Lok Sabha Question No. 249 (STARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Electrification of Broad Gauge Railway Network
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Yogender Chandolia, Smt. Kamlesh Jangde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 249

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

ELECTRIFICATION OF BROAD GAUGE RAILWAY NETWORK *249. SHRI YOGENDER CHANDOLIA: SMT. KAMLESH JANGDE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total length of electrification of the broad-gauge network as on date, division,  zone  and  State-wise  particularly  in  Bihar,  Jharkhand,  Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu;
- (b)  the  names  of  States/UTs  and  Railway  Zones  that  have  achieved  100 percent electrification and those yet to achieve the same, division, zone and State/UT-wise;
- (c) the pace of electrification achieved during the Financial Years 2023-24 and 2024-25 in terms of route-kilometer electrified per year and the targets for Financial Year 2025-26, division, zone and State/UT-wise particularly for Pali Lok Sabha Constituency in Rajasthan;
- (d)  whether  electrification  works  in  the  North-Eastern  States  have  been completed or are still ongoing;
- (e) if so, the updated progress and expected completion timelines;
- (f) the details of the latest official source/official report on electrification e.g. Railway Board/Central Organization for Railway Electrification, zone-wise;
- (g) whether the Government has evaluated the potential reduction in carbon emissions and diesel consumption upon full electrification of Tamil Nadu's railway network and if so, the details thereof including the estimated annual savings in fuel and emissions; and
- (h) whether any steps have been taken to enhance train speed and haulage capacity in Tamil Nadu's fully electrified sections to optimise the benefits of electrification and if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (h) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. *****

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  TO  (h)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 249 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

(a)  to (h) Electrification of railway network on Indian Railways (IR) has been taken up in mission mode. So far, about 99.2% of Broad Gauge (BG) network has been electrified. The electrification in remaining network has been taken up. Electrification carried out during 2014-25 and before 2014 is as under:

| Period                       | Route Kilometer   |
|------------------------------|-------------------|
| Before 2014 (about 60 years) | 21,801            |
| 2014-25                      | 46,900            |

Indian Railways' achievement in railway electrification stand out globally.  According  to  the  latest  report  of  International  Union  of Railways  (UIC)  of  June,  2025,  railway  electrification  in  important railway systems is as under:

| Country        | Railway Electrification   |
|----------------|---------------------------|
| United Kingdom | 39%                       |
| France         | 60%                       |
| Spain          | 67%                       |
| Russia         | 52%                       |
| Japan          | 64%                       |
| China          | 82%                       |
| Switzerland    | 100%                      |

Railway  Electrification  achieved  during  Financial  Year  2023-24 and  2024-25  is  7,188  and  2,701  Route  kilometer  (RKM)  respectively. Existing BG network in Pali Lok Sabha Constituency in Rajasthan, have been 100% electrified. Further, all new line / multi-tracking projects are being sanctioned and constructed with electrification.

## Zone wise status of electrification is as under:

|   SN | ZONE                       | % Electrified   |
|------|----------------------------|-----------------|
|    1 | Central Railway            | 100%            |
|    2 | East Coast Railway         | 100%            |
|    3 | East Central Railway       | 100%            |
|    4 | Eastern Railway            | 100%            |
|    5 | Konkan Railway             | 100%            |
|    6 | Kolkata Metro              | 100%            |
|    7 | North Central Railway      | 100%            |
|    8 | North Eastern Railway      | 100%            |
|    9 | Northern Railway           | 100%            |
|   10 | South Central Railway      | 100%            |
|   11 | South East Central Railway | 100%            |
|   12 | South Eastern Railway      | 100%            |
|   13 | West Central Railway       | 100%            |
|   14 | Western Railway            | 100%            |
|   15 | North Western Railway      | 98%             |
|   16 | Southern Railway           | 98%             |
|   17 | Northeast Frontier Railway | 95%             |
|   18 | South Western Railway      | 95%             |

State/UT  wise  status  of  electrification  including  Bihar,  Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu is as under:

|   SN | STATE             | % Electrified   |
|------|-------------------|-----------------|
|    1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 100%            |
|    2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 100%            |
|    3 | Bihar             | 100%            |
|    4 | Chandigarh        | 100%            |
|    5 | Chhattisgarh      | 100%            |
|    6 | Delhi             | 100%            |
|    7 | Gujarat           | 100%            |
|    8 | Haryana           | 100%            |
|    9 | Himachal Pradesh  | 100%            |
|   10 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 100%            |
|   11 | Jharkhand         | 100%            |
|   12 | Kerala            | 100%            |
|   13 | Madhya Pradesh    | 100%            |
|   14 | Maharashtra       | 100%            |
|   15 | Meghalaya         | 100%            |

|   SN | STATE         | % Electrified   |
|------|---------------|-----------------|
|   16 | Mizoram       | 100%            |
|   17 | Nagaland      | 100%            |
|   18 | Odisha        | 100%            |
|   19 | Puducherry    | 100%            |
|   20 | Punjab        | 100%            |
|   21 | Telangana     | 100%            |
|   22 | Tripura       | 100%            |
|   23 | Uttar Pradesh | 100%            |
|   24 | Uttarakhand   | 100%            |
|   25 | West Bengal   | 100%            |
|   26 | Rajasthan     | 99%             |
|   27 | Tamil Nadu    | 97%             |
|   28 | Karnataka     | 96%             |
|   29 | Assam         | 92%             |
|   30 | Goa           | 91%             |

Existing BG network in Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura and Mizoram states of North eastern region have been 100% electrified.  Further,  all  new  line  /  multi-tracking  projects  are  being sanctioned and constructed with electrification. Assam has been 92% electrified and electrification in remaining network has been taken up.

The latest details of Railway Electrification are available on Indian Railways' website at following link:

https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/ele\_engg/ 2025/Status%20of%20Railway%C2%A0Electrification%20as%20on%C2 %A030\_11\_2025.pdf

The  completion  of  Electrification  project(s)  depends  on  various factors like forest clearances by officials of forest department, shifting of  infringing  utilities,  statutory  clearances  from  various  authorities, geological and topographical conditions of area, law & order situation in the area of project(s) site, number of working months in a year for particular project site due to climatic conditions etc. All these factors affect the completion time of the project(s).

State wise data of fuel consumption and carbon emissions is not maintained. Indian Railways has witnessed reduction in fuel consumption for traction purpose by 136 crore ltrs. during 2023-24 as compared to 2018-19.

Reduction  in  CO2  emissions  in  transportation  by  railways  as compared to transportation by road is as under (Ref:- NITI Aayog Report titled 'Fast Tracking Freight In India, June 2021)

| Mode of   | CO 2 emission for transportation   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|
| Road      | 101 gm                             |
| Rail      | 11.5 gm (about 89% less)           |

Indian  Railways  is  committed  to  sustainable  operation  through near  total  Railway  Electrification  combined  with  use  of  renewable energy  sources,  a  combination  of  solar,  wind  and  other  renewable sources based on strategic power procurement planning, thus contributing to carbon footprint reduction.

In order to improve efficiency of freight including average speed of freight  trains  and  haulage  capacity  over  IR  including  Tamil  Nadu, following measures, among others, have been adopted:

- i. Ensuring increased availability of rakes/wagons against demand.
- ii. Increasing  the  loadability  for  carrying  additional  traffic  per wagon.  Length  of  freight  trains  has  also  been  increased  to increase throughput per train.
- iii. For increasing network capacity - multitracking on busy sections, RORs, bypasses are being taken up on busy junctions.
- iv. Use of Information Technology in freight operations to improve monitoring and utilization of assets.
- v. Induction of higher horsepower locomotives.
- vi. Induction of higher capacity and high-speed wagons.

- vii. Improvement in maintenance practices of wagons and locomotives resulting in increased availability of loco and rolling stock for traffic use.
- viii. Improvement  in  track  and  signaling  to  carry  higher  volume  of traffic.
- ix. Training  staff  and  officers  to  adopt  the  new  technology  and management practices.

The  following  measures  are  being  taken  by  Indian  Railways  to upgrade railway tracks:

- i. Modern track structure consisting of 60kg, 90 Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) rails,  wider and heavier Pre-stressed Concrete Sleepers (PSC) with elastic fastening, fan-shaped layout turnout on PSC sleepers and Steel Channel/H-beam Sleepers on girder bridges are being used  while carrying out primary track renewals.
- ii. The Thick Web Switches and Weldable CMS Crossings are being used in turnout renewal works.
- iii. Supply of 130m/260m long rail panels have been increased to avoid welding of joints, thereby improving safety.
- iv. Thick Web Switch Expansion Joints are being used in place of earlier Conventional/Improved SEJs.
- v. Adoption of better welding technology for rails i.e. Flash Butt Welding.
- vi. Adoption  of  mechanized  system  for  track  maintenance  using high  output  plain  tampers  and  points  &  crossing  tampers  for improved maintainability & reliability of track.

- vii. Deployment of state-of-the-art modern machines including Rail Grinding Machines to further improve asset reliability.
- viii. Mechanization  of  track  laying  activities  through  use  of  track machines like PQRS, TRT, T-28 etc.
- ix. Interlocking of Level Crossing (LC) Gates for enhancing safety at LC gates.
- x. Use of advanced Phased Array technology of testing of rail and welds.
- xi. Deployment of Integrated Track Monitoring Systems (ITMS) and Oscillation Monitoring System (OMS) for comprehensive health assessment to ascertain optimal maintenance requirements.
- xii. Using  web  enabled  Track  Management  System  (TMS)  for integration and data analytics of the track inspection records received through various sources to enable precise maintenance inputs.

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