Project Unigauge
Project Unigauge, started on 1 April 1990,[1] is an ongoing effort by Indian Railways to convert and unify all rail gauges in India to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge.
Progress
Gauge[2] | 2020 (Mar) Route km | 2020 (Mar) Route share | 1947 Route km[3] |
1947 Route share |
---|---|---|---|---|
Broad gauge (1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)) | 64,800 | 94.32% | 25,170 | 46.14% |
Metre gauge (MG) (1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)) | 2,304 | 3.35% | 24,153 | 44.28% |
Narrow gauges (NG) (762 mm (2 ft 6 in) and 610 mm (2 ft)) | 1,600 | 2.33% | 5,225 | 9.58% |
Total | 68,704 | 100% | 54,548 | 100% |
Lines under conversion 3,240 kilometres (2,010 mi)
Western Railway
- Talala Junction – Prachi Road Junction – Kodinar 49 kilometres (30 mi)) (MG)
- Ambliyasan Junction – Adraj Moti 81 kilometres (50 mi) (MG)
- Bilimora Junction – Waghai 64 kilometres (40 mi) (NG)
- Choranda Junction – Moti Koral 19.60 kilometres (12.18 mi) (NG)
- Miyagam Karjan Junction – Malsar 36.10 kilometres (22.43 mi) (NG)
- Kosamba Junction – Umarpada 64 kilometres (40 mi)(NG)
- Pratapnagar – Jambusar Junction 55 kilometres (34 mi) (NG)
- Choral – Omkareshwar Road 32.40 kilometres (20.13 mi) (MG)
- Chhuchhapura Junction – Tankhala 38.2 kilometres (23.7 mi) (NG)
- Bhadran – Nadiad Junction 57.60 kilometres (35.79 mi)(NG)
- Jhagadiya Junction – Netrang 32.40 kilometres (20.13 mi) (MG)
- Samni Junction – Kavi 49 kilometres (30 mi) (MG) converted to (BG) in 2019.
- Sabarmati Junction – Hadala Bhal 100 kilometres (62 mi) (MG)[4]
- Botad Junction – Jasdan 55 kilometres (34 mi) (MG)
- Dhasa Junction – Jetalsar Junction 105 kilometres (65 mi) (MG)
- Timba Road – Dabhoi 100 kilometres (62 mi) (NG)
- Dabhoi – Miyagam Karjan Junction 32.40 kilometres (20.13 mi)(NG)
- Deshalpur – Naliya 72.90 kilometres (45.30 mi) in Gujarat (MG)
- Varetha – Taranga Hill 29 kilometres (18 mi)(MG)
- Nimar Kheri – Omkareshwar Road 16 kilometres (9.9 mi)(MG)
- Himmatnagar Junction – Khedbrahma 55 kilometres (34 mi)(MG)
- Kalol Junction – Katosan Road – Ranuj Junction 102 kilometres (63 mi) (MG)
- Khalipur Junction – Kakoshi Metrana Road 28 kilometres (17 mi) (MG)
- Chanasma Junction – Harij 22.50 kilometres (13.98 mi)(MG)
Central Railway
- Murtizapur Junction – Yavatmal 113.4 kilometres (70.5 mi)
- Murtizapur Junction – Achalpur 75.60 kilometres (46.98 mi) (NG)
- Pachora Junction – Jamner 57.60 kilometres (35.79 mi) (NG)
- Pulgaon – Arvi 36 kilometres (22 mi) (NG)
Eastern Railway
All lines successfully converted into BG.
