Wikidata:WikiProject Indian Railways

Indian Railways wikiproject is dedicated to create and improve Wikidata content related to Indian Railways (Q819425)   . It manages the fourth-largest railway network in the world by size. Read more on English Wikipedia.

Data model[edit]

Properties for stations[edit]

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform)	Howrah railway station <instance of> railway station	-
image	P18	Commons media file	illustration and image: image of relevant illustration of the subject; if available, also use more specific properties (sample: coat of arms image, locator map, flag image, signature image, logo image, collage image)	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus <image> Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria Terminus).jpg	-
named after	P138	Item	eponym, memorial society and namesakes: entity or event that inspired the subject's name, or namesake (in at least one language). Qualifier "applies to name" (P5168) can be used to indicate which one	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus <named after> Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj	-
country	P17	Item	country: sovereign state that this item is in (not to be used for human beings)	<country> India	-
located in the administrative territorial entity	P131	Item	administrative territorial entity: the item is located on the territory of the following administrative entity. Use P276 for specifying locations that are non-administrative places and for items about events. Use P1382 if the item falls only partially into the administrative entity.	Howrah railway station <located in the administrative territorial entity> Howrah district	-
location	P276	Item	physical location: location of the object, structure or event. In the case of an administrative entity as containing item use P131. For statistical entities use P8138. In the case of a geographic entity use P706. Use P7153 for locations associated with the object	Darjeeling railway station <location> Darjeeling	-
coordinate location	P625	Geographic coordinates	geographic coordinate: geocoordinates of the subject. For Earth, please note that only WGS84 coordinating system is supported at the moment	Howrah railway station <coordinate location> 22°34'54.5"N, 88°20'32.3"E	-
located in time zone	P421	Item	time zone: time zone for this item	<located in time zone> Indian Standard Time	-
owned by	P127	Item	proprietor, property and owned by: owner of the subject	<owned by> Indian Railways	owner of
operator	P137	Item	operator: person, profession, or organization that operates the equipment, facility, or service	Howrah railway station <operator> Howrah railway division	item operated
adjacent station	P197	Item	The stations next to this station, sharing the same line(s). Should be qualified with connecting line (P81), towards (P5051), direction (P560), and start time (P580).	Howrah railway station <adjacent station> Liluah railway station	-
connecting line	P81	Item	railway line and rail track: railway line(s) subject is directly connected to	Howrah railway station <connecting line> Howrah–Delhi main line	-
number of platform tracks	P1103	Quantity	number of tracks served by the platforms at a railway station	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus <number of platform tracks> 18	-
Indian Railways station code	P5696	External identifier	code to identify a railway station operated by Indian Railways (this should NOT be used on items for metro stations; use P296 in those instances)	Howrah railway station <Indian Railways station code> HWH	-
Commons category	P373	String	Commons category: name of the Wikimedia Commons category containing files related to this item (without the prefix "Category:")	Howrah railway station <Commons category> Howrah station	-
date of official opening	P1619	Point in time	opening ceremony, opening and inauguration: date or point in time an event, museum, theater etc. officially opened	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus <date of official opening> 1888	-

Statistics[edit]

Property Statistics of railway stations from all over the world and India's position in it. ((code))
Indian state Wise Statistics

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Work done[edit]

Data sources[edit]

The Indian Railways operates on 7349 stations (as of 2017) and 1817 halts/block huts (2013) in its network. More statistics at Indian Railways Statistics & Economics
There are 382 stations in service under various metro railway operators (as of 2018). See Urban rail transit in India

Network[edit]

Railway Map of India - Survey of India (2017)
Indian railway history - Routes, alignments and inaugural dates - By Anirudh DSP
Guide to Indian Railways Chainage - Deepak Saravanan. Comprehensive list of railway routes and chainage lengths between stations.

Routes[edit]

Railway Stations[edit]

OSM has over 7,000 stations geolocated. Overpass query/CSV. Many stations are missing a code (red fill), name (red stroke) and also wikidata identifiers (yellow stroke)
List of railway stations in India (English Wikipedia)

Indian Railway station codes[edit]

Unique alphanumeric codes to identify every railway location where commercial operations are handled is allocated by the Indian Railway Conference Association (IRCA). The codes are given to stations, halts, cabins, yards, sidings and booking offices that have a unique geographic location across the entire railway network including private and metro railway systems apart from the national operator Indian Railways. Codes are retained with name changes and are not reallocated in case of closure of station [1]

Alphabetic list of codes - IRCA. 16,927 codes updated on 1-1-2018.
Rates Branch System - Indian Railways. Comprehensive list of 16,770 station codes division wise. Updated but names are not reliable.
Station list - Railway Claims Tribunal has 12,877 codes. Not updated.
List of railway station codes - ICF: 8395 stations. List could be old and station names are not reliable. (Note: Always verify with other sources.) Check constraint violations