Indian Railway Fact: Indian Railways is the fourth largest rail network in the world and the largest in Asia. Through this, lakhs of people travel from one place to another every day. Thousands of trains run across the country every day, which include trains like mail express, passenger train, local, DMU coach, Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto and Vande Bharat Express. 

Indian Railways earns a lot of money from this train

Indian Railways earns a lot from freight transport, but a large part of its income also comes from the sale of tickets. Indian Railways gives a 46 percent subsidy on tickets to every passenger. Under this, a subsidy of Rs 56,993 crore is given to passengers of all categories in a year. But do you know which train earns the most for Indian Railways? You must be thinking of Vande Bharat or Shatabdi Express, but it is not so. Rajdhani Express earns the most for Indian Railways. It is the most profitable train for Northern Railways.

This train made the railways rich

According to the data provided by the Indian Railways, the KSR Bengaluru Rajdhani Express, which runs from Hazrat Nizamuddin in Delhi to KSR Bengaluru City Junction, is the highest revenue earning train for the Railways. This train has earned Rs 1,76,06,66,339 in the financial year 2022-23. During this period, 509,510 passengers traveled in the train. 

This is also not less in terms of earning

• Apart from this, the Sealdah Rajdhani Express running between New Delhi and Kolkata is in the list of highest earning trains for Indian Railways, which has earned Rs 1,28,81,69,274 in the financial year 2022-23. During this period, 509,164 passengers traveled by the train. 
• Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express is at number three in the list, which benefited the Railways by earning Rs 1,26,29,09,697 in the financial year 2022-23. During this period, the number of passengers traveling by it was 474,605. 
• Mumbai Tejas Rajdhani Express was at number four in the list, which earned Rs 122 crore in the financial year 2022-23. During this period, 4,85,794 passengers traveled by this train running between New Delhi and Mumbai Central.