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:
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 CO2 emissions in transportation by railways as compared to transportation by road is as under (Ref:- NITI Aayog Report titled “Fast Tracking Freight In India, June 2021)
| Mode of Transportation | CO2 emission for transportation of 1 tonne for 1 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.
