Indian Railways

state-owned enterprise operating India's national railway system
Organization national_railway Q819425
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Indian Railways

Summary

Indian Railways is a national railway[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of national_railway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,684 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Indian Railways was a member of International Union of Railways[3].
  • Indian Railways is in the country of India[4].
  • Indian Railways's instance of is recorded as national railway[5].
  • Indian Railways's instance of is recorded as railway company[6].
  • Indian Railways's item operated is recorded as indianrail.gov.in[7].
  • Indian Railways is owned by India[8].
  • Indian Railways's headquarters location is recorded as New Delhi[9].
  • Indian Railways's Commons category is recorded as Indian Railways[10].
  • Indian Railways's industry is recorded as rail transport[11].
  • May 8, 1845 marks the founding of Indian Railways[12].
  • Indian Railways's location of formation is recorded as India[13].
  • Indian Railways's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Indian Railways[14].
  • Indian Railways's track gauge is recorded as 1676 mm track gauge[15].
  • Indian Railways's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+1230000'}[16].
  • Indian Railways's legal form is recorded as state-owned enterprise[17].
  • Indian Railways's reporting mark is recorded as IR[18].
  • Indian Railways's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5696[19].
  • Indian Railways's owner of is recorded as Sangaldan railway station[20].
  • Indian Railways's owner of is recorded as Kakinada Town railway station[21].
  • Indian Railways's owner of is recorded as Patas railway station[22].
  • Indian Railways's owner of is recorded as Nauganwan railway station[23].
  • Indian Railways's owner of is recorded as Oro Jagadishpur railway station[24].
  • Indian Railways's owner of is recorded as Visakhapatnam Junction railway station[25].
  • Indian Railways's owner of is recorded as Ghaziabad railway station[26].
  • Indian Railways's owner of is recorded as Kashinagar Halt railway station[27].

Body

Founding

May 8, 1845 marks the founding of Indian Railways[12]. Its location of formation is recorded as India[13].

Operations

Indian Railways's headquarters location is recorded as New Delhi[9].

Industry

Indian Railways's industry is recorded as rail transport[11].

Ownership

Indian Railways is owned by India[8].

Why It Matters

Indian Railways ranks in the top 6% of national_railway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,684 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . vademecum.uic.org. Retrieved . vademecum.uic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . irfca.org. irfca.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . indianrailways.gov.in. indianrailways.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Sbb1413 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception +1845-05-08T00:00:00Z
    Owned by India
    Industry rail transport
    Aliases
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://indianrailways.gov.in"
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