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The Great Indian Railway Atlas

The Great Railway Atlas of India, now in its third edition published in 2015, presenting the country’™s railway network on maps at approx. 1:1,000,000 with numerous more detailed maps of main railway locations, including diagrams of metro networks. Designed and drawn by Samit Roychoudhury, the atlas provides a very detailed classification of the network according to the gauge and the number of lines, electrification (including in progress and planned), closed lines with stations and sidings, etc. Icons mark locations of different types of sheds, workshops, yards, etc. The index lists 12,000 stations and other railway locations, indicating by colouring closed stations or sidings, etc. Inset maps provide more detailed coverage of 23 important areas, and metro maps are included for Delhi, Bengaluru (Bangalore), Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai. The atlas also includes an at-a-glance map of the whole country, a map indicating locations of museums, plus a glossary of changes in names of towns and railway stations.