Railways Logs Highest-Ever Route Electrification

With the COVID-19 pandemic keeping trains off tracks, the Railways has used the opportunity to speed up its electrification process, it said.

The Railways has logged highest-ever electrification of sections covering 6,015 Route Kilometre (RKM) in a single year during 2020-21, a statement from the national transporter said on Friday. With the COVID-19 pandemic keeping trains off tracks, the Railways has used the opportunity to speed up its electrification process, it said. It has surpassed the previous highest of 5,276 RKM achieved in 2018-19, the statement said. The latest broad gauge network of Indian Railways is 63,949 RKM and with 740 km of Konkan Railway, it is 64,689 RKM, out of which 45,881 RKM -- 71 per cent -- have been electrified by March 31, 2021, it said.