Transport system in India consists of transport by land, water, and air.
A well known and co-ordinated system of transport plays an important role in the sustained economic growth of a country. The present transport system of India comprises several modes of transport including rail, road, coastal shipping, air transport, etc. Transportation in India has recorded a substantial growth over the years both in spread of network and in output of the system.
Transportation plays a key role in the growth of a country’s economic system; in shaping overall productiveness, quality of life of people, access to commodity and services.
An effective and well devised transportation system plays a significant role in the economic development of a nation. In a country like India, that is of a size of a continent,