List of railway lines in India explained

This article lists conventional railway lines of India. For urban railway lines, see Urban rail transit in India, for high-speed railway lines and speed classification, see List of high-speed railway lines in India.

Legend

Lines† Converted from narrow or meter gauges
‡ Under construction or under upgradation
  • Speed
  • Note
  • Northern region

    LineOperator(s)OpenedLengthElectrifiedRef.
    Ambala–AttariNorthern Railway1873[1]
    Amritsar–PathankotNorthern Railway1884[2]
    Amritsar–Khem KaranNorthern Railway1910[3]
    Bathinda–RajpuraNorthern Railway[4]
    Bathinda–RewariNorthern Railway1884[5]
    Bathinda–RohtakNorthern Railway1884[6]
    Bhanupli–LehNorthern RailwayTBD 2030TBD[7]
    Bikaner–RewariNorth Western Railway1941[8]
    Chandigarh–SahnewalNorthern Railway2013[9]
    Delhi–KalkaNorthern Railway1891[10]
    Delhi–FazilkaNorthern Railway1897[11]
    Delhi–JaipurNorthern and North Western Railway1875[12]
    Delhi–MoradabadNorthern Railway1900[13]
    Haryana OrbitalNorthern Railway2026[14]
    Jaipur–AhmedabadNorth Western and Western Railway1881[15]
    Jalandhar–FirozpurNorthern Railway1912[16]
    Jammu–BaramullaNorthern Railway2024TBD[17]
    Jodhpur–BathindaNorth Western Railway1902[18]
    Jodhpur–JaisalmerNorth Western Railway1968[19]
    Ludhiana–JakhalNorthern Railway1901[20]
    Marwar–MunabaoNorth Western Railway1902[21]
    Merta Road–RewariNorth Western Railway1941[22]
    Rewari–RohtakNorthern Railway2013[23]
    Shri Ganganagar–SadulpurNorth Western Railway1930[24]
    Suratgarh–BathindaNorthern and North Western Railway1970[25]

    Eastern region

    LineOperator(s)OpenedLengthElectrifiedRef.
    Ahmadpur–KatwaEastern Railway1917[26]
    Alipurduar–BamanhatNortheast Frontier Railway1894[27]
    Andal–SainthiaEastern Railway1913[28]
    Andal–SitarampurEastern Railway1864
    Asansol–PatnaSouth Eastern Railway1871[29]
    Asansol–Tatanagar–KharagpurEastern and East Central Railway1891[30]
    Asansol–GayaEastern and East Central Railway1907[31]
    Bakhtiyarpur–TilaiyaEast Central Railway1903[32]
    Bandel–KatwaEastern Railway1913[33]
    Bankura–MasagramSouth Eastern Railway2005[34]
    Barauni–GuwahatiEast Central and Northeast Frontier Railway1950[35]
    Barauni–KatiharEast Central and Northeast Frontier Railway1889[36]
    Barauni–GorakhpurEast Central and North Eastern Railway1907[37]
    Barauni–RaxaulEast Central and North Eastern Railway1907
    Bardhaman–AsansolEastern Railway1863
    Bardhaman–KatwaEastern Railway1915[38]
    Barharwa–Azimganj–KatwaEastern Railway1913[39]
    Barkakana–Muri–ChandilSouth Eastern Railway1937[40]
    Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose GomohEast Central Railway1902[41]
    Barkakana–Son NagarEast Central Railway1907
    Barsoi–New FarakkaEastern and Northeast Frontier Railway1963[42]
    Cuttack–Sambalpur1998[43]
    Dhanbad–Chandrapura1894[44]
    Dumka–Bhagalpur1907[45]
    Eklakhi–BalurghatNortheast Frontier Railway2004[46]
    Fatuha–TilaiyaEast Central Railway2003[47]
    Gaya–KiulEast Central Railway1979[48]
    Gaya–Pt. D.D. Upadhyaya JunctionEast Central Railway1907[49]
    Hajipur–Muzaffarpur–Samastipur–BarauniEast Central Railway1907[50]
    Haldibari–New JalpaiguriEast Central Railway1878[51]
    Harnaut–MokamaEast Central Railway2016
    Barkakana–Muri–ChandilSouth Eastern Railway1965
    Howrah–Barddhaman1854[52]
    Howrah–Barddhaman1917[53]
    Howrah–Kharagpur1900[54]
    Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat2011[55]
    Jharsuguda–VizianagaramEast Coast Railway1961
    Katihar–SiliguriNortheast Frontier Railway1958[56]
    Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra1901
    Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra1901
    Khurda Road–BolangirEast Coast RailwayTBD[57]
    Koderma–RanchiSouth Eastern and East Central Railway2015[58]
    Lanjigarh–JunagarhEast Coast Railway2014[59]
    Madhupur–Giridih–KodermaEastern and East Central Railway1871[60]
    Mokama–BarauniEast Central Railway1959[61]
    Muzaffarpur–HajipurEastCentral Railway1886[62]
    Muzaffarpur–SitamarhiEastCentral Railway2013[63]
    Nalhati–Azimganj1863[64]
    Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori[65]
    Neora–SheikhpuraTBD[66]
    Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia1961[67] [68]
    New Jalpaiguri–New Mal–Samuktala RoadNortheast Frontier Railway1950[69]
    New Jalpaiguri–New BongaigaonNortheast Frontier Railway1963[70]
    New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch BeharNortheast Frontier Railway2016[71]
    Patna–Gaya1900[72]
    Patna–Mughalsarai1862[73]
    Patna–HajipurEastern Railway2016[74]
    Ranaghat–LalgolaEastern Railway1899[75]
    Samastipur–MuzaffarpurEast Central Railway1886[76]
    Sealdah–GedeEastern Railway1862[77]
    Sealdah–BangaonEastern Railway1882[78]
    Sheoraphuli–BishnupurEastern Railway1885[79]
    Tatanagar–Bilaspur1892[80]

    Northeastern region

    LineOperator(s)OpenedLengthElectrifiedRef.
    Guwahati–LumdingNortheast Frontier Railway1900[81]
    Lumding–DibrugarhNortheast Frontier Railway1903[82]
    Lumding–SabroomNortheast Frontier Railway2008[83]
    New Bongaigaon–GuwahatiNortheast Frontier Railway1962[84]
    Rangiya–MurkongselekNortheast Frontier Railway1895[85]
    Sivok–RangpoNortheast Frontier RailwayTBDTBD[86]

    Central region

    LineOperator(s)OpenedLengthElectrifiedRef.
    Agra–BhopalNorth Central and West Central Railway1889
    Aunrihar–JaunpurNorth Eastern Railway1904[87]
    Bhopal–NagpurWest Central and Central Railway1924[88]
    Bilaspur–NagