Question

The Indian railways have a network of _______ stations.
A. More Than 7000
B. More Than 8000
C. More Than 5000
D. None of these

Answer 1

Hint: The Indian Railways runs more than 20000 passenger trains daily and is one of the largest networks in India. It is divided into 18 railway zones.

Complete Answer:Indian Railways is India’s national railway system which is operated by the Ministry of Railways. It is the third largest railway network in the world and has 7349 stations across India.

Indian Railways was founded on 8th May 1845 and its headquarters is in New Delhi - Rail Bhavan. The current minister of railways is Piyush Goyal.

The Indian Railways provides many services like - Passenger railways, Freight services, Parcel carrier, Catering and Tourism services, Parking lot operations, etc. The Indian Railways currently has more than 1 million employees.

On 31st March 2017 the Indian Railways announced that the country’s entire rail network would be electrified by 2022 or 2023.

Due to COVID-19 the India Railways announced a nationwide shutdown of passenger rail service on 22nd March 2020. It has also announced plans to convert coaches into isolation wards for patients of COVID-19.

Therefore the correct answer is option A.

Note: India’s first passenger train was operated by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. It was hauled by three steam locomotives and ran for 34 kms with 400 people in 14 carriages between Bori Bunder (Mumbai) and Thane on 16th April 1853.