Railtel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL) was established on September 26, 2000 as a Public Sector Undertaking. The Company is promoted by and is in administrative control of Ministry of Railways. It is a 100% subsidiary of Ministry of Railways. It was set up mainly to utilise the Railways communication assets lying idely and to modernize the existing infrastructure for providing communication facilities for Railways and for commercial purposes. The Indian Government holds a 72.84% stake in RailTel Corporation of India Limited. RailTel Corporation a Mini Ratna (CategoryI) PSU is one of the largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers in the country owning a PanIndia optic fibre network. The OFC network covers all important towns cities of the country and several rural areas covering 70% of Indias population. RailTel is in the forefront in providing nationwide Broadband Telecom Multimedia Network in all parts of the country in addition to modernization of Train operations and administration network systems. The Companys network spans more than 63,000 route kilometers of highcapacity optical fiber along railway tracks, supported by over21,000 kilometers of access networks across cities. This infrastructure is complemented by certified TIER III data centers, a MeitYempanelled cloud platform (RailCloud), and advanced Security and Network Operation Centres. Apart from these, RCILis providing services in Bandwidth at various granularities, secure and protected OFC Path, 24 strand single mode fibre armoured OFC, Network Engineered for SDH, Edge access layer by STM1/4,Network enabled for IP, ATM, frame delay, Giganet Ethernet and seamless connectivity.During 2003 the first high speed long distance OFC network connecting three important points in south viz Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad and covering a length of 1957 kms and thereafter 192 kms in Mumbai Pune and 309 kms in New Delhi Jaipur Sections, presently it is covering 93 important cities.It has also commissioned first Cyber Cafe on Railway Platform in New Delhi.In 200304, OFC works system was commissioned since the formation of RailTel. 14750 Route Kms of OFC system were added till June, 2004. In addition to this, STM1/4 (155/622 MBPS) System was commissioned on 15319 Route KMs till June, 2004. During the year 201213, the core network of RailTel was extended by further 1077 RKMs of OFC leading to a total length of 42099 RKMs by the end of the year.During the year 2015, Company commissioned its second Data Center at Gurgaon. It launched various new services during the year such as Data center DR services, Telepresence as a service. It took up the initiative of providing WiFi services at Railway stations. RailTel incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary Company on 12th August, 2014 by the name RailTel Enterprises Limited (REL). It provided WiFi facility at A1 A category stations comprising of about 400 stations in the country. It commissioned WiFi facility at Bangalore, New Delhi, Chennai, Goa.During the year 201516, RailTel launched a project to provide WiFi service at 400 stations in country. Railwire the retail broadband model was launched and in March 2015, and Mumbai Central Station became the first station to provide WiFi services to its commuters. It started a pilot of this project with two firms across five stations each on Mumbai Ahmedabad and Allahabad Manikpur sections.In 201617, RailTel upgraded the Mumbai Chennai DWDM path on 100G capacity on single channel making it one of the few operators in the country to have such network. On top of this network, it upgraded its MPLS network to provide n x 10G capacities on backbone with access routers having multiple of 2.5G/1G capacity. It commissioned 110 stations by Dec16. By March 2017, it launched WiFi services at 115 stations. RailTel commissioned Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAMS) on existing Railway exchanges to provide Broadband services in 202122. Work of Electronic Interlocking at 09 stations commissioned in 202223.The Company launched a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Railway Signalling, Telecommunication and Cyber Security training in FY 2024. RailTel Enterprises Limited, a subsidiary company got merged with and into the Company, through the Scheme of Amalgamation, making the said Scheme effective on 27.09.2023 during the FY 202324. RailTel Corporation has been conferred with the Navratna Status by the Govt. of India in FY 2025. RailTel recorded significant growth across its Telecom Services and Project Implementation segments in FY 202425. Telecom Services generated Rs 1,363 Cr in revenue, driven by NLD, IP1, MPLS VPN, FTTH (RailWire), RailWire, Data Centre Cloud Services. RailTel played a pivotal role in national ICT initiatives, connecting 765 research and academic institutions via the National Knowledge Network (NKN) and expanding public WiFi access under PMWANI. RailTels Projects segment surpassed Telecom revenue for the first time, reaching Rs 2115 Crore. Major projects included Electronic Interlocking, LTER rollouts, IP/MPLS networks, KAVACH, and Tunnel Communication. RailTel drove digital transformation across Indian Railways, implementing NIC eOffice, Video Surveillance (5,000+ stations), HMIS (709 healthcare facilities), and Public WiFi (6,115 stations). Additionally, RailTel secured OTT platform development for Prasar Bharati, Health MIS for BMC Mumbai, and Smart Mining Enforcement for the Government of Madhya Pradesh, reinforcing its leadership in ICT solutions. It implemented the tunnel communication system for the Katra Banihal sectionan extremely challenging terrain that connects the Kashmir valley to the rest of the country in FY25.
Railtel Corporation of India Financial Highlights
For the full year FY2023–2024, revenue
reached ₹2002.2 crore and profit touched at
₹189.07 crore. As of Jun '25, Railtel Corporation of India’s market capitalisation stood at ₹11,019.42 crores.
Shareholding as of Jun '25 shows promoters holding 72.8%, with FIIs at
3.7%, DIIs at 0.7%, and public at 22.7%.
As of 26 Aug, 2025, Railtel Corporation of India share price is ₹343.4. The stock opened at ₹352.4 and had closed at ₹353.2 the previous day. During today’s trading session, Railtel Corporation of India share price moved between ₹341.70 and ₹352.40, with an average price for the day of ₹347.05. Over the last 52 weeks, the stock has recorded a low of ₹265.50 and a high of ₹516.75. In terms of performance, Railtel Corporation of India share price has increased by 11.7% over the past six months and has declined by 29.81% over the last year.