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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