Central Railway achieves 100% electrification of entire Broad Gauge Network

Central Railway achieves 100% electrification of entire Broad Gauge Network

Daily Current Affairs / Central Railway achieves 100% electrification of entire Broad Gauge Network

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Category : National Published on: March 14 2023

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The Central Railways (CR) has achieved a significant milestone with 100 per cent electrification of its entire Broad Gauge Network (3,825 kilometres).
The last non-electrified section of Central Railway, that is, Ausa Road- Latur Road (52 route kilometres) on Solapur Division was electrified on February 23, 2023.
Reportedly, Indian Railways is working in mission mode to become the largest Green Railway in the world and is moving towards becoming a “net zero carbon emitter” before 2030.
The major cities in the CR's jurisdiction include Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Nasik, Solapur, and Kolhapur.
The railway, where the first electric train ran in India between the then Bombay Victoria Terminus (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) and Kurla on the Harbour line on February 3 in 1925.
The section was electrified on 1,500 Volt DC. The conversion of DC traction on the Mumbai Division of the Central Railways to AC traction began in 2001 and was progressively completed in 2016, without significant disturbance to the lifeline of the nation.

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