Infrastructure · Railways
Indian Railways.
18 current zones, a verified Vande Bharat service list, and the Dedicated Freight Corridor build-out — all on one page.
At a glance
- 0169,439 km in the FY25 zone tables; Indian Railways now has 18 zones and 70 operating divisions after South Coast Railway became operational.
- 02Northern Railway is the largest FY25 reporting zone by route km at 7,477 km, headquartered in New Delhi.
- 0382 Vande Bharat route pairs are operational: 81 chair-car pairs and 1 sleeper pair, equal to 164 directional train services.
- 04Dedicated 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 route pairs
DFC commissioning timeline
Primary sources
- Indian Railways Year Book 2024-25
- Indian Railways Annual Statistical Statements 2024-25 (Statement 12)
- PIB: South Coast Railway operational from 1 June 2026
- Indian Railways: Statistical Publications
- Wikipedia: List of railway zones in India
- Ministry of Railways: 81 chair-car pairs and 1 sleeper pair
- DFCCIL: Project status
- DFCCIL Annual Report 2023-24
- PIB: DFCCIL releases (search)
- Publication / review dates
- Latest section verified 23 Jul 2026; zone metrics as of 31 Mar 2025
- Coverage
- 18 zones · 82 Vande Bharat pairs (164 directional services) · 11 DFC sections (Eastern + Western)