_Shed,_Saiyedpur_Bhitri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electric Loco Shed, Saiyedpur Bhitri (page does not exist)">Saiyedpur Bhitri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Tatanagar" title="Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar">Tatanagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Tuglakabad" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric Loco Shed, Tuglakabad">Tughlakabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Vadodara" title="Electric Loco Shed, Vadodara">Vadodara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Valsad" title="Electric Loco Shed, Valsad">Valsad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Vijayawada" title="Electric Loco Shed, Vijayawada">Vijayawada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Loco_Shed,_Visakhapatnam" title="Electric Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Steam_locomotive" title="Steam locomotive">Steam Loco</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_Mountain_Railway" title="Nilgiri Mountain Railway">Coonoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rewari_Railway_Heritage_Museum" title="Rewari Railway Heritage Museum">Rewari</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Multiple_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiple Unit">Multiple Unit</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Diesel_Multiple_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel Multiple Unit">DEMU/DMU</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=DMU_Car_Shed,_Bangalore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DMU Car Shed, Bangalore (page does not exist)">Bangalore</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=DEMU_Car_Shed,_Budgam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DEMU Car Shed, Budgam (page does not exist)">Budgam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=DEMU_Car_Shed,_Gondia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DEMU Car Shed, Gondia (page does not exist)">Gondia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=DEMU_Car_Shed,_Jalandhar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DEMU Car Shed, Jalandhar (page does not exist)">Jalandhar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=DEMU_Car_Shed,_Jamalpur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DEMU Car Shed, Jamalpur (page does not exist)">Jamalpur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=DMU_Car_Shed,_Motibagh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DMU Car Shed, Motibagh (page does not exist)">Motibagh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=DMU_Car_Shed,_Maula_Ali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DMU Car Shed, Maula Ali (page does not exist)">Maula Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=DEMU_Car_Shed,_Shakurbasti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DEMU Car Shed, Shakurbasti (page does not exist)">Shakurbasti</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=DEMU_Car_Shed,_Vijayawada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DEMU Car Shed, Vijayawada (page does not exist)">Vijayawada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electric_Multiple_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric Multiple Unit">EMU</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Avadi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Avadi (page does not exist)">Avadi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Bandel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Bandel (page does not exist)">Bandel</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Barasat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Barasat (page does not exist)">Barasat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Ghaziabad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Ghaziabad (page does not exist)">Ghaziabad</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Howrah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Howrah (page does not exist)">Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Kalwa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Kalwa (page does not exist)">Kalwa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Kandivali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Kandivali (page does not exist)">Kandivali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Kharagpur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Kharagpur (page does not exist)">Kharagpur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Kurla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Kurla (page does not exist)">Kurla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Maula_Ali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Maula Ali (page does not exist)">Maula Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Mumbai_Central&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Mumbai Central (page does not exist)">Mumbai Central</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Narkeldanga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Narkeldanga (page does not exist)">Narkeldanga</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Panskura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Panskura (page does not exist)">Panskura</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Ranaghat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Ranaghat (page does not exist)">Ranaghat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Saharanpur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Saharanpur (page does not exist)">Saharanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Sanpada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Sanpada (page does not exist)">Sanpada</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Sonarpur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Sonarpur (page does not exist)">Sonarpur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Tambaram&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Tambaram (page does not exist)">Tambaram</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Tikiapara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Tikiapara (page does not exist)">Tikiapara</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Velachery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Velachery (page does not exist)">Velachery</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EMU_Car_Shed,_Virar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU Car Shed, Virar (page does not exist)">Virar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/MEMU" title="MEMU">MEMU</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=MEMU_Car_Shed,_Asansol&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MEMU Car Shed, Asansol (page does not