Electrification I Executive Summary of Railway Electrification With a view to reduce the Nation’s dependence on imported petroleum based energy and to enhance energy security of the Country, as well as to make the Railway System more eco-friendly and modernized, Indian Railways have been progressively electrifying its rail routes. Upto March 2016, 23,555 Route kilometers which is 35.32% of the total Railway network has been electrified. On this electrified route 64.80% of freight traffic & 51.30% of Passenger traffic is hauled with fuel cost on electric traction being merely 38.70% of the total traction fuel cost on Indian Railways. In XIIth plan(2012-17), the target has been further enhanced to 6,500 RKMs, out of which, 5,772 RKMs have been electrified in the last four years of XIIth plan i.e. (in 2012-16) as against the proportionate target of 5,200 RKMs. II Plan Period wise Progress of Railway Electrification Plan Period RKM Electrified Pre-Independence - 1925-1947 388 1st Five Year Plan - 1951-56 141 2nd Five Year Plan - 1956-61 216 3rd Five Year Plan - 1961-66 1,678 Annual Plan - 1966-69 814 4th Five Year Plan - 1969-74 954 5th Five Year Plan - 1974-78 533 Inter Plan - 1978-80 195 6th Five Year Plan - 1980-85 1,522 7th Five Year Plan - 1985-90 2,812 Inter Plan - 1990-92 1,557 8th Five Year Plan - 1992-97 2,708 9th Five Year Plan - 1997-02 2,484 10th Five Year Plan - 2002-07 1,810 11th Five Year Plan - 2007-12 4,556 1st year of 12th Five Year Plan 1,317 2nd year of 12th Five Year Plan 1,350 3rd year of 12th Five Year Plan 1,375 4th year of 12th Five Year Plan 1,730 67 III Sections Opened for Electric Traction After Inspection by Commissioner of Railway Safety in 2015-16. Section Railway State RKM Garudabilli-Parvatipuram-Singapur ECoR Andhra Pradesh & 122 Road Odisha Dharmavaram-Gooty SCR Andhra Pradesh 92 Barauni-Mansi ECR Bihar 65 Alwar-Rewari NWR Haryana, Rajasthan 72 Garwa Road-Meralgram ECR Jharkhand 22 Wadi Yard SCR Karnataka 2 Kozhikkode-Kannur-Charvattur SR Kerala 140 Puntamba-Sarola-Daund CR Maharashtra 174 Badnera-Walgaon CR Maharashtra 18 Dhumrikhurd-Ramtek SECR Maharashtra 14 lb-Jharsuguda-Lapanga ECoR Odisha 22 Angul-Kerejanga ECoR Odisha 14 Ramganj Mandi-Jhalawar WCR Rajasthan 26 Coimbatore-North Mettupalayam SR Tamilnadu 33 Ghaziabad-Meerut city-Saharanpur NR Uttar Pradesh 158 Ghaziabad-Moradabad NR Uttar Pradesh 135 Bhatni-Gorakhpur- Domingarh NER Uttar Pradesh 72 Varanasi-Lohta-Janghai-Unchahar incl. NR Uttar Pradesh 207 Phaphamau-Prayag-Allahabad Gonda-Basti NER Uttar Pradesh 87 Laksar-Haridwar NR Uttarakhand 27 Total 1,502 68 IV Completion of Electrification from Varanasi–Lohta–Janghai Unchahar including Phaphamau–Prayag–Allahabad to connect two electrified routes i.e Kanpur–Allahabad–Mughalsarai and Lucknow–Sultanpur–Varanasi–Mughalsarai on electric traction. In the year 2015-16, Railway Electrification of Varanasi-Phaphamau- Unchahar including Phaphamau-Prayag-Allahabad of Northern Railway, covering 207 route kilometers and passing through the State of Uttar Pradesh has been completed. This important rail route connects Allahabad on electrified (Kanpur–Allahabad-Mughalsarai) trunk route with Varanasi on electrified (Lucknow-Sultanpur-Varanasi-Mughalsarai) rail route. This has resulted in seamless flow of electric trains in this section as traction changes/detentions at Allahabad and Varanasi ends are eliminated. V Completion of Electrification of Alwar-Rewari i.e. an extension of electrified Mathura-Alwar route. In the year 2015-16, Railway Electrification of Alwar-Rewari rail line of North Western Railway, covering 72 route kilometers and passing through the States of Rajasthan and Haryana has been completed. This important rail route is an extension of electrified Mathura-Alwar and Phulera-Jaipur- Alwar(under electrification) rail routes and connects Delhi–Rewari–Ajmer- Ahmedabad which is also under electrification. VI Completion of Electrification of Ghaziabad-Meerut-Saharanpur rail line to connect two electrified routes i.e Ambala–Saharanpur– Moradabad and Delhi–Ghaziabad–Kanpur on electric traction. In the year 2015-16, Railway Electrification of Ghaziabad-Meerut- Saharanpur rail line of Northern Railway, covering 161 route kilometers and