Indian Railways Nears Full Electrification at 99.2% of Broad Gauge Network, Far Ahead of UK (39%), Russia (52%) & China (82%)

Ministry of Railways Indian Railways Nears Full Electrification at

99.2% of Broad Gauge Network, Far Ahead of UK (39%), Russia (52%) & China (82%) 100% Electrification Across 14 Railway Zones and 25 States/UTs प्रव तथ: 17 DEC 2025 3:53PM by PIB Delhi 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. 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 SN STATE % Electrified 1 Andhra Pradesh 100% 16 Mizoram 100% 2 Arunachal Pradesh 100% 17 Nagaland 100% 3 Bihar 100% 18 Odisha 100% 4 Chandigarh 100% 19 Puducherry 100% 5 Chhattisgarh 100% 20 Punjab 100% 6 Delhi 100% 21 Telangana 100% 7 Gujarat 100% 22 Tripura 100% 8 Haryana 100% 23 Uttar Pradesh 100% 9 Himachal Pradesh 100% 24 Uttarakhand 100% 10 Jammu & Kashmir 100% 25 West Bengal 100% 11 Jharkhand 100% 26 Rajasthan 99% 12 Kerala 100% 27 Tamil Nadu 97% 13 Madhya Pradesh 100% 28 Karnataka 96% 14 Maharashtra 100% 29 Assam 92% 15 Meghalaya 100% 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).Reduction in CO emissions in transportation by railways as compared to transportation by road is as 2 under (Ref:- NITI Aayog Report titled “Fast Tracking Freight In India, June 2021) Mode of Transportation CO emission for transportation of 1 tonne for 1 2 km 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.

This information was provided by the Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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