|
Sl. No.
|
Date & Year
|
Railway
|
RKMs
|
Landmarks
|
|
1. |
03.02.1925 |
Central |
16
|
First electric train on 1500 Volt DC from Bombay VT to Kurla. |
|
2. |
Up to 1947 |
Central, Eastern
and South Eastern |
388
|
RKM electrified on Indian Railways at the time of Independance. |
|
3. |
1954-58 |
Eastern |
142 |
3000 V DC electrification on Howrah - Burdwan and Sheoraphulli - Tarakeshwar sections. |
|
4. |
14.12.1957 |
Eastern |
142 |
Inauguration of EMU services on Howrah - Sheroaphulli section by Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru, first P.M. of India. |
|
5. |
1957 |
- |
- |
Adoption of 25 kV AC single phase electricfication on Indian Railways. |
|
6. |
11.08.1960 |
South Eastern |
75 |
First section electrified on 25 kV AC Rajkharswan - Dongoaposi. |
|
7. |
14.10.1961 |
- |
- |
Inauguration of first 1500 V DC electric locomotive (Lokmanya) for Bombay area by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first P.M. of India. |
|
8. |
September
1962 |
- |
- |
Indroduction of first indigenous Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) services. |
|
9. |
1966 and 1968 |
Eastern and South
Eastern |
- |
3000 Volt DC converted in to 25 kV AC. |
|
10. |
07.01.1977 |
Eastern and Northern |
1445 |
Commissioning of electrified trunk route of
Delhi-Howrah. |
|
11. |
31.03.1987 |
Northern, Central and
Western |
1388 |
Commissioning of electrified trunk route of
Delhi-Bombay via Western Railway. |
|
12. |
31.01.1991 |
Eastern, South
Eastern and Central |
1976 |
Commissioning of electrified trunk route of
Howrah-Bombay. |
|
13. |
31.03.1991 |
Northern, Central,
South Central and
Southern |
2190 |
Commissioning of electrified trunk route of
Delhi-Chennai. |
|
14. |
31.01.1992 |
Nothern and Central |
1542 |
Commissioning of electrified trunk route of
Delhi-Bombay via Central Railway. |
|
15. |
1994-95 |
Central and south
Eastern |
770 |
Commissioning of 2x25 kV OHE system of Bina-
Katni and Katni-Anuppur- Bishrampur-Chirimiri. |
|
16. |
03.02.2002 |
Eastern and East
Central |
534 |
Inauguration of eletricfied Howrah-Delhi route via
Patna by then Prime Minister Shri A.B. Bajpayee. |
|
17. |
30.05.2003 |
East Central |
92 |
Inauguration of Patna-Gaya section by Hon’ble
President of Indian Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam. |
|
18. |
29.08.2003 |
Central and Western |
306 |
Inauguration of Udhna-Jalgaon section. |
|
19. |
26.01.2004 |
Northern |
137 |
Inauguration of Ludhiana-Amritsar section. |
|
20. |
29.11.2005 |
South Eastern,
East Coast and South
Central |
1117 |
Commissioning of electrified trunk route of
Howrah-Chennai (Missing link Kharagpur-
Waltair). |
|
21. |
06.08.2006 |
Southern |
37 |
Inauguration of Villupuram-Pondicherry section
by Chief Minister of Puducherry, Shri N.
Rangasamy. |
|
22. |
30.12.2006 |
Southern |
320 |
Commissioning of electrified route of Ernakulam-
Trivandrum by Minister for Railways Shri Lalu Prasad. |
|
23. |
24.11.2007 |
Eastern |
127 |
Commissioning of electrified route of Krishnanagar-Lalgola by Minister for Railways Shri Lalu Prasad. |
|
24. |
08.12.2007 |
South Central |
103 |
Comissioning of electrified route of Tirupati - Pakala-Katpadi by Minister for Railways Shri Lalu Parsad. |
|
25. |
07.07. 2008 |
East Coast |
24 |
Successful Trial of Highest OHE in the world
(7.45 m high contact wire) in Jakhapura-Tomka
section for Double Stack Container Train
operation. |
|
26.
|
26.10. 2009 |
Northern |
100 |
Commissioning of electrified route of Lucknow-Hardoi section |
|
27. |
30.01.2010 |
Southern |
68 |
CRS sanction received on 03.08.09. Hon’ble MR inaugurated Electric traction in Ariyalur-Tiruchchirapalli section. |
|
28. |
30.06.2011 |
Southern |
95 |
Commissioning of electrified route of Tiruchchirapalli-Dindigul |
|
29. |
26.06.2012 |
East Central Railway |
140 |
Commissioning of electrified route of Chhapra Kachehari-Barauni section |
|
30. |
04.12.2013 |
North Central Railway |
231 |
Hon’ble minister of state (Rural Dev.) Shri Pradeep Jain ’Aditya’ inaugurated electric traction on in Jhansi-Kanpur section. |
|
31. |
19.05.2014 |
Southern |
150 |
Commissioning of electrified route of Villupuram-Vellore |
|
32. |
15.12.2014 |
Southern |
142 |
Commissioning of electrified route of Virudhunagar-MEJ-Tirunelveli & Vanchimaniyachi-Tuticorin |
|
33. |
24.05.2015 |
Northern |
252 |
Inauguration of Rohtak-Lehra Mohbatt section
by Minister for Railways Shri Suresh Prabhu |
|
34. |
22.11.2015 |
North East Railway |
80 |
Hon’ble minister of state Railway Shri Manoj Sinha inaugurated Electric traction in Gorakhpur Bhatni Section. |
|
35. |
17.01.2016 |
Northern Railway |
207 |
Hon’ble minister of state Railway Shri Manoj Sinha inaugurated Electric traction in Varanasi-Phaphmau-Prayag-Allahabad-Unchahar section. |
|
36. |
19.02.2018 |
South Western Railway |
96 |
Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the electrification of Bengaluru-Mysuru railway line, which is set to reduce the travel time between the two cities. |
|
37. |
08.02.2020 |
North Central Railway |
100 |
The Union Minister of State (MoS) for Railways Suresh Angadi inaugurated electrification of Chunar-Chopan railway line section. |
|
38. |
13.02.2020 |
Eastern Railway |
140 |
Shri Piyush Goyal Rail Minister dedicated to the Nation railway electrification project in Katwa-Azimganj and Monigram-Nalhati sections of Howrah and Malda Divisions. |
|
39. |
29.06.2020 |
WCR |
98 |
Commissioning of electrified route of Katni-Satna provide Electrified route to Mumbai – Howrah via Prayagraj |
|
40. |
30.06.2020 |
NCR/ECR |
40 |
Commissioning of electrified route of Bhagalpur – Shivnarayanpur provide direct connectivity on electric traction Mumbai-Jalpaiguri as well as SVD Katra to Howrah via Patna. |
|
41. |
31.10.2020 |
SECR |
58 |
Commissioning of electrified route of Lamta - Nainpur - Samnapur provided direct connectivity from Jabalpur to Balharshah which has reduced travelling distance by 266 Km. |
|
42. |
29.11.2020 |
NWR |
42 |
Shri Piyush Goyal Rail Minister dedicated to the Nation railway electrification project in Dighwara - Bandikui (2nd line) & Bassi- Jaipur -Kanakpura sectin provide Direct connectivity on electric traction to Jaipur & Ajmer from New Delhi |
|
43. |
21.02.2021 |
WR |
145 |
Commissioning of electrified route of Dhola - Savarkundla & Savarkundla - Pipavav provide direct connectivity on electric traction from Ahemedabad to Pipavav Port. |
|
43. |
01.07.2021 |
NFR |
- |
Commissioning of Jalpaiguri Road-Y Leg & Betgara- Kolagram 2nd line Delhi to Kamakhya has become fully electrified. . Now passenger and freight trains have started running on electric traction without engine change on this route.
|
|
44. |
23.09.21 |
NER |
40 |
Commissioning of Anandnagar - Nautanwa section direct connectivity to Nepal Border on electric traction with main line. |
|
45. |
29.09.21 |
NCR |
101 |
Commissioning of Birla Nagar – Udi section shorter route from Gwalior to Etawah on electric traction. |
|
46. |
08.10.2021 |
NWR |
50 |
Commissioning of Ajmer to Daurai and Beawar to Gudiya section the entire route from Delhi to Ahmedabad has been electrified.. |
|
47. |
29.12.2021 |
NR |
120 |
Commissioning of Faizabad – Akbarpur - Ayodya & Faizabad – Sultanpur a direct electrified network from major religious places of Uttar Pradesh like Ayodhya, Kashi/Varanasi and Prayagraj.
|
|
48. |
07.02.2022 |
SER |
33 |
After electrification of Aunjajhori-Gorumahisani – Badampahar section, Chakradharpur division is now fully electrified.
|
|
49. |
20.10.2022 |
NCR |
75 |
An important electrified route from Prayagraj to Bhopal has been achieved with the electrification of Ishanagar-Udaipura section (75 RKM) apart from North Central Railway becoming 100% electrified. |
|
50. |
20.02.2023 |
NER |
118 |
With the electrification of Shohratgarh-Pachpherwa-Subhagpur section (118 RKM) the entire alternative stretch from Gonda via Balrampur-Anand Nagar to Gorakhpur has been fully electrified. At the same time entire State of Uttar Pradesh as well as NER have been fully electrified.
|
|
51. |
23.02.2023 |
SCR |
129 |
With the electrification of Pangri-Latur Road section (129 RKM), the entire stretch from Pune to Secundrabad via Kurduwadi, Latur Road and Vikarabad has been fully electrified. This will provide an alternative route to Pune-Wadi-Secunderabad section along with Central Railway being fully electrified.
|
|
52. |
31.03.2023 |
SWR |
244 |
The entire main line connecting Bengaluru and Hubballi has been fully electrified resulting in seamless end to end connectivity for running of Vande Bharat express with the electrification of Nittur-Arsikere-Birur-Hosdurga & Chikjajur-Devarguda-Karajagi-Hubballi sections (244 RKM). |
|
53. |
24.03.2023 |
NWR |
61 |
Trains from New Delhi to Bikaner can now run on fully electrified route with the electrification of Benisar-Napasar-Bikaner section (61 RKM). |
|
54. |
15.03.2023 |
NFR |
20 |
Meghalaya has been connected with the rest of India on electrified route with the electrification of Dudhnoi-Mendipathar (20 RKM) route which is a major achievement.
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