Indian rail in creating and shaping the modern India in all its developmental avatars and great scores of progress.

Before India publishes its financial budget Railway Budget takes the latest news headlines every year and its considerable importance in the country's finance as well as socio-economic factors assigns greatest type of importance among various endeavors and departments of government. As it is now well acclaimed that British Raj has presented to India one of the most dashing and revolutionizing gifts, that is Indian railways, we can now understand the role of Indian rail in creating and shaping the modern India in all its developmental avatars and great scores of progress. India is one of the few handpicked big countries in the world that encircled by so vast a railway network across the geographical boundary of the country. There is not a single state in the whole map of India which is not penetrated and invaded by the great network of Indian rail. Only except a few regions in the upper Himalayas or in the distinct and discreet north east there is hardly any district in India that is not covered by the Indian rail. Indian rail has many feats among the great railway tracks in the world. Some of the biggest, greatest and highest categories where Indian rail has posed some of its great feats include highest railway station in the world, biggest railway station in the world and the longest railway platform in the world. With the inclusion of the metro rail for fast passenger service in some metropolitan cities of India like Kolkata, Delhi, Indian Rail has broadened its service to touch the heart of millions of busy city commuters and proved its excellence across a wide range of passenger as well as goods traffic. Latest news reveals that Indian rail is going to expand in multiple ways and going to introduce some of the latest technologies in the Indian railway.