South Western Railway targets to electrify entire network in two years

HUBBALLI: In the current financial year 2022-23, the South Western Railway has targeted railway line electrification of 750-800 route kilometers and a doubling of 250 kilometers of line length, including the remaining 45 kilometers of the Hubballi-Bengaluru route, SWR general manager Sanjeev Kishore said on Thursday.

Addressing a press conference, Kishore said that around 50 percent of the total network of the SWR, which is 3,566 route kilometers, has already been electrified and the rest would be completed in the next two years. By the end of FY24, the entire SWR network was covered with electrification. The infrastructure could be laid but getting electric locomotive and trained pilots would be a challenging task.