Indian Railway received the Commission of Railway Safety(CRS) authorization has been received for the introduction of AC electric traction to and from Guwahati railway station.Â
According to the Ministry of Railways, Guwahati is the biggest and busiest railway station in the Northeast. It is now connected with all major cities through 25KV AC traction.
Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has successfully completed Electrification work of a total of 649 RKM / 1294 TKM from Katihar to Guwahati. This way Total HDN (High-Density Network) routes (649 RKM) falling in NFR have been commissioned with Electric Traction.
This great feat will now connect New Delhi to Guwahati on seamless Electric Traction. This is yet another effort by NFR for capital connectivity by Green Transportation.
It may be mentioned here that, Northeast Frontier Railway has already started running trains with electric traction from the Kamakhya station with the arrival and departure of the Brahmaputra Mail with AC traction since 22nd October last.
With the completion of the electrification of the Guwahati station, other premium trains like Rajdhani Express, Tejas Rajdhani Express, etc from the Northeast can now be switched over to run on electric traction from Guwahati to the National capital and other cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, etc directly without change of traction enroute.
This Electrification work will save our foreign exchange reserves spent on HSD Oil and will provide greener transportation & reduced carbon footprints.
