Project Unigauge

Project Unigauge, started on 1 April 1992, is an ongoing effort by Indian Railways to convert and unify all rail gauges in India to broad gauge.

Present status & yearly progress

Following table tracks the yearly changes.

Lines where conversion not started

Western Railway

# – – (MG)
# – (MG)
# – – (MG)
# – (MG)
# – (NG)
# – (NG)
# – (NG)

North Eastern Railway

# Nanpara – Nepalganj Road (MG)
# Nanpara – Bahraich (MG)
# Nanpara – – (MG)

North Western Railway

# Marwar – Mavli (MG)

North Central Railway

#Mathura Junction-Vrindavan (MG)

Lines under conversion

Eastern Railway

# Nabadwip Ghat – (NG)

Western Railway

# – Adraj Moti (MG)
# – – Pratapnagar Junction (NG)
# – (MG)
# – – (MG)
# – (MG)
# – Jasdan (MG)
# Timba Road – Dabhoi (NG)
# – (MG)
# – Taranga Hill (MG)
# – (MG)
# – Khedbrahma (MG)
# Shapur – Saradiya (MG)
# Khalipur Junction – Kakoshi Metrana Road (MG)
# Chanasma Junction – Harij (MG)
# – (NG)
# – – (NG)
# – (NG)
# – (NG)

Central Railway

# – Yavatmal
# – (NG)
# – (NG)
# – Arvi (NG)

East Central Railway

# – – (MG)
# Jhanjharpur – (MG)

North Central Railway

# – (NG)
# Dhaulpur – – Sirmuttra (NG)
# – Tantpur (NG)

North Eastern Railway

# – Jarwa in UP (MG)
# Shahgarh – Pilibhit Junction (MG)
# Dohrighat – (MG)

Northeast Frontier Railway

# Simaluguri – Naginimora (MG)
# Chalsa – Metelli (MG)
# – (MG)

South Central Railway

# – (130.66 km) (MG)

South East Central Railway

# – – Kendri (NG)
# Itwari Junction – Nagbhir Junction (NG)
# – (NG)

Southern Railway

# – Tarangambadi (MG)
# – Kodiyakkarai (MG)
# – (MG)
# – (MG)
# – (NG)
# – - (NG)

Lines where conversion is completed

# Narpatganj – Forbesganj (MG)
# - Becharaji in Gujarat
# - Agasthiyampalli in Tamil Nadu
# – – in Gujarat/Rajasthan
# – Narpatganj in Bihar
# – in Bihar/Nepal
# – Bari Sadri in Rajasthan
# Sakri – in Bihar
# – in Madhya Pradesh
# – in Gujarat
# Dabhoi – in Gujarat
# – in Gujarat
# Walaja Road Junction – Ranippettai in Tamil Nadu
# – in Madhya Pradesh
# – in Gujarat
# – in Madhya Pradesh
# – Varetha in Gujarat
# - in Uttar pradesh
# – in UP
# – in Madhya Pradesh
# – in Tamil Nadu
# – in Bihar
# – in Gujarat
# – in Maharastra
# – Chandod in Gujarat
# – in Madhya Pradesh
# – in Gujarat
# – – in UP
# – in UP
# Banmankhi – Bihariganj in Bihar
# – in Tamil Nadu
# – in Rajasthan
# – in West Bengal
# – in West Bengal
# – in Uttar Pradesh
# – in Bihar
# – in Gujarat
# – in Uttar Pradesh
# – in Kerala
# – Sardarshahar in Rajasthan
# – in Tamil Nadu
# Baraigram Junction – in Assam
# – in Rajasthan
# – in Madhya Pradesh
# – in Madhya Pradesh/Maharastra
# – in Uttar Pradesh
# – in Assam/Tripura
# – in Assam/Manipur
# – in Assam/Mizoram
# – in Madhya Pradesh
# – in Rajasthan
# – in Bihar (36 km)
# Thawe – in Bihar
# Kotturu – Gunda Road in Karnataka
# –
# –
# – in Assam
# Balipara – in Assam
# – in Assam
# – in Tamil Nadu/Kerala
# – in Rajasthan
# – in Uttar Pradesh
# – in Bihar
# – in Tamil Nadu
# – in Madhya Pradesh
# – in Gujarat
# – in Uttar Pradesh
# – in Assam
# – – Harmuti Junction in Assam
# – in Tamil Nadu
# Kolar – Chikkaballapur in Karnataka
# – in Uttar Pradesh
# – in Tamil Nadu
# – in West Bengal
# – Thawe in Uttar Pradesh
# – in Bihar
# – in Rajasthan
# – in Karnataka
# – in Tamil Nadu
# – in Tamil Nadu
# Bodeli – in Gujarat
# – in Uttar Pradesh
# – in West Bengal
# –
# – – in Gujarat
# – in Odisha
# – in Uttar Pradesh
# – in Karnataka
# – in Karnataka
# Sakleshpur – in Karnataka
# – – in Rajasthan
# – in Rajasthan
# – in Andhra Pradesh
# – in Tamil Nadu
# – – in Rajasthan/Haryana
# – Kalluru in Andhra Pradesh
# – in Uttar Pradesh
# – in Maharastra
# – in Uttar Pradesh

Lines that were scrapped

Following lines have been dismantled because they are either in the protected national parks or to the disused mines.

Grand total: 316.2 km.

Total: NG 90.5 km & MG 225.7 km.

* Narrow gauge (NG):
# Gujarat - Panchmahal district:
##–Pani Mines (NG)
## – Lunavada (NG)

* Broad gauge (NG):

# Gujarat
## Bhavnagar district: – Velavadar (MG).
## Surendranagar district: Than – Chotila (MG)
## Amreli district: Victor – Dungar Junction (MG).
# Rajasthan
## Jaipur- Tonk districts: – Toda Rai Singh (MG).
# Uttar Pradesh - Dudhwa National Park:
## – Chandan Chauki (MG)
## – Gauri Phanta (MG)

Lines which are preserved (will not be converted)

The following will retain their original gauge as these are the officially notified heritage railways of India, many of these are among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India.

# Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (NG), 88 km
# Kalka–Shimla Railway (NG), 96.6 km
# Kangra Valley Railway (NG), 164 km
# Matheran Hill Railway (NG), 21 km
# Dr. Ambedkar Nagar–Kalakund Heritage Train (MG), 25 km
# Nilgiri Mountain Railway (MG), 46 km
: Total route & track length: NG 369.6 km & MG 71 km. All routes are single track.
: Grand total: 440.6 km.

See also

* Future of rail transport in India
* Indian Railway electrification project
* List of gauge conversions
* Variable gauge
* Zones and divisions of Indian Railways

References

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History of rail transport in India