A Ministry of Railways is a

Cabinet Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers * Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets * Filin ...

department that exists or has existed in many

Commonwealth A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the 15th century. Originally a phrase (the common-wealth ...

states as well as others. It generally occurs in countries where

railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

transportation is a particularly important part of the national infrastructure. In countries that have railways, but no cabinet department specializing in overseeing them, this task will typically fall to a

Ministry of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government a ...

. The head of a Ministry of Railways is usually denoted Minister of Railways or Railway Minister. Examples of Ministries of Railways include: *

Ministry of Railways (Bangladesh) The Ministry of Railways () (abbreviated as MoR) is the ministry responsible for the railways and train services in Bangladesh. It was formed in 2011. Previous rail services were part of the ministry of communication ( dissolved) History In ...

Ministry of Railways (China) The Ministry of Railways (MOR) was a Ministries of the People's Republic of China, constituent department of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The ministry was responsible for passenger services, regulation of the rail industry ...

Ministry of Railways (India) The Ministry of Railways is a ministry in the Government of India, responsible for the rail transport in India, country's rail transport. The Indian Railways is the rail network operated and administered by the Railway Board constituted by t ...

(headed by the

Minister of Railways (India) The Ministry of Railways is a ministry in the Government of India, responsible for the rail transport in India, country's rail transport. The Indian Railways is the rail network operated and administered by the Railway Board constituted by t ...

) *

Ministry of Railways (Japan) The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Railways Group. Name The English name "Japanese Government Rail ...

* Ministry of Railways (North Korea) *

Ministry of Railways (Pakistan) The Ministry of Railways (, ''Wazarat-e-Railway'', abbreviated as MoR) is a Ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Pakistan tasked with planning, administrating and overseeing government policies for the development of th ...

* Ministry of Communication Routes of the Russian Empire * People's Commissariat of Communication Routes of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic * People's Commissariat of Communication Routes of the Soviet Union * *

Ministry of Railways (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Railways (, more correctly translated as Ministry/People's Commisariat of Transportation) oversaw Soviet Railways, which operated the railways of the Soviet Union. It was divided into 32 agencies, which among them had millions of ...

* Minister of Railways (Victoria) *

Minister of Railways and Canals (Canada) The minister of transport () is a minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet. The minister is responsible for overseeing the federal government's transportation regulatory and development department, Transport Canada, the Saint Lawrence Seawa ...

Minister of Railways (New Zealand) The Minister for Rail, formerly the Minister of Railways, is a minister in the New Zealand Government. The minister is responsible for KiwiRail, the state-owned enterprise that operates the national rail network and the Interislander ferry ser ...

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