India, Aug. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Period
New track Commissioned
Average commissioning of new tracks
2009-14
7,599 Km
4.2 Km/day
2014-26
36,429 Km
8.32 Km/day (nearly 2 times)
Category
No. of Projects
Total Length
Length Commissioned till
Total Exp. upto Mar'26
New lines
169
16,634
3,361
1,57,572
Gauge conversion
29
3,987
3,045
24,227
Doubling
316
19,379
6,177
1,23,454
Total
514
40,000
12,583
3,05,253
Year
Freight loading (in Million Tonnes)
2014-15
1098
2015-16
1104
2016-17
1109
2017-18
1162
2018-19
1223
2019-20
1210
2020-21
1233
2021-22
1418
2022-23
1512
2023-24
1591
2024-25
1617
2025-26
1670
NL/GC/DL (km)
Mar'26 (km)
(Rs. in Crore)
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