3. Transport in the Republic of India is an
important part of the nation's economy.
Today in the country we have a wide variety
of modes of transport by land, water and air.
However, the relatively low GDP of India
has meant that access to these modes of
transport has not been uniform.

4. India’s transport sector is large and diverse, it
caters to the needs of 1.1 5billion people.
In 2007, the sector contributed about 5.5 percent
to the nation’s GDP.
Since the early 1990s, India's growing economy
has witnessed a rise in demand for transport
infrastructure and services.

5. The nation has just 13 million cars on its
roads which is just over 1% of the country’s
population.
In addition only 10% of the Indian
households own a motorcycle.
In India, public transport still remains the
primary mode of transport.
Indian railways is the largest and fourth
most heavily utilized system in the world.

6. Walking
Palanquin
Bullock carts and horse carriages
Bicycles
Hand-pulled rickshaws
Cycle rickshaws
Trams

8. Modern transportation…
These are the major means of transportation now a days:
Railways
Road ways
Air ways
Water ways

9. Railways
Indian Railways is one of the largest
railways under single management.
It carries some 17 million passengers and 2
million tons of freight a day and is one of the
world’s largest employer.
The railways play a leading role in carrying
passengers and cargo across India's vast
territory.

10. The trains were introduced by the British in
1853.
The Indian railways improved a lot from then
on to become the one of the longest railway
networks in the world.
There are 16 railway zones in India.
There are almost 8000 railway stations in the
country.

11. Zonal Railways Headquarters
Central Railway Mumbai CST
Eastern Railway Kolkata
Northern Railway New Delhi
North Eastern Railway Gorakhpur
North-East Frontier Railway Maligaon (Guwahati)
Southern Railway Chennai
South Central Railway Secunderabad
South Eastern Railway Kolkata
Western Railway Church Gate, Mumbai
East Central Railway Hajipur
East Coast Railway Bhubaneswar
North Central Railway Allahabad
North Western Railway Jaipur
South East Central Railway Bilaspur
South Western Railway Hubli
West Central Railway Jabalpur

12. The total route length of the railway network
is 64,061 km (39,806 mi).
About 46% of the railway route is electrified.
The Indian railways uses 4 gauges: broad
gauge, standard gauge, meter gauge, narrow
gauge.

14. Notable trains and
achievements…
There are two UNESCO World Heritage Sites on IR —
the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus and the Mountain
railways of India.
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a narrow gauge
railway in West Bengal.
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a meter gauge railway
in the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu.
The Kalka-Shimla Railway, a narrow gauge railway in
the Shivalik mountains in Himachal Pradesh

16. Road transport…
Roads are the dominant mode of
transportation in India today.
They carry almost 90 percent of the country’s
passenger traffic and 65 percent of its freight.
The density of India’s highway network -- at
0.66 km of highway per square kilometer of
land – is similar to that of the United States
(0.65) and much greater than China's (0.16) or
Brazil's (0.20).

17. However, most highways in India are narrow
and congested with poor surface quality, and
40 percent of India’s villages do not have
access to all-weather roads.
Road network of India is the largest road
networks(3.314 million kilometers ) in the
world.
India's road network consists of national
highways, state highways, district roads and
village roads.

18. Type of Road Length
Expressways 200 km (120 mi)
National Highways 66,590 km (41,380 mi)
State Highways 131,899 km (81,958 mi)
Major District Roads 467,763 km (290,654 mi)
Rural and Other Roads 2,650,000 km (1,650,000 mi)
Total Length
3,300,000 km (2,050,000 mi)
(Approx)
Statistics….

19. National Highway classification
Lanes Length (km) Percentage
Single Lane / Intermediate
lane
18,350 27%
Double lane 39,079 59%
Four Lane/Six lane/Eight
Lane
9,325 14%
Total 66,754 100%

20. Mumbai Pune Expressway

23. Air transportation…
There are many airlines which are operating in
India.
The Air India, India's flag carrier, presently
operates a fleet of 159 aircraft and plays a
major role in connecting India with the rest of
the world.
The other airlines such as Kingfisher Airlines,
Air India and Jet Airways are the most
popular brands in domestic air travel in order
of their market share.

24. These airlines connect more than 80 cities
across India and also operate overseas routes
after the liberalization of Indian aviation.
The rapid growth in the economy of India has
made air travel more affordable now a days.
There are more than 335 (2008 est.) civilian
airports in India - 250 with paved runways
and 96 with unpaved runways and more than
20 international airports in the Republic of
India.

25. There are almost 220 airports in India .these
include all types of airports.
Out of which 27 are international airports.
Others include domestic airports, air force
based airports and etc…

26. The market share of different airlines in
India…

28. Water and sea transport…

29. Coastline
Ports
Maritime transportation
It has a fleet of 79 ships of 27 lacs
GT (48 lacs DWT) and also manages 53
research, survey and support vessels of 1.2
Lacs GT (0.6 Lacs DWT) on behalf of various
government departments and other
organizations.
Navigable waterways

30. Types of water transport….
Inland water transport
Ocean transport

31. National waterways….
Allahabad
Saidiya
Kollam
Bhadrachalam
Mangalgadi

32. Major ports of India

33. Constraints….
Ships have to wait long for berthing.
Manual handling and poor labor productivity.
Old type of equipment.
Draft restrictions.
Night navigation unavailable.
Poor availability of railway wagons and road trucks.
Insufficient warehousing.
Tardy procedure.

35. Conclusion….
The key concepts in todays world -economy
derive their existence because of the physical and
electronic linkages developed by the technology.
It constitutes the basic linkage between the
supply and demand centers.
Peaks and troughs in the demand of
transportation.

36. Public nature of transport infrastructure.
Relationship between the nature of the
individual commodities and the modes of
transportation preferred by the commodity.
Modes of transportation used for bulk freight
traffic.
Over years inland freight traffic has been
shifting from rail to road.

37. References…
www.indianrailways.com
www.wikipedia.com
Research by Dr.Shukla.

38. Any questions???

40. SPECIAL THANKS
TO
R. K.

41. Have a great evening ahead 