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Indian Railways.

17 zones, every Vande Bharat service, and the Dedicated Freight Corridor build-out — all on one page.

Infrastructure
Key Takeaways
  • 70,631 km of route across 17 Indian Railways zones, organised into 71 operating divisions.
  • Northern Railway is the largest by route km at 7,113 km, headquartered in New Delhi.
  • 49 Vande Bharat Express services tracked here cover 22 states/UTs and 25,362 route km between them.
  • Dedicated Freight Corridors: 2,277 km commissioned and 967 km still under construction, of a 2,843 km Eastern + Western target.

IR route network growth

Passenger originations over time

Freight tonnage over time

Route km by zone

Vande Bharat fleet growth

DFC commissioning timeline

Primary sources

Data provenance

Snapshot
Latest section verified 15 May 2026; zone figures as of 31 March 2023, Vande Bharat list as of May 2026, DFC status as of April 2026
Coverage
17 zones · 49 Vande Bharat services across 22 states/UTs · 11 DFC sections (Eastern + Western)
Limitations
Zonal route km come from FY23 Year Book — small additions since then are not reflected. The Vande Bharat list is curated to services with verified train-number pairs; the live operational fleet is larger. DFC "operational" reflects commissioned sections; commercial freight ramp-up lags commissioning by months.
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