Project Unigauge

Comparison of different gauges common in India with standard gauge which is not common in India

Project Unigauge is an ongoing exercise by Indian Railways to standardize most of the rail gauges in India to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge.

Indian Railways currently has four different gauges: the 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge, the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge, and two narrow gauges 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm). The total track length used by Indian Railways is 115,000 km (71,000 mi) while the total route length of the network is 66,030 km (41,030 mi) in 2015.[1]

Current status

GaugeNameMarch 2015
Track km		Track
share		March 2015
Route km		Route
share		March 2015 
Electrified
Route km		1951 
1951 
Route

Route
km
share
1951 
Electrified
Route km
1676 mm Broad gauge10850094%6043091.51%27999[2]2525847.0%388
1000 mm Metre gauge50004%41006.20% 2418545.0%40
762 and 610 mm Narrow gauges15002%15002.27%43008.0%
Total:11500066030[3]53743

Lines not being converted

Heritage lines

A single metre-gauge line and three narrow-gauge lines on which heritage trains run in hilly regions will not be converted to broad gauge.

Name of heritage railway line Gauge
mm
 Track
km
 State
 from (plains)
 to (hills)
Nilgiri Mountain Railway 1,000 mm 46 Tamil Nadu Mettupalayam/MTPUdagamandalam (Ooty)/UAM
Kalka–Shimla Railway 762 mm 94 Himachal Pradesh Kalka/KLKShimla/SML
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 610 mm 79 West Bengal New Jalpaiguri/NJPDarjeeling/DJ
Matheran Hill Railway 610 mm 20 Maharashtra Neral/NRL Matheran/MAE
Total: 239

Urban rail

Urban rail transit lines (except suburban rail which is already in broad gauge) which serve the urban areas are being built in standard gauge only and will not be converted to broad gauge. These encompass metro, monorail and trams.

Routes under conversion

  • Western Railway
  1. Ahmedabad - Botad (177 km)
  2. Ahmedabad - Khed Brahma (142 km)
  3. Ahmedabad - Ranuj (114 km)
  4. Himmatnagar - Udaipur (209 km)
  5. Ambliyasan - Vijapur (42 km)
  6. Bhadran - Nadiad (58 km) (NG)
  7. Bilimora - Waghai (63 km) (NG)
  8. Chandod - Dabhoi (17 km) (NG)
  9. Choranda - Moti Koral (19 km) (NG)
  10. Dabhoi - Malsar (70 km) (NG)
  11. Jetpur - Lathi (87 km)
  12. Junagadh - Delvada (159 km)
  13. Kosamba - Umarpada (61 km) (NG)
  14. Pratapnagar - Jambusar (51 km) (NG)
  15. Veraval - Talala - Dhasa Jn. (190 km)
  16. Mhow - Khandwa - Akola (288 KM) in Madhya Pradesh/Maharashtra
  17. Bhuj - Naliya (101 km) in Gujarat
  18. Chhuchapura - Tankhala (38 KM)
  19. Timba Road - Dabhoi (101 KM)
  20. Mahesana - Taranga Hill (57 km)
  • North Eastern Railway
  1. Dohrighat - Indara (33 km)
  2. bahraich - Mailani (205 km)
  3. Jhanjharpur - Laukaha Bazar (62 km)
  4. Mailani - Pilibhit (64 km)
  5. Mandhana – Brahmavart (10 km)
  6. Mathura Jn. - Vrindavan (12 km)
  7. Nanpara Junction - Nepalganj Road (19 km)
  8. Saharsa - Raghopur (63 km)
  9. Shahjahanpur - Pilibhit (84 km)
  10. Pilibhit - Tanakpur (62.77 km)
  11. Narkatiaganj - Bhikhna Thori (36 km)
  12. Narkatiaganj - Raxaul (41 KM)
  13. Tharbitia - Forbesganj (72 KM)
  14. Lucknow (Aishbagh) - Sitapur (90 km)
  15. Sitapur - Mailani (106 km)
  16. Bihariganj - Banmankhi (28 km)
  17. bahraich - Gonda (61 km)
  18. Jhanjharpur - Nirmali (32 km)
  • Eastern Railway
  1. Balgona - Katwa (26 KM) (West Bengal)
  2. Ahmedpur - Katwa (53 KM) (West Bengal)
  3. Shantipur - Nabadwip (13 KM) (West Bengal)
  • Northeast Frontier Railway
  1. Baraigram - Dullabcherra (24 KM)
  2. Amguri - Tuli (15 KM)
  • North Western Railway
  1. Marwar - Mavli (151 km)
  2. Mavli - Bari Sadri (82 km)
  3. Ratangarh - Sardarshahar (46 KM) in Rajasthan
  4. Jaipur - Churu (198 KM)
  5. Jaipur/Sanganer - Toda Rai Singh (113 KM) (IndiaRailInfo site shows it under gauge conversion)
  6. Gainsari - Jarwa (15 KM) in Uttar Pradesh
  • Central Railway
  1. Pachora - Jamner (56 km) (NG)
  2. Pulgaon - Arvi (35 km) (NG)
  3. Achalpur - Yavatmal (186 km) (NG)
  • North Central Railway
  1. Gwalior - Sheopur Kalan (199 km) (NG)
  2. Dhaulpur-Mohari-Sirmuttra (70 km)(NG)
  3. Mohari - Tantpur (18 km)(NG)
  • South East Central Railway
  1. Nagpur - Nagbhir (110 km) (NG)
  2. Rajim - Abhanpur (17 km) (NG)
  3. Raipur - Dhamtari (73 km) (NG)
  4. Nagpur - Chhindwara - Nainpur (289 KM) (NG)
  5. Nainpur - Mandla Fort (42 KM) (NG)
  6. Balaghat - Sukrimangla (144 KM) (NG)
  • Southern Railway
  1. Bodinayakkanur - Madurai (88 KM) in Tamil Nadu
  2. Pollachi - Podanur (40 KM) in Tamil Nadu
  3. Sengottai – Punalur (49.2 KM) in Tamil Nadu/Kerala
  4. Thiruvarur – Karaikudi (148 KM) in Tamil Nadu

