Railways Clocks Highest Route Electrification; Fully Electric By Dec 2023

The Indian Railways has recorded the highest number of route electrification in a year, stretching over 6,015 Route Kilometre (RKM) across sections in 2020-2021. The railways carried out the electrification process at full force during the pandemic, breaking the previous record of 5,276 RKM achieved in 2018-19. Stating that over 5-times electrification was done during 2014-2021 as compared to 2007-14, the railways eyes full electrification by December 2023.