Draft:Indian Railway Classification

I have now integrated this into the article Rail transport in India

I think this article is quite interesting. Finally, there is also an article on the classification of railroad companies in the USA. Why not about the same in India? It is very difficult to find other sources. But I added one more, a work by Indian Ministry Of Railways (Railway Board). That should be official enough.

Beginning 1926 and for statistical purposes, the Government of British Raj classified Indian railway systems according to three classes. It was a similar system to the Railroad classes in North America.

Trams, industrial and port railways were recorded separately and independently of turnover. In terms of net revenue, East Indian Railway was the largest company in 1927 with 86,881,000 rupees. Followed by the North Western State Railway with 57,343,000 rupees and the Great Indian Peninsula Railway with 56,215,000 rupees.

No further reclassification was carried out after 1942, but the rankings remained in use until the mid-1950s.

Statistics for 1936
In addition, many other data were recorded, also for trams, road vehicles of the railway companies and much more.