East Central Railway
- Narkatiaganj Junction – Gawnaha – Bhikhna Thori 36 kilometres (22 mi) (MG)[5]
- Tamuria – Nirmali 23.40 kilometres (14.54 mi) (MG)
- Jhanjharpur – Laukaha Bazar 42.65 kilometres (26.50 mi) (MG)
- Saraigarh – Forbesganj 60.48 kilometres (37.58 mi) (MG)
- Barhara Kothi – Bihariganj 13.20 kilometres (8.20 mi) (MG)[6]
North Central Railway
- Dhaulpur – Mohari Junction – Sirmuttra 72.90 kilometres (45.30 mi) (NG)
- Mohari Junction – Tantpur 18.90 kilometres (11.74 mi) (NG)
- Gwalior Junction – Sheopur Kalan 199.8 kilometres (124.1 mi) (NG)
North Eastern Railway
- Nanpara – Nepalganj Road 20.25 kilometres (12.58 mi) (MG)
- Nanpara – Bahraich 35.40 kilometres (22.00 mi) (MG)
- Nanpara – Dudhwa 129.60 kilometres (80.53 mi) (MG)
- Dudhwa – Gauri Phanta 23.3 kilometres (14.5 mi) (MG)
- Dudhwa – Chandan Chauki 23.3 kilometres (14.5 mi)(MG)
- Gainsari – Jarwa 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) in UP (MG)
- Dohrighat – Indara Junction 32.40 kilometres (20.13 mi) (MG)
North Western Railway
- Dungarpur – Kharwa Chanda 92.16 kilometres (57.27 mi) (MG)
- Mavli Junction – Bari Sadri 81 kilometres (50 mi) (MG)
- Mavli Junction – Marwar 152.1 kilometres (94.5 mi) (MG)
Northeast Frontier Railway
- Simaluguri – Naginimora 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi)(MG)
- Amguri - Tuli 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi)(MG)
- Dekargaon – Tezpur 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) (MG)
Southern Railway
- Mayiladuthurai Junction – Tarangambadi 32.40 kilometres (20.13 mi)(MG) (MG)[7]
- Thiruthuraipoondi Junction – Kodiyarkkarai 45 kilometres (28 mi)(MG) (MG)[8]
- Andipatti – Bodinayakkanur 32.40 kilometres (20.13 mi)(MG) (MG)[9][10]
- Peralam Junction – Karaikal 24.3 kilometres (15.1 mi) (MG)
South Central Railway
- Khandwa Junction – Akot (130.66 km) (MG)
South East Central Railway
- Rajim – Abhanpur Junction – Kendri 24.3 kilometres (15.1 mi) (NG)
- Abhanpur Junction – Dhamtari 24.3 kilometres (15.1 mi) (NG)
Lines where conversion is completed
- 2021
- Walaja Road Junction - Ranippettai in Tamil Nadu[11]
- 2020
- Raigadh Road – Dungarpur in Gujarat/Rajasthan[12]
- Nainpur Junction – Lamta in Madhya Pradesh
- Madurai Junction – Usilampatti in Tamil Nadu[9][10]
- Pilibhit Junction – Bisalpur in Uttar Pradesh[13]
- Udaipur City – Kharwa Chanda in Rajasthan[14][15]
- Supaul – Saraigarh in Bihar
- Dhasa Junction – Khijadiya Junction in Gujarat
- Akola Junction – Akot in Maharastra
- Dabhoi Junction – Chandod in Gujarat
- Lamta – Samnapur in Madhya Pradesh
- Chiraidongri – Mandla Fort in Madhya Pradesh
- Bisalpur – Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh
- Vadnagar – Varetha in Gujarat
- Usilampatti – Andipatti in Tamilnadu
- 2019
- Itwari – Bhandarkund in Maharashtra/MP
- Lucknow Junction – Sitapur Cantonment – Mailani Junction in UP
- Mandhana Junction – Brahmavart in UP
- Saharsa Junction – Supaul in Bihar
- Banmankhi – Barhara Kothi in Bihar[6]
- Sakri – Jhanjharpur in Bihar
- Ahmedabad Junction – Himmatnagar Junction – Raigadh Road in Gujarat
- Thiruthuraipoondi Junction – Pattukkottai in Tamil Nadu
- Jaipur Junction – Ringas Junction in Rajasthan
- Mahesana Junction – Vadnagar in Gujarat
- Mathela – Nimar Kheri in Madhya Pradesh
- Botad Junction – Hadala Bhal in Gujarat[4]
- 2018
- Balaghat Junction – Samnapur in Madhya Pradesh
- Balgona – Katwa Junction in West Bengal[16]
- Sikar Junction – Ringas Junction in Rajasthan
- Karaikudi Junction – Pattukkottai in Tamil Nadu
- Majhola Pakarya – Tanakpur in Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand
- Nainpur Junction – Chiraidongri in Madhya Pradesh
- Ahmadpur Junction – Katwa Junction in West Bengal[17]
- Aryankavu – Edamann in Kerala
- Bahraich – Gonda Junction in Uttar Pradesh
- Narkatiaganj Junction – Raxaul Junction in Bihar
- Thiruvarur Junction – Thiruthuraipoondi Junction in Tamil Nadu
- Bhuj – Deshalpur in Gujarat
- 2017
- Bareilly City – Ramganga Bridge in Uttar Pradesh
- Punalur – Edamann in Kerala
- Sengottai – Aryankavu in Tamil Nadu/Kerala
