Major Routes National & International

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Connecting Landlocked Developing Countries to Markets
The Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) is a project to create an
integrated freight railway network across Europe and
Asia and CIS Countries. The TAR is a project of the
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).


The 24 countries that did not sign the agreement at
the conference had until 31 December 2007, to join
and ratify the agreement.

In 2012 the agreements have been signed by 32 countries to allow the railway to cross the
continent and also reach to Europe,Asia & CIS Countries. Some of the countries taking part
in the railway project are.

India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, China, Japan, South Korea and Bangladesh
Intl Route - Rail Link between India & China
China started new Line from Tibet
Connecting India thru Arunchal
Pradesh.
Total of 125,000 square km of area
between China and India.
It will accelerate transportation of
the mineral products to India
Will Increase exports from India.
Will have dedicated Freight Corridor.
DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR
DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR
FDI 26 % to 49 %
Railways
Defense Etc.
INDIAN RAILWAYS
ASSETS PROFILE
Total Track Kilometers 109,221
Electrified Track kilometers 39,358
No Of Bridges 119,984
No Of Level Crossings 37,423
No Of Diesel Locomotives 4,699
No Of Electric Locomotives 2930
No Of Passenger Coaches 34,895
No Of Emu/Dmu coaches 4,957
Other Coaching Vehicles 4,904
Total Wagons On Line 214,760
MAJOR -INTERNATIONAL RAIL ROUTE BY DISTANCE
No
Origin City
(Country)
Destination City
(Country)
Train Name
No
Operator Name Distance No. of Stops Frequency
Scheduled running
time
1 Moscow (Russia) Vladivostok (Russia) Rossiya 002 Russian Railways 9259 km 67 Alternate days 178 hrs (~7 days)
2 Moscow (Russia)
Beijing (China) via
Harbin (China)
Vostok 020 / 019
Russian
Railways/China
Railways
8984 km 44 Weekly 144 hrs (6 days)
[1]

3 Moscow (Russia)
Beijing (China) via
Ulan Bator
(Mongolia)
43 / 33
Russian
Railways/Mongolian
Railways/China
Railways
7826 km 33 Weekly
131 hrs (~5.5
days)
[1]

4 Guangzhou (China) Lhasa (China) T264 China Railways 4980 km 10 Daily
54 hrs 30 mins (~2.5
days)
[1]

5 Guangzhou (China) Urumqi (China) T38 China Railways 4684 km 31 Daily
54 hrs 13 mins (~2.5
days)
[1]

MAJOR- NATIONAL RAIL ROUTE BY DISTANCE
No
Origin City
(Country)
Destination City
(Country)
Train Name
No
Operator Name Distance No. of Stops Frequency
Scheduled running
time
1 Mangalore (India) Jammu (India)
Navyug
Express/16687
Indian Railways 3609 km 71 Weekly
68 hrs 5
mins (~3
days)
[6]

2
Yeswanthpur
(Bangalore)
Dibrugarh (India)
Yeshvantapur-
Dibrugarh
Express/15901
Indian Railways 3578 km 70 Weekly
68 hrs 15
mins (~3
days)
[6]

3 Tirunelveli (India) Jammu (India)
Tirunelveli-Jammu
Express/16787
Indian Railways 3561 km 70 Bi-weekly
69 hrs 25
mins (~3
days)
[6]

4
Thiruvananthapuram
(India)
Guwahati (India)
Thiruvananthapuram-
Guwahati
Express/12515
Indian Railways 3552 km 23 Weekly
65 hrs
(~3
days)
[6]

INDIA STANDS OUT IN COMPARISON WITH MOST OTHER COUNTRIES
Connecting Landlocked Developing Countries to Markets
Highest Railway Bridge in the World in J&K