Railways Sets New Record in Passenger Traffic as well as Cargo Transport in 2025–26

• Indian Railways (IR), world's 4th-largest rail network, posted simultaneous record highs in passenger traffic (741 crore) and freight loading (1670 MT) in FY 2025–26.
• Operates under Ministry of Railways; freight is a strategic logistics backbone supplying coal, steel, cement, fertiliser to core economy.
• Examinable as a recurring GS-III (Infrastructure/Economy) data anchor and a Prelims source of zone-wise and commodity-wise figures.