- Ratangarh Junction – Sardarshahar in Rajasthan
- Pollachi Junction – Podanur Junction in Tamil Nadu
- Baraigram Junction – Dullabcherra in Assam
- Churu Junction – Sikar Junction in Rajasthan
- Sukrimangela – Nainpur Junction in Madhya Pradesh[18]
- Chhindwara Junction – Bhandarkund in Madhya Pradesh
- Pilibhit Junction – Majhola Pakarya in Uttar Pradesh[19]
- 2016
- Badarpur Junction – Agartala in Assam/Tripura[20]
- Silchar – Jiribam in Assam/Manipur
- Katakhal Junction – Bairabi in Assam/Mizoram[21]
- Indore Junction – Mhow in Madhya Pradesh[22]
- Hanumangarh Junction – Sadulpur Junction in Rajasthan[23]
- Banmankhi – Purnia Junction in Bihar (36 km)[24]
- Thawe – Chhapra Junction in Bihar[25]
- Kotturu – Gunda Road in Karnataka[26]
- Jabalpur Junction – Sukrimangela in Madhya Pradesh
- Mahisasan – Karimganj Junction[27]
- Bhojipura Junction – Pilibhit Junction
- 2015
- North Lakhimpur – Murkongselek in Assam[28][29]
- Balipara – Bhalukpong in Assam[28]
- Lumding – Silchar in Assam[28]
- Pollachi Junction – Palakkad Junction in Tamil Nadu/Kerala[30]
- Sikar Junction – Loharu Junction in Rajasthan[31]
- Gonda Junction – Barhni in Uttar Pradesh
- 2014
- Raxaul Junction – Chauradano in Bihar
- Palani – Pollachi Junction in Tamil Nadu[32]
- Fatehabad Chandrawatiganj Junction – Indore Junction in Madhya Pradesh[33]
- Ankleshwar Junction – Rajpipla in Gujarat[34]
- Bareilly Junction – Kasganj Junction in Uttar Pradesh[35]
- Rangapara North Junction – Tezpur in Assam
- Dauram Madhepura – Banmankhi in Bihar
- Rangiya Junction – Rangapara North Junction – Harmuti Junction in Assam
- 2013
- Ratlam Junction – Fatehabad Chandrawatiganj Junction in Madhya Pradesh[36]
- Virudhunagar Junction – Manamadurai Junction in Tamil Nadu[37]
- Kolar – Chikkaballapur in Karnataka[38]
- 2012
- Bareilly City – Lalkuan Junction in Uttar Pradesh
- Mayiladuthurai Junction – Thiruvarur Junction in Tamil Nadu
- 2011
- Krishnanagar City Junction – Shantipur Junction in West Bengal
- Sitamarhi Junction – Bairgania in Bihar
- Kaptanganj Junction – Thawe in Uttar Pradesh
- Katihar Junction – Tejnarayanpur in Bihar
- Mavli Junction – Nathdwara in Rajasthan
- Anandapuram – Talguppa in Karnataka
- Dindigul Junction – Palani in Tamil Nadu
- Tirunelveli Junction – Tenkasi Junction in Tamil Nadu
- Bodeli – Chhota Udaipur in Gujarat
- Barddhaman Junction – Balgona in West Bengal
- Aunrihar Junction – Jaunpur Junction in Uttar Pradesh
- Aluabari Road Junction – Siliguri Junction in West Bengal
- Ratangarh Junction – Bikaner Junction
- Bharuch Junction – Samni Junction – Dahej in Gujarat
- Parlakhemundi – Gunupur in Odisha
- Mathura Junction – Achhnera Junction in Uttar Pradesh
- Katihar Junction – Manihari in Bihar
- Shimoga – Anandapuram in Karnataka
- Mysore Junction – Nanjangud Town – Chamarajanagar in Karnataka
- Bagalkot – Gadag Junction in Karnataka
- Bijapur – Bagalkot in Karnataka
- Sakleshpur – Subrahmanya Road in Karnataka
- 2010
- Degana Junction – Ratangarh Junction – Sadulpur Junction in Rajasthan[39]
- Bhildi Junction – Samdari Junction in Rajasthan[39]
- Pakala Junction – Dharmavaram Junction in Andhra Pradesh[40]
- Vellore Cantonment – Villupuram Junction in Tamil Nadu[41][42]
- Before 2010
- Phulera Junction – Ringas Junction – Rewari Junction in Rajasthan/Haryana[43]
- Guntakal Junction – Kalluru in Andhra Pradesh[44]
- Mathura Junction – Kasganj Junction in Uttar Pradesh[45]
- Akola Junction – Purna Junction in Maharastra[46]
- Kanpur Central – Farrukhabad Junction in Uttar Pradesh[47]
Lines that were scrapped (277 km)
Several lines are dismantled. These are:
- Godhra Junction – Lunavada 41.5 kilometres (25.8 mi)) (NG)[48][49] Proposed to be revived as BG.
- Champaner Road – Pani Mines 49 kilometres (30 mi)) (NG)[48][49]
- Mahuva Junction – Velavadar 55 kilometres (34 mi)) (MG). Proposed to be revived as BG
- Victor – Dungar Junction 9 kilometres (5.6 mi)) (MG)
- Than – Chotila 22 kilometres (14 mi)) (MG)
- Sanganer – Toda Rai Singh 104.4 kilometres (64.9 mi)) (MG) Proposed to be revived as BG
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