| Sl. No. |
Date & Year
|
Railway
|
RKMs
|
Landmarks
|
| 1. |
03.02.1925 |
Central |
16
|
First electric train on 1500 Volt DC from Bombay VT to Kurla. |
| 2. |
Up to 1947 |
Central, Eastern
and South Eastern |
388
|
RKM electrified on Indian Railways at the time of Independance. |
| 3. |
1954-58 |
Eastern |
142 |
3000 V DC electrification on Howrah - Burdwan and Sheoraphulli - Tarakeshwar sections. |
| 4. |
14.12.1957 |
Eastern |
142 |
Inauguration of EMU services on Howrah - Sheroaphulli section by Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru, first P.M. of India. |
| 5. |
1957 |
- |
- |
Adoption of 25 kV AC single phase electricfication on Indian Railways. |
| 6. |
11.08.1960 |
South Eastern |
75 |
First section electrified on 25 kV AC Rajkharswan - Dongoaposi. |
| 7. |
14.10.1961 |
- |
- |
Inauguration of first 1500 V DC electric locomotive (Lokmanya) for Bombay area by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first P.M. of India. |
| 8. |
September
1962 |
- |
- |
Indroduction of first indigenous Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) services. |
| 9. |
1966 and 1968 |
Eastern and South
Eastern |
- |
3000 Volt DC converted in to 25 kV AC. |
| 10. |
07.01.1977 |
Eastern and Northern |
1445 |
Commissioning of electrified trunk route of
Delhi-Howrah. |
| 11. |
31.03.1987 |
Northern, Central and
Western |
1388 |
Commissioning of electrified trunk route of
Delhi-Bombay via Western Railway. |
| 12. |
31.01.1991 |
Eastern, South
Eastern and Central |
1976 |
Commissioning of electrified trunk route of
Howrah-Bombay. |
| 13. |
31.03.1991 |
Northern, Central,
South Central and
Southern |
2190 |
Commissioning of electrified trunk route of
Delhi-Chennai. |
| 14. |
31.01.1992 |
Nothern and Central |
1542 |
Commissioning of electrified trunk route of
Delhi-Bombay via Central Railway. |
| 15. |
1994-95 |
Central and south
Eastern |
770 |
Commissioning of 2x25 kV OHE system of Bina-
Katni and Katni-Anuppur- Bishrampur-Chirimiri. |
| 16. |
03.02.2002 |
Eastern and East
Central |
534 |
Inauguration of eletricfied Howrah-Delhi route via
Patna by then Prime Minister Shri A.B. Bajpayee. |
| 17. |
30.05.2003 |
East Central |
92 |
Inauguration of Patna-Gaya section by Hon’ble
President of Indian Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam. |
| 18. |
29.08.2003 |
Central and Western |
306 |
Inauguration of Udhna-Jalgaon section. |
| 19. |
26.01.2004 |
Northern |
137 |
Inauguration of Ludhiana-Amritsar section. |
| 20. |
29.11.2005 |
South Eastern,
East Coast and South
Central |
1117 |
Commissioning of electrified trunk route of
Howrah-Chennai (Missing link Kharagpur-
Waltair). |
| 21. |
06.08.2006 |
Southern |
37 |
Inauguration of Villupuram-Pondicherry section
by Chief Minister of Puducherry, Shri N.
Rangasamy. |
| 22. |
30.12.2006 |
Southern |
320 |
Commissioning of electrified route of Ernakulam-
Trivandrum by Minister for Railways Shri Lalu Prasad. |
| 23. |
24.11.2007 |
Eastern |
127 |
Commissioning of electrified route of Krishnanagar-Lalgola by Minister for Railways Shri Lalu Prasad. |
| 24. |
08.12.2007 |
South Central |
103 |
Comissioning of electrified route of Tirupati - Pakala-Katpadi by Minister for Railways Shri Lalu Parsad. |
| 25. |
07.07.2008 |
East Coast |
24 |
Successful Trial of Highest OHE in the world
(7.45 m high contact wire) in Jakhapura-Tomka
section for Double Stack Container Train
operation. |
