Ministry of Railways
Railway Track Electrification
Posted On:
23 SEP 2020 4:14PM by PIB Delhi
Ministry of Railways has planned for 100% electrification of its Broad Gauge (BG) routes by December, 2023.
Railway projects are not confined to State/Union Territories (UT)/Districts. However, zone wise details of Railway Electrification as on 01.04.2020 are as under:-
|
Zonal
Railways
|
Total BG
Route
Kilometer
|
Electrified Route
Kilometer
|
Balance Route
Kilometer
As on 01.04.2020
|
|
Central
|
3,853
|
2,928
|
925
|
|
East Coast
|
2,774
|
2,774
|
0
|
|
East Central
|
3,883
|
3,336
|
547
|
|
Eastern
|
2,804
|
2,235
|
569
|
|
North Central
|
3,222
|
2,569
|
653
|
|
North Eastern
|
2,994
|
1,738
|
1,256
|
|
Northeast Frontier
|
4,112
|
319
|
3,793
|
|
Northern
|
7,057
|
4,816
|
2,241
|
|
North Western
|
5,083
|
1,801
|
3,282
|
|
South Central
|
6,058
|
3,744
|
2,314
|
|
South East central
|
2,099
|
1,863
|
236
|
|
South Eastern
|
2,713
|
2,392
|
321
|
|
Southern
|
4,834
|
3,381
|
1,453
|
|
South Western
|
3,566
|
731
|
2,835
|
|
West Central
|
3,010
|
2,525
|
485
|
|
Western
|
4,805
|
2,578
|
2,227
|
|
METRO Railway
|
27
|
27
|
0
|
|
Konkan Railway Corporation Limited
|
737
|
109
|
628
|
|
TOTAL
|
63,631
|
39,866
|
23,765
|
To expedite electrification of railway lines in the country, various steps have been taken including award of large size Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts, better project monitoring mechanism, assured/committed funds through ‘Extra Budgetary Resource (Institutional Finance), decentralization of powers to field units, utilisation of technology etc.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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