Railway 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 S.No Plan Period RKM Electrified 1. Pre-Independence - 1925-1947 388 2. 1st Five Year Plan - 1951-56 141 3. 2nd Five Year Plan - 1956-61 216 4. 3rd Five Year Plan - 1961-66 1,678 5. Annual Plan - 1966-69 814 6. 4th Five Year Plan - 1969-74 954 7. 5th Five Year Plan - 1974-78 533 8. Inter Plan - 1978-80 195 9. 6th Five Year Plan - 1980-85 1,522 10. 7th Five Year Plan - 1985-90 2,812 11. Inter Plan - 1990-92 1,557 12. 8th Five Year Plan - 1992-97 2,708 13. 9th Five Year Plan - 1997-02 2,484 14. 10th Five Year Plan - 2002-07 1,810 15. 11th Five Year Plan - 2007-12 4,556 16. 1st year of 12th Five Year Plan 1,317 17. 2nd year of 12th Five Year Plan 1,350 18. 3rd year of 12th Five Year Plan 1,375 19. 4th year of 12th Five Year Plan 1,730 III Sections Opened for Electric Traction After Inspection by Commissioner of Railway Safety in 2015-16. S.No. Section Railway State RKM 1 Garudabilli-Parvatipuram- ECoR Andhra Pradesh & 122 Singapur Road Odisha 2 Dharmavaram-Gooty SCR Andhra Pradesh 92 3 Barauni-Mansi ECR Bihar 65 4 Alwar-Rewari NWR Haryana, Rajasthan 72 5 Garwa Road-Meralgram ECR Jharkhand 22 6 Wadi Yard SCR Karnataka 2 7 Kozhikkode-Kannur- SR Kerala 140 Charvattur Light Pipe-1, MCF INDIAN RAILWAYS ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015-16 33 S.No. Section Railway State RKM 8 Puntamba-Sarola-Daund CR Maharashtra 174 9 Badnera-Walgaon CR Maharashtra 18 10 Dhumrikhurd-Ramtek SECR Maharashtra 14 11 lb-Jharsuguda-Lapanga ECoR Odisha 22 12 Angul-Kerejanga ECoR Odisha 14 13 Ramganj Mandi-Jhalawar WCR Rajasthan 26 14 Coimbatore-North SR Tamilnadu 33 Casting of Wheels at RWF for Wagon builders Mettupalayam and ROH/POH of wagons/coaches 15 Ghaziabad-Meerut city- NR Uttar Pradesh 158 Saharanpur 16 Ghaziabad-Moradabad NR Uttar Pradesh 135 17 Bhatni-Gorakhpur- NER Uttar Pradesh 72 Domingarh 18 Varanasi-Lohta-Janghai- NR Uttar Pradesh 207 Unchahar incl. Phaphamau- Prayag-Allahabad 19 Gonda-Basti NER Uttar Pradesh 87 20 Laksar-Haridwar NR Uttarakhand 27 21 Total 1,502 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 First Pump Efficiency Testing Study Unit at IRIEEN, Nasik. Commissioned in 2015 and passing through the State of Uttar Pradesh has been completed. This 34 INDIAN RAILWAYS ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015-16 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 First Motor Energy Efficiency Testing Study rail line to connect two electrified routes i.e Ambala– Unit at IRIEEN, Nasik. Commissioned in Moradabad–Lucknow and Delhi–Ghaziabad–Kanpur. 2015 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 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 1,500 volts DC on the sub-urban system of Central Railway with first electric train running on the historic day of 3rd February’1925. Post independence, the electrification was done on 25,000 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 1,500 volt DC to 25,000 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. S.No. Section Railway State RKM 1(a) Jasai - Jawaharlal Nehru CR Maharashtra 9 Port Trust (b) Panvel - Pen - Thal CR Maharashtra 75 2 Bonidanga Link Cabin / ER Jharkhand & Bihar 247 Bonidanga - Barharwa - Sahibganj - Kiul including Tinpahar- Rajmahal 15-car EMU rake INDIAN RAILWAYS ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015-16 35 S.No. Section Railway State RKM 3(a) Koderma - Hazaribagh - ECR Jharkhand 203 Barkakana - Ranchi (b) Valmiki Nagar - ECR Bihar 240 Narkatiaganj - Sugauli - Muzzafarpur including Sugauli - Raxaul (c) Kiul - Tilaiya ECR Bihar 87 4(a) Una Himachal - Ambala NR Himachal Pradesh 25 Andaura (b) Utraitiar - Rae Bareli - NR Uttar Pradesh 214 Amethi – Janghai (c) Zafrabad - Akbarpur - NR Uttar Pradesh 101 Tanda 5(a) Idgah - Achnera - Mathura NCR Uttar Pradesh & Rajasthan 87 & Achnera - Bharatpur Light Pipe-2, MCF (b) Jhansi - Manikpur including NCR Uttar Pradesh & Madhya 409 Khairar - Bhimsen Pradesh (c) Lalitpur - Udaipura NCR Uttar Pradesh 32 6 Ghazipur - Aunrihar - NER Uttar Pradesh 78 Manduadih 7(a) Hissar - Bhatinda - NWR Haryana, Punjab, 1,230 Suratgarh - Phalodi - Rajasthan & Gujarat Jodhpur - Bhildi including Phalodi - Jaisalmer (b) Ajmer - Berach - Mavli - NWR Rajasthan 294 Udaipur (c) Rohtak - Bhiwani NWR Haryana 48 8 (a) Erode - Karur - SR Tamilnadu 300 Tiruchchirappalli & Salem - Karur - Dindigul (b) Tiruchchirappalli - SR Tamilnadu 153 Nagappattinam - Karaikal Port 9 (a) Guntakal - Kalluru SCR Andhra Pradesh 40 (b) Peddapalli - Lingampet - SCR Telangana 83 Jagtial (c) Pagidipalli - Nallapadu SCR Telangana 285 (d) Manmad - Mudkhed - SCR Maharashtra, Telangana, 868 Dhone Andhra & Pradesh 10 Hosapete - Hubballi - SWR Karnataka & Goa 346 Vasco da Gama 11(a) Ahmedabad - Rajkot WR Gujarat 233 (b) Mahesana- Viramgam- WR Gujarat 292 Samakhiyali (c) Indore - Mhow WR Madhya Pradesh 21 12(a) Singrauli- Katni WCR Madhya Pradesh 260 (b) Ratlam - Nimach - WCR & Madhya Pradesh & 348 Chanderia - Kota WR Rajasthan Bridge No. 31 across Telaiya Reservoire in Total 6,608 Hazaribagh-Koderma section, ECR 36 INDIAN RAILWAYS ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015-16.