North Eastern Railway’s (NER) Varanasi division consisting of 1272.33 route kilometres is now fully electrified.
The follows the electrification of the 32-route km Hathuwa -Panchdeori section of Varanasi division on December 26,2022.
With this, Varanasi division will see significant reduction in its energy bill besides lesser carbon emissions.
Varanasi division route electrification (RE) timeline
The financial year-wise, section -wise timeline for RE over Varanasi division is as follows:-
FY23
Dobhi Halt- Muftiganj (double line)
Handia Khas -Ramnathpur (double line)
Karimuddinpur- Ghazipur City (double line)
Shahbaz kuli- Ghazipur City (double line)
Phephna-Rasra (double line)
Sathiaon -Azamgarh (double line)
Hathuwa -Panchdeori (single line)
FY22
Mau-Azamgarh-Shahganj (single line)
Aunrihar- Dhodhadih (double line)
Gyanpur Road – Handia Khas (double line)
Ballia- Sahatwar (double line)
Phephna -Karimuddinpur (double line)
FY21
Kachhwa Road- Gyanpur Road (double line)
Bhatni-Aunrihar (single line)
Aunrihar-Ghazipur City (double line)
Duraundha -Masrakh (single line)
Ballia -Phephna (double line)
Salempur- Barhaj Bazar (single line)
Indara-Phephna (single line)
FY20
Jalalpur- Thawe (single line)
Banaras- Harduttpur – Kachhwa Road (double line)
Lohta-Banaras (bypass)
Thawe-Chhapra Kacheri (single line)
Khaira- Chhapra Grameen (bypass)
FY19
Sarnath- Varanasi City (double line)
Varanasi City -Varanasi Jn (single line)
Kaptanganj-Valmikinagar (single line)
Varanasi City -Varanasi Jn (double line)
Chhapra-Ballia (single line)
Varanasi-Prayagraj (single line)
Aunrihar-Jaunpur (single line)
Kaptanganj-Jalalpur (single line)
FY18
Ballia-Aunrihar (single line)
Aunrihar-Sarnath (double line)
Gorakhpur Cantt – Kaptanganj (single line)
FY16
Bhatni- Gorakhpur Cantt (double line)
FY15
Chhapra- Siwan (double line)
Siwan -Thawe (single line)
Siwan -Bhatni (single line)
