All unmanned level crossings (UMLCs) on Broad Gauge (BG) have been eliminated on 31st Jan 2019. The UMLCs on Meter Gauge (348 Nos.) and Narrow Gauge (700 Nos.) will be eliminated during Gauge conversion.
Year-wise elimination of UMLCs (by closure, merger, subway and manning) during the last three years is as follows:
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Year
|
No. of UMLCs eliminated
|
|
2016-17
|
1503
|
|
2017-18
|
1565
|
|
2018-19
|
3479
|
|
Total
|
6547
|
Presently there are no unmanned level crossings on BG routes.
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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