At the end of fiscal year 2023, the length of railway routes across India was around 69 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 10 thousand freight trains commuting on a daily basis.
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Route length of railways across India from financial year 2003 to 2023
(in 1,000 kilometers)
Characteristic
Route length in thousand kilometers
FY 2023
68.58
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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Indian Railways. (December 9, 2024). Route length of railways across India from financial year 2003 to 2023 (in 1,000 kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079483/india-railway-route-length/
Indian Railways. "Route length of railways across India from financial year 2003 to 2023 (in 1,000 kilometers)." Chart. December 9, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079483/india-railway-route-length/
Indian Railways. (2024). Route length of railways across India from financial year 2003 to 2023 (in 1,000 kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079483/india-railway-route-length/
Indian Railways. "Route Length of Railways across India from Financial Year 2003 to 2023 (in 1,000 Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Dec 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079483/india-railway-route-length/
Indian Railways, Route length of railways across India from financial year 2003 to 2023 (in 1,000 kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079483/india-railway-route-length/ (last visited June 20, 2025)
Route length of railways across India from financial year 2003 to 2023 (in 1,000 kilometers) [Graph], Indian Railways, December 9, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079483/india-railway-route-length/
