Zone-wise details of total number of diesel and electric engines operational in the country are as under:

 

S. No.	Railway Zones	Diesel Engines			Electric Engines Broad Gauge (BG)
		Broad Gauge (BG)	Metre Gauge (MG)	Narrow Gauge (NG)
1	Central	370	0	16	621
2	Eastern	397	0	04	274
3	East Central	356	02	0	417
4	East Coast	297	0	0	423
5	Northern	582	0	37	427
6	North Central	144	0	18	392
7	North Eastern	273	31	0	33
8	Northeast Frontier	415	0	6	0
9	North Western	287	20	0	0
10	Southern	351	05	0	459
11	South Central	582	0	0	606
12	South Eastern	339	0	0	686
13	South East Central	187	0	29	254
14	South Western	365	0	0	0
15	Western	497	38	26	402
16	West Central	426	0	0	596
	GRAND TOTAL	5868	96	136	5590

 

Zonal Railways have been advised to provide Electric locomotives in newly electrified sections subject to operational feasibility and availability of electric locomotives.

 

            Trains are run as per scheduled Time Table of Trains prepared on the basis of the sectional speed, design speed, trailing rolling stock, track geometry and other operational/commercial factors.

 

This Press Release is based on the information given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 29.12.2017 (Friday).

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