People get around by trains in India. In America, outside of metro trains in major cities, I don’t know of too many folks taking Amtrak or some other train service (is there another train service in America?) to get around. Indian Railways is a government-run service and it is HUGE. Apparently the railway systems in Europe, the U.S., Russia, and China are all bigger in terms of miles of track, but I’m sure India takes the cake on number of users. Here are some impressive statistics:
Riders per year: 8.26 billion
# of passenger trains: 20,000
# of stations: 7,321
# of employees: 1.3 million (8th largest employer in the world!)
# of cattle killed by trains annually: 30,000!
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| And this is why I am nervous to try out trains |
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