Routes where conversion is completed

2016

  1. Badarpur - Agartala (227 km) in Assam/Tripura
  2. Silchar - Jiribam (50 km) in Assam/Manipur
  3. Katakhal - Bairabi (84 km) in Assam/Mizoram
  4. Indore - Mhow (21 km) in Madhya Pradesh
  5. Hanumangarh - Sadulpur (172 km) in Rajasthan
  6. Banmankhi - Purnia in Bihar (36 km)
  7. Thawe - Chhapra (107 km) in Bihar
  8. Kotturu - Gunda Road (52 km) (Karnataka)
  9. Jabalpur - Sukrimangla (43 km) (Madhya Pradesh)
  10. Maishashan - Karimganj (11 KM) (NFR)
  11. Bhojipura - Pilibhit (39.03 km)

2015

  1. North Lakhimpur - Murkongselek (154 km) in Assam
  2. Balipara - Bhalukpong (34 km) in Assam
  3. Lumding - Silchar (210 km) in Assam
  4. Pollachi - Palakkad (55 km) in Tamil Nadu/Kerala
  5. Sikar - Loharu (122 km) in Rajasthan
  6. Gonda - Barhni (107 km) in Uttar Pradesh

2014

  1. Raxaul - Chauradano (24 km) in Bihar
  2. Palani - Pollachi (63 km) in Tamil Nadu
  3. Fatehabad - Indore Junction (35 km) in Madhya Pradesh
  4. Ankleshwar - Rajpipla (63 km) in Gujarat
  5. Bareilly - Kasganj (106 km) in Uttar Pradesh
  6. Rangapara North - Tezpur (27 km) in Assam
  7. Dauram Madhepura - Banmankhi (42 km) in Bihar
  8. Rangiya - Rangapara North (122 km) in Assam
  9. Rangapara North - Harmuti (143 km) in Assam

2013

  1. Ratlam – Fatehabad (85.74 km) in Madhya Pradesh
  2. Virudhunagar – Manamadurai (66 km) in Tamil Nadu
  3. Kolar – Chikbalapur (85 km) in Karnataka

2012

  1. Bareilly City - Lalkua in Uttar Pradesh
  2. Mayiladuturai – Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu

2011

  1. Krishnanagar – Shantipur in West Bengal
  2. Sitamarhi – Bairgania in Bihar
  3. Kaptanganj – Thawe in Uttar Pradesh
  4. Katihar – Tejnarayanpur in Bihar
  5. Mavli – Nathdwara in Rajasthan
  6. Anandapuram – Talguppa in Karnataka
  7. Dindigul – Palani in Tamil Nadu
  8. Tirunelveli – Tenkasi in Tamil Nadu
  9. Bodeli - Chottaudepur in Gujarat
  10. Bardhman – Balgona in West Bengal
  11. Aunrihar – Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh
  12. Aluabari Road – Siliguri in West Bengal
  13. Ratangarh – Bikaner in Rajasthan
  14. Bharuch - Samni - Dahej in Gujarat
  15. Parlakimidi - Gunupur in Odisha
  16. Mathura - Achhnera in Uttar Pradesh
  17. Katihar - Manihari in Bihar
  18. Shimoga – Anandapuramin Karnataka
  19. Nanjangud – Chamarajanagar in Karnataka
  20. Bagalkot – Gadag in Karnataka
  21. Mysore – Nanjangud in Karnataka
  22. Bijapur – Bagalkot in Karnataka
  23. Sakleshpur – Subramanya Rd in Karnataka

2010

  1. Kanpur Central - Farukkhabad in Uttar Pradesh
  2. Degana – Ratangarh in Rajasthan
  3. Ratangarh - Sadulpur in Rajasthan
  4. Bhildi - Samdari in Rajasthan
  5. Pakala - Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh
  6. Vellore - Villupuram in Tamil Nadu

2009

  1. Phulera – Ringas – Rewari opened for BG on 15.01.2009.
  2. Guntakal - Kalluru MG has been converted and shortened from 80 km to 60 km.
  3. Mathura – Kasganj

See also

References

  1. ↑ compiled and edited by Research, Reference and Training Division. (2011). "Table 19.1". India Yearbook 2011. Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India. ISBN 978-81-230-1674-0.
  2. ↑ http://www.core.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,294,302,535
  3. ↑ http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/stat_econ/IRSP_2014-15/Summary%20Sheet_Eng_pdf_pdf.pdf

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