In its bid to make the country’s entire rail network run on electric traction and shun diesel-based trains, the Indian Railways on Tuesday achieved an important milestone by electrifying all the routes in Uttar Pradesh, even as it embarks on a journey to become a “Net Zero Carbon Emission” railway system in another seven years.
With the electrification of the 85-km Shubhagpur-Pachperwa section in Gorakhpur-based North Eastern Railway, the entire railway lines in the state now stand electrified and joins East Coast Railway, North Central Railway, West Central Railway, Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway, which are completely electrified.
