Times of Better Bharat

India, measured — every morning · est. 2026

Rail network

Length of the railway network. India's is one of the world's largest; most of the recent effort has gone into electrifying, doubling and dedicating lines to freight rather than adding route length.

Latest
68,102.73
2021
Published by
World Bank / UIC
annual

Rail network over time

62,00064,00066,00068,00070,0001995199920032007201120152019202168,103
1995–2021 · 27 observations · route-km
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PeriodRail network
202168,103
202067,956
201967,414
201869,249
201767,368
201666,687
201566,030
201465,808
201365,436
201264,600
201164,460
201063,974
200964,015
200863,273
200763,327
200663,332
200563,485
200463,221
200363,122
200263,140
200163,028
200062,759
199962,810
199862,495
199762,725
199662,915
199562,660

Compared with

United States
1,48,553
China
1,09,767
India
68,103
Germany
33,401
Brazil
32,622
South Africa
20,953
Japan
20,087
Pakistan
7,791
Indonesia
5,483
Vietnam
3,159
Bangladesh
2,877
Sri Lanka
1,562
Latest available year for each country · route-km

Source

World Bank / UIC — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IS.RRS.TOTL.KM