Project Unigauge

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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 standardise most of the rail gauges in India to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge.

Indian Railways currently has significant lengths of 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 length of track used by Indian Railways was about 115,000 km (71,000 mi) while the total route length of the network was 65,000 km (40,000 mi) in 2011.[1]

Current status

Gauge Name March 2015
Track km		 Track
share		 March 2015
Route km		 Route
share		 2015 
Electrified
Route km		 1951 
Route
km		 1951 
Route
share
1676 mm Broad gauge 108500 94% 59400 91% 26269 [2] 25258 47.0%
1000 mm Metre gauge 5000 4% 4100 7% 24185 45.0%
762 and 610 mm Narrow gauges 1500 2% 1500 2% 4300 8.0%
Total: 115000 65000 53743

Heritage lines that will not be converted

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

Name of heritage railway line Gauge
mm
 Track
km
 State
 from (plains)
 to (hills)
Nilgiri Mountain Railway 1,000 mm 46 Tamil Nadu Mettupalayam/MTP Udagamandalam (Ooty)/UAM
Kalka–Shimla Railway 762 mm 94 Himachal Pradesh Kalka/KLK Shimla/SML
Kangra Valley Railway 762 mm 164 Himachal Pradesh Pathankot/PTK Joginder Nagar/JDNX
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 610 mm 79 West Bengal New Jalpaiguri/NJP Darjeeling/DJ
Matheran Hill Railway 610 mm 20 Maharashtra Neral/NRL Matheran/MAE
Total: 395

A demand has been made to convert Pathankot-Dharamshala-Joginder Nagar railway line into broad gauge but no decision has been taken.[3]

Routes remaining to be converted in 2015

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Remaining

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Under Conversion

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Completed

2016

  1. Badarpur - Agartala (227 km) in Assam/Tripura [1]

2015

  1. North Lakhimpur - Murkongselek (154 km) in Assam [2][3]
  2. Balipara - Bhalukpong (34 km) in Assam [4]
  3. Lumding - Silchar (210 km) in Assam [5]
  4. Pollachi - Palakkad (55 km) in Tamil Nadu/Kerala [6]
  5. Sikar - Loharu (122 km) in Rajasthan [7]
  6. Gonda - Barhni (107 km) in Uttar Pradesh

2014

  1. Raxaul - Chauradano (24 km) in Bihar
  2. Palani - Pollachi (63 km) in Tamil Nadu [8]
  3. Fatehabad - Indore Junction (35 km) in Madhya Pradesh [9]
  4. Ankleshwar - Rajpipla (63 km) in Gujarat [10]
  5. Bareilly - Kasganj (106 km) in Uttar Pradesh [11]
  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 [12]
  2. Virudhunagar – Manamadurai (66 km) in Tamil Nadu [13]
  3. Kolar – Chikbalapur (85 km) in Karnataka [14]

2012

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

2011

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Maps

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ http://www.core.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,294,302,535
  3. ↑ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rail-link-to-leh-centre-seeks-plan-panel-no/729696/

External links

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