Question: how many passengers can a train carry in india

title: Indian Railways
text: Indian Railways ( reporting mark IR ) is a State owned national transporter , responsible for rail transport in India . It is owned and operated by the Government of India through the Ministry of Railways . It is the third largest railway network in the world comprising 119,630 kilometres ( 74,330 mi ) of total track and 92,081 km ( 57,216 mi ) of running track over a route of 66,687 km ( 41,437 mi ) with 7,216 stations at the end of 2015 - 16 . In 2015 - 16 , IR carried 8.107 billion passengers annually or more than 22 million passengers a day and 1.101 billion tons of freight annually . As of the end of 2015 - 16 , of the total 68,525 km ( 42,579 mi ) route length , 28,327 km ( 17,602 mi ) or 45 % were electrified and 28,371 km ( 17,629 mi ) or 37 % were double or multiple line routes . The railway network is predominantly a broad gauge network . Small stretches of the network use metre and narrow gauges . All the electrified lines use 25 kV AC electric traction . 

Answer: answer: In 2015 - 16, Indian Railways carried 8.107 billion passengers annually or more than 22 million passengers a day.