exist)">Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=MEMU_Car_Shed,_Bhilai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MEMU Car Shed, Bhilai (page does not exist)">Bhilai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=MEMU_Car_Shed,_Kanpur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MEMU Car Shed, Kanpur (page does not exist)">Kanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_MEMU_Shed" title="Kollam MEMU Shed">Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=MEMU_Car_Shed,_Palakkad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MEMU Car Shed, Palakkad (page does not exist)">Palakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=MEMU_Car_Shed,_Rajahmundry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MEMU Car Shed, Rajahmundry (page does not exist)">Rajahmundry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=MEMU_Car_Shed,_Vadodara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MEMU Car Shed, Vadodara (page does not exist)">Vadodara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kolkata_Metro_depots_and_yards" title="List of Kolkata Metro depots and yards">Kolkata Metro</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Noapara_depot" class="mw-redirect" title="Noapara depot">Noapara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tollygunge_depot" class="mw-redirect" title="Tollygunge depot">Tollygunge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Garia_depot" class="mw-redirect" title="New Garia depot">New Garia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Park_depot" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Park depot">Central Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joka_depot" class="mw-redirect" title="Joka depot">Joka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_India" title="Rail transport in India">Lines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Main_railway_lines_of_India" title="Category:Main railway lines of India">Main</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chennai_Central%E2%80%93Bangalore_City_line" title="Chennai Central–Bangalore City line">Chennai–Bangalore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah%E2%80%93Allahabad%E2%80%93Mumbai_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line">Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah%E2%80%93Nagpur%E2%80%93Mumbai_line" title="Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line">Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah%E2%80%93Chennai_main_line" title="Howrah–Chennai main line">Howrah–Chennai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah%E2%80%93Delhi_main_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Howrah–Delhi main line">Howrah–Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah%E2%80%93Gaya%E2%80%93Delhi_line" title="Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line">Howrah–Gaya–Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumbai%E2%80%93Chennai_line" title="Mumbai–Chennai line">Mumbai–Chennai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi%E2%80%93Chennai_main_line" title="New Delhi–Chennai main line">New Delhi–Chennai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi%E2%80%93Mumbai_main_line" title="New Delhi–Mumbai main line">New Delhi–Mumbai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">High-speed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mumbai%E2%80%93Ahmedabad_high-speed_rail_corridor" title="Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor">Mumbai–Ahmedabad</a> (Under construction)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Suburban_rail_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Suburban rail in India">Suburban</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chennai_Mass_Rapid_Transit_System" title="Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System">Chennai MRTS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chennai_Suburban_Railway" title="Chennai Suburban Railway">Chennai Suburban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Suburban_Railway" title="Delhi Suburban Railway">Delhi Suburban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pune_Suburban_Railway" title="Pune Suburban Railway">Pune Suburban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_Multi-Modal_Transport_System" title="Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System">Hyderabad MMTS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Suburban_Railway" title="Kolkata Suburban Railway">Kolkata Suburban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumbai_Suburban_Railway" title="Mumbai Suburban Railway">Mumbai Suburban</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mountain_railways_of_India" title="Mountain railways of India">Mountain</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway" title="Darjeeling Himalayan Railway">Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalka-Shimla_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalka-Shimla Railway">Kalka-Shimla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_Mountain_Railway" title="Nilgiri Mountain Railway">Nilgiri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Named_passenger_trains_of_India" title="Category:Named passenger trains of India">Passenger<br /> trains</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_India" title="High-speed rail in India">Semi-High speed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amrit_Bharat_Express" title="Amrit Bharat Express">Amrit Bharat Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duronto_Express" title="Duronto Express">Duronto Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gatimaan_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="Gatimaan Express">Gatimaan Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tejas_Express" title="Tejas Express">Tejas Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajdhani_Express" title="Rajdhani Express">Rajdhani Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shatabdi_Express" title="Shatabdi Express">Shatabdi Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vande_Bharat_Express" title="Vande Bharat Express">Vande Bharat Express</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Premium</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AC_Express_(Indian_Railways)" title="AC Express (Indian Railways)">AC Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_Decker_Express" title="Double Decker Express">AC Double Decker Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humsafar_Express" title="Humsafar Express">Humsafar Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uday_Express" title="Uday Express">Uday Express</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Express_trains_in_India" title="Express trains in India">Express</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antyodaya_Express" title="Antyodaya Express">Antyodaya Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garib_Rath_Express" title="Garib Rath Express">Garib Rath Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intercity_Express_(Indian_Railways)" title="Intercity Express (Indian Railways)">Intercity Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Sadharan_Express" title="Jan Sadharan Express">Jan Sadharan Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Shatabdi_Express" title="Jan Shatabdi Express">Jan Shatabdi Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahamana_Express" title="Mahamana Express">Mahamana Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sampark_Kranti_Express" title="Sampark Kranti Express">Sampark Kranti Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suvidha_Express" title="Suvidha Express">Suvidha Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Rani_Express" title="Rajya Rani Express">Rajya Rani Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivek_Express" title="Vivek Express">Vivek Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuva_Express" title="Yuva Express">Yuva Express</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Luxury_rail_trains_in_India" title="Luxury rail trains in India">Luxury</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deccan_Odyssey" title="Deccan Odyssey">Deccan Odyssey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_Queen_(locomotive)" title="Fairy Queen (locomotive)">Fairy Queen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Chariot" title="Golden Chariot">Golden Chariot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahaparinirvan_Express" title="Mahaparinirvan Express">Mahaparinirvan Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharajas%27_Express" title="Maharajas' Express">Maharajas' Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palace_on_Wheels" title="Palace on Wheels">Palace on Wheels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramayana_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramayana Express">Ramayana Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Orient" title="Royal Orient">Royal Orient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Rajasthan_on_Wheels" title="Royal Rajasthan on Wheels">Royal Rajasthan on Wheels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Village_on_Wheels" title="Village on Wheels">Village on Wheels</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lifeline_Express" title="Lifeline Express">Lifeline Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Ribbon_Express" title="Red Ribbon Express">Red Ribbon Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_Express" title="Science Express">Science Express</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slow_and_fast_passenger_trains_in_India" title="Slow and fast passenger trains in India">Passenger trains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namo_Bharat_Rapid_Rail" title="Namo Bharat Rapid Rail">Namo Bharat Rapid Rail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Railway_stations_in_India" title="Category:Railway stations in India">Stations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Categorization_of_Indian_Railway_stations_by_commercial_importance" title="Categorization of Indian Railway stations by commercial importance">Major</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Railway_stations_in_Chennai" title="Railway stations in Chennai">Chennai</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chennai_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennai Central">Chennai Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chennai_Egmore_railway_station" title="Chennai Egmore railway station">Chennai Egmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tambaram_railway_station" title="Tambaram railway station">Tambaram</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_railway_stations_in_Delhi" title="List of railway stations in Delhi">Delhi</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Junction_railway_station" title="Delhi Junction railway station">Delhi Jn.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazrat_Nizamuddin_railway_station" title="Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station">Hazrat Nizamuddin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi_railway_station" title="New Delhi railway station">New Delhi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Railway_stations_in_Kolkata" title="Category:Railway stations in Kolkata">Kolkata</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Howrah_railway_station" title="Howrah railway station">Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah_railway_station" title="Howrah railway station">Howrah South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sealdah_railway_station" title="Sealdah railway station">Sealdah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad_Junction_railway_station" title="Ahmedabad Junction railway station">Ahmedabad Jn.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorakhpur_Junction_railway_station" title="Gorakhpur Junction railway station">Gorakhpur Jn.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSR_Bengaluru_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="KSR Bengaluru railway station">KSR Bengaluru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patna_Junction_railway_station" title="Patna Junction railway station">Patna Jn.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pune_Junction_railway_station" title="Pune Junction railway station">Pune Jn.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secunderabad_Junction_railway_station" title="Secunderabad Junction railway station">Secunderabad Jn.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surat_railway_station" title="Surat railway station">Surat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thane_railway_station" title="Thane railway station">Thane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayawada_Junction_railway_station" title="Vijayawada Junction railway station">Vijayawada Jn.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam_Junction_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Visakhapatnam Junction railway station">Visakhapatnam Jn.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Railway_junction_stations_in_India" title="Category:Railway junction stations in India">Junctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rapid_transit_stations_in_India" title="Category:Rapid transit stations in India">Metro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Centralised_Training_Institutes_of_the_Indian_Railways" title="Centralised Training 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