The invention discloses a rail type intelligent routing inspection robot. The robot is installed on a guide rail and comprises a main body, a storage battery, a moving mechanism, a control device, a lifting mechanism, a routing inspection mechanism and a battery controller, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises a shear-fork type lifting platform, a rope winding motor installed inside the main body, a rope winding wheel and a rope, the routing inspection mechanism comprises an electric cloud deck, a camera, an auxiliary lighting spotlight and a probe assembly, the electric cloud deck and theprobe assembly are fixedly installed to the bottom of the shear-fork type lifting platform, and the camera and the auxiliary lighting spotlight are installed on the electric cloud deck. According to the rail type intelligent routing inspection robot, two sets of driving wheel sets are adopted to be installed on the left and right two sides of the main body to be used for coordinating with rails onthe two sides of the guide rail, more flexible left and right turning is realized, and arrangement of the guide rail in sites with limited spaces is met; and in addition, the rail type intelligent routing inspection robot is further provided with an electricity fetching rail parallel to the guide rail, electricity fetching is performed by an electricity collecting shoe making contact with the electricity fetching rail, power supplying is guaranteed, and the routing inspection robot is made to perform efficient routing inspection operations.