The Railways in India is an important mode of transportation for passengers as well for freight in India. It makes activities like business, sightseeing, pilgrimage, and transportation of goods to other places easier. It has been more than 150 years that Indian Railways have served us. Railways help for the economic, agricultural and industrial development of the country. The Indian railways have network 7,031 stations. The various factors that cause heavy damage to the railways are as follows: 

• It is difficult to build railways in the hilly terrains of the peninsular regions. Through low hills, gaps or tunnels, the railway tracts are laid down. 
• Due to high relief, scattered population and lack of economic opportunities, it poses a problem to construct railways in the Himalayan Mountainous region. These factors cause heavy damage to the railways. 
• It becomes difficult to construct the railway tracts on the sandy plain of western Rajasthan, swamps of Gujarat, forested tracts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Jharkhand. 
• People travel in train without tickets which is a problem for the railways. 
• Railway properties are damaged by the people and theft is a common problem. 
• Also, people pull the chain and try to stop the train unnecessarily. 
• All thus causes heavy damage to the railways.