passing through the State of Uttar Pradesh has been completed. This important rail route connects Ghaziabad on electrified (Delhi-Ghaziabad-Kanpur) trunk route with Saharanpur on electrified (Ambala-Saharanpur-Moradabad- Lucknow) rail route. This has resulted in seamless flow of electric trains in this section as traction changes/detentions at Ghaziabad and Saharanpur ends are eliminated. VII Completion of Electrification of Ghaziabad–Moradabad rail line to connect two electrified routes i.e Ambala–Moradabad– Lucknow and Delhi–Ghaziabad–Kanpur. In the year 2015-16, Railway Electrification of Ghaziabad-Moradabad rail line of Northern Railway, covering 135 route kilometers and passing through the State of Uttar Pradesh has been completed. This important rail route 69 connects Ghaziabad on electrified (Delhi-Ghaziabad-Kanpur) trunk route with Moradabad on electrified (Ambala-Moradabad-Lucknow) rail route. This has resulted in seamless flow of electric trains in this section as traction changes/ detentions at Ghaziabad and Moradabad ends are eliminated. VIII Completion of DC-AC conversion in Mumbai area of Western & Central Railways. Electrification in Indian Railways started on 1500 volts DC on the suburban system of Central Railway with first electric train running on the historic day of 3rd February, 1925. Post independence, the electrification was done on 25000 volt AC, which was a far superior technology, keeping in pace with the changing times. The complete section of Western Railway from Virar to Churchgate was converted from 1500 volt DC to 25000 volt AC on the historic date of 5th February, 2012. This has resulted in reduction in cost of operation apart from improving speeds and sectional capacity. On the Central Railway system, which is much larger than the Western Railway system, conversion work has been successfully completed over the entire Mumbai division of Central Railway. This work of very complex nature has been carried out on the busiest network of Indian Railways without any disruption to sensitive commuter traffic. This will substantially improve the traffic throughput and result in a cumulative saving of `80-100 crore per annum, apart from introducing State-of-the Art train services for Mumbai suburban passengers with better passenger amenities, reduction in journey time and operating cost of the Railways. IX Major New Electrification Works Sanctioned in 2015-16, under Plan Head- Railway Electrification. Section Railway State RKM Jasai - Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust CR Maharashtra 9 Panvel - Pen - Thal CR Maharashtra 75 Bonidanga Link Cabin / Bonidanga - ER Jharkhand & Bihar 247 Barharwa - Sahibganj - Kiul including Tinpahar- Rajmahal Koderma - Hazaribagh - Barkakana - ECR Jharkhand 203 Ranchi Valmiki Nagar - Narkatiaganj - Sugauli - ECR Bihar 240 Muzzafarpur including Sugauli - Raxaul Kiul - Tilaiya ECR Bihar 87 Una Himachal - Amb Andaura NR Himachal Pradesh 25 Utraitiar - Rae Bareli - Amethi – Janghai NR Uttar Pradesh 214 Zafrabad - Akbarpur - Tanda NR Uttar Pradesh 101 Idgah - Achnera - Mathura & Achnera - NCR Uttar Pradesh & 87 Bharatpur Rajasthan 70 Section Railway State RKM Jhansi - Manikpur including Khairar - NCR Uttar Pradesh & 409 Bhimsen Madhya Pradesh Lalitpur - Udaipura NCR Uttar Pradesh 32 Ghazipur - Aunrihar - Manduadih NER Uttar Pradesh 78 Hissar - Bhatinda - Suratgarh - Phalodi NWR Haryana, Punjab, 1,230 - Jodhpur - Bhildi including Phalodi - Rajasthan & Gujarat Jaisalmer Ajmer - Berach - Mavli - Udaipur NWR Rajasthan 294 Rohtak - Bhiwani NWR Haryana 48 Erode – Karur -Tiruchchirappalli & SR Tamilnadu 300 Salem - Karur - Dindigul Tiruchchirappalli - Nagappattinam - SR Tamilnadu 153 Karaikal Port Guntakal - Kalluru SCR Andhra Pradesh 40 Peddapalli - Lingampet – Jagtial SCR Telangana 83 Pagidipalli - Nallapadu SCR Telangana 285 Manmad - Mudkhed - Dhone SCR Maharashtra, Telangana 868 & Andhra Pradesh Hosapete - Hubballi - Vasco da Gama SWR Karnataka & Goa 346 Ahmedabad - Rajkot WR Gujarat 233 Mahesana- Viramgam-Samakhiyali WR Gujarat 292 Indore - Mhow WR Madhya Pradesh 21 Singrauli- Katni WCR Madhya Pradesh 260 Ratlam - Nimach - Chanderia – Kota WCR & WR Madhya Pradesh & 348 Rajasthan Total 6,608 15-car EMU rake 71.