Indian Railways achieves over 80% electrification of the total Broad Gauge network

New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News):  The national transporter of India, Indian Railways has embarked upon an ambitious plan of electrification of its complete Broad Gauge network which would not only result in better fuel energy usage resulting in increased throughput, reduced fuel expenditure but also savings in precious foreign exchange.

During the FY 2022-23, till September 2022, Indian Railways has achieved 851 Route Kilometers (RKMs) as compared to 562 RKMs during the corresponding period of FY 2021-22. It is 51.4% more than the previous year's figures for the corresponding period. The target set for electrification during this Financial Year is 6500 RKMs.

It is worth mentioning that a record electrification of 6,366 RKMs was achieved in Indian Railways’ history during 2021-22. Earlier, the highest electrification was 6,015 RKM during 2020-21.

Some of the major railway sections electrified by the Indian Railways over the last few years include Mumbai – Howrah via Jabalpur, Delhi – Darbhanga – Jaynagar, Gorakhpur – Varanasi via Aunrihar, Chennai – Trichy, Indore – Guna – Gwalior – Amritsar, Jabalpur – Nainpur – Gondia – Ballarshah, Delhi – Jaipur – Udaipur, New Delhi – New Coochbehar – Srirampur Assam via Patna and Katihar, Ajmer – Howrah, Mumbai – Marwar, and Delhi – Moradabad – Tanakpur.

As of 30th September 2022, out of 65,141 RKM of the BG network of Indian Railways (including Konkan Railways), 53,098 BG RKM have been electrified, which is 81.51% of the total BG network.

Indian Railways has set a goal to achieve 100% Electrification to become a Net Zero Carbon Emitter by 2030.