Indian Railways operates 9, 000 passenger trains and carries some 18 million passengers every day.
The Indian Railways has performed poorly on her watch and its finances have deteriorated.
Indian Railways own and manage a number of lines, including the 53-mile long Darjeeling Himalaya Railway.
Indian Railways is also one of the world's largest employers, with more than 1.4 million people working for it.
At Indian Railways he made his mark by restoring a storm-ravaged bridge in 46 days when it might have taken six months.
In practice, however, Indian Railways has been tinkering with the distortion in the tariff structure by simplifying categories and classes.
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Meanwhile, Indian Railways is trying to capitalise on the work stoppage.
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Anil Saxena, head of public relations at the Indian Railways headquarters in New Delhi, said Monday that at least 39 people were injured in Sunday's stampede.
Reforming the Indian Railways is a mammoth job but not, perhaps, what one might expect from the familiar image of hot, crammed cars, indolent staff and teeming metropolitan train stations.
Nearly three decades ago, the average Indian consumer realized the awesome power of what automation could do for them when the Indian Railways computerized train ticketing system nationwide.
Indian Railways scores badly in most international productivity league tables.
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One consequence of Indian Railways' present bias, according to a rough calculation by the World Bank, is that freight tariffs could be reduced by more than 40% if its social burdens were paid directly by the user or the government.
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