Indian railways – a swot analysis Dr. Santhiyavalli G.1, Associate Professor, Karthika A.2, Research Scholar, Rathika S.3, Research Scholar 1Department of Commerce, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education, Coimbatore-641043 2Department of Commerce, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education, Coimbatore-641043. 3Department of Commerce, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education, Coimbatore-641043 Online published on 3 January, 2012. Abstract Indian Railways is fully owned by Government of India. The Indian Railways, the world's second largest rail network under a single management, continues to be one of the biggest contributors to the country's economic progress. Railway performance vastly improved in the last two years due to better resource management, among other things, through increased wagon load, faster turnaround time and a more rational pricing policy. The Indian Railways are spread all over the country covering a route of 63000 Kilometers and as per the records Indian Railways runs a total of 14400+ trains on daily basis which includes the passenger trains The Railways have made a profit of US$ 4.6 billion-versus US$ 3.4 billion in the previous year. Indian Railways have plan to introduce, 300–350 km per hour trains and 225 stations to develop in the next five years. Top Keywords Indian Railways, Metro Railway, Passenger Traffic. Top |