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Railways in India
Railways in India serve as the lifeline of transportation. Throughout its vast landscape, the railways are the cheapest and efficient mode of transportation in India.

The country boasts of an extensive rail network literally crisscrossing through its vast land. Even the remotes corners of the country are linked to one another through railways in India. Nearly every city and tourist destination has access to railways. Numerous local passenger trains along with Express and Mail trains networks among them.

Railway in India provides the most important communication mode carrying everything from civil passengers to army troops, from travelers' luggage to mails and industrial goods - almost anything under the sun.

Would it be too ecstatic to say it is only railway platforms represent the true India? A Railway platform in India sports a fantastic cross-section of Indian society, where people from all quarters rub shoulders to grab a space to travel.

For foreign nationals, it recommended to travel in reserved compartments preferably air-conditioned ones.

There are quite a few prestigious tourist trains too, which offer fabulous luxury with a dash of Indian heritage and hospitality. They would remind you how the Indian Maharajahs used to travel by railways in the not-too-past India.

Following are the tourist trains in India:



Heritage on Wheels is very recent addition in this category, although operation is yet to be started on regular basis.

Last but not the least important is that UNESCO has declared Toy Train in Darjeeling as a World Heritage Site.

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