Passenger train 8th December 1982
Photo by: T.F.Davis. RCTS Collection
Timetables and maps of India
Indian railways
The railways of India have probably done more to build the nation than any other country. Countries like the US, Canada, and Russia might disagree but their railways have ceded dominance to roads and airlines, whereas the growing nation of India still relies on its vast railway network.
The country has committed to fully electrifying the broad gauge network at 25Kv by 31st March 2024, and should reach the target by completing 7-10% every year for the last six years, having largely skipped dieselisation in between. Work has commenced on a national high speed rail network.
Railways came early to India (1832) and India was an early adopter of electric traction (1925). India is now second only to Japan in the number of passengers carried (8.4bn vs 24.6bn) , but the average journey is much longer. Only China, with its well-establish high-speed network, exceeds India's 1.2tn passenger kilometres. (All 2019 figures).
The railways of India were divided into "zones" in 1951. The Konkan Railway on the coast south of Mumbai fully opened in 1998 and became its own zone. Nine are fully electrified [August 2023]. The current zones are:
- Central Railway [CR]
- East Coast Railway [ECoR]
- East Central Railway [ECR]
- Eastern Railway [ER]
- Konkan Railway [KRCL]
- North Central Railway [NCR]
- North Eastern Railway [NER]
- Northeast Frontier Railway [NFR]
- Northern Railway [NR]
- North Western Railway [NWR]
- South Coast Railway [SCoR]
- South Central Railway [SCR]
- South East Central Railway [SECR]
- South Eastern Railway [SER]
- Southern Railway [SR]
- South Western Railway [SWR]
- West Central Railway [WCR]
- Western Railway [WR]
Timetable World's collection
We now have approximately 40 timetables and maps available. The earliest examples date from the colonial era before the creation of modern India, and include coverage of lines that are now in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.
National Timetables
Full timetables are available to purchase as PDF downloads at £6 each (approximately ₹620). You can pay via Paypal, Google Pay, ApplePay, credit cards.
Summary timetables are free to download, but you still use the checkout. No money will be taken unless you add paid-for items to the basket.
Full timetables · £6 per download
Newman's Indian Bradshaw 1934-08
Newman's Indian Bradshaw 1955-03
Newman's Indian Bradshaw 1955-04
Newman's Indian Bradshaw 1975-02
Newman's Indian Bradshaw 1981-01
Newman's Indian Bradshaw 1981-10
Newman's Indian Bradshaw 1982-01
Newman's Indian Bradshaw 1982-11
Regional timetables
Regional timetables are free to download, but you still use the checkout. No money will be taken unless you add paid-for items to the basket.
Post-1947 · Free download
Maps
Maps are only available for online viewing.
