Table 2: Indian Railways : Total Net Work
											(kms)
Year	Total	of which:	Percent	Running	of which:	Percent	Total	of which:	Percent	Single	Double
	Route	Electrified	to Total	Track	Electrified	to Total	Track	Electrified	to Total	Line Route	Line Route
	Length			Length			Length			Length	Length
1950-51	53596	388	0.72	59315	937	1.58
1955-56	55011	388	0.71	60845	937	1.54
1960-61	56247	748	1.33	63602	1752	2.75
1965-66	59061	2423	4.10	68378	4847	7.09
1968-69	60014	3247	5.41	70691	6537	9.25
1973-74	60441	4191	6.93	74401	8401	11.29	101028	10823	10.71	47930	12304
1977-78	60803	4720	7.76	75012	9360	12.48	103325	12037	11.65	47926	12767
1979-80	60933	4820	7.91	75450	9562	12.67	103906	12305	11.84	47989	12944
1984-85	61850	6325	10.23	76963	12018	15.62	106124	15590	14.69	48516	13334
1989-90	62211	9100	14.63	78319	17332	22.13	108429	23409	21.59	47985	14226
1991-92	62458	10653	17.06	78969	20049	25.39	109338	26585	24.31	47854	14605
1996-97	62725	13018	20.75	80754	24101	29.84	107360	31583	29.42	47396	15329
2001-02	63140	15994	25.33	82354	29567	35.90	109227	39030	35.73	47016	16124
2002-03	63122	16272	25.78	82492	29974	36.34	109221	39358	36.04	46904	16218
2003-04	63221	16776	26.54	83859	30589	36.48	108486	41916	38.64	46940	16281
2004-05	63465	17496	27.57	84260	32686	38.79	108805	43364	39.85	46800	16665
CAGR (%)
1951-56	0.52	0.00		0.51	0.00
1956-61	0.45	14.03		0.89	13.33
1961-66	0.98	26.50		1.46	22.57
1966-69	0.53	10.25		1.12	10.48
1969-74	0.14	5.24		1.03	5.15
1974-78	0.12	2.41		0.16	2.19		0.45	2.15		0.00	0.74
1978-80	0.11	1.05		0.29	1.07		0.28	1.11		0.07	0.69
1980-85	0.30	5.59		0.40	4.68		0.42	4.85		0.22	0.60
1985-90	0.12	7.55		0.35	7.60		0.43	8.47		-0.22	1.30
1990-92	0.20	8.20		0.41	7.55		0.42	6.57		-0.14	1.32
1992-97	0.09	4.09		0.45	3.75		-0.36	3.51		-0.19	0.97
1997-02	0.13	4.20		0.39	4.17		0.35	4.33		-0.16	1.02
2002-05	0.17	3.04		0.77	3.40		-0.13	3.57		-0.15	1.11
1951-05	0.31	7.31		0.65	6.80		0.35	6.83		-0.11	1.46
Indian Railway : Net Work: Broad Gauge System
	Total	of which:		Single			Double/	of which:	Percent	Running	Track
Year	Route	Electrified	Percent	Line	of which:	Percent	Multiple	Electrified	to Total	Track	Length
	Length		to Total		Electrified	to Total	Line
1977-78	30909	4554	14.73	18610	595	3.20	12299	3959	32.19	43922	63713
1979-80	31228	4654	14.90	18752	604	3.22	12476	4050	32.46	44410	64377
1984-85	33553	6158	18.35	20496	1237	6.04	13057	4921	37.69	47513	68654
1989-90	34544	8934	25.86	20669	1587	7.68	13875	7347	52.95	49447	71563
1991-92	35109	10487	29.87	20885	2079	9.95	14224	8408	59.11	50411	72847
1996-97	41971	12854	30.63	26733	2848	10.65	15238	10006	65.66	59070	81121
2001-02	45099	15830	35.10	29058	3488	12.00	16041	12342	76.94	63780	87184
2002-03	45622	16112	35.32	29484	3743	12.70	16138	12369	76.65	64461	87889
2003-04	46807	17343	37.05	30573	4404	14.40	16234	12939	79.70	66754	88547
2004-05	47749	17361	36.36	31104	4251	13.67	16645	13110	78.76	67932	89771
CAGR (%)
1978-80	0.51	1.09		0.38	0.75		0.72	1.14		0.55	0.52
1980-85	1.45	5.76		1.79	15.42		0.91	3.97		1.36	1.29
1985-90	0.58	7.73		0.17	5.11		1.22	8.35		0.80	0.83
1990-92	0.81	8.34		0.52	14.46		1.25	6.98		0.97	0.89
1992-97	3.63	4.15		5.06	6.50		1.39	3.54		3.22	2.17
1997-02	1.45	4.25		1.68	4.14		1.03	4.29		1.55	1.45
2002-05	1.92	3.13		2.29	6.82		1.24	2.03		2.12	0.98
1974-05	0.81	2.51		0.96	3.71		0.56	2.24		0.81	0.64
Source: 1.GOI (2006), Explanatory Memorandum on the Railway Budget 2006-7 and Previous Issues
2.GOI (2005), Railway Year Book, Railway Board and Previous Isssues