Milestone! Railways registers highest ever route electrification in single year!
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New Delhi, April 3: In a proud moment for India, Railways has logged the highest ever electrification of sections covering over 6,015 Route Kilometer (RKM) in a single year during 2020-21. Despite the COVID pandemic, it has surpassed the previous highest of 5,276 RKM achieved in 2018-19.
The latest broad gauge network of Indian Railways is 63,949 Route kilometer (RKM) and with 740 km of Konkan Railway is 64,689 RKM, out of which 45,881 RKM i.e. 71 % have been electrified by March 31, 2021.
In recent years, Indian Railways has given a lot of emphasis on electrification to reduce the country's dependence on imported petroleum-based energy.
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More than five times electrification was achieved in the last seven years as compared to 2007-14. It has also commissioned a record 56 Traction Sub Stations during 2020-21, as against previous best of 42, which shows an improvement of 33 percent. Some of the Major sections electrified by the Indian Railways over the years include Mumbai-Howrah via Jabalpur, Delhi-Darbhanga-Jaynagar and Chennai-Trichy.
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Ministry of Railways said that Railways has planned to fully electrify its tracks by December 2023. Total Rail electrification would contribute to the goal of “net zero” emissions by 2030 by drawing its entire electrical load from renewable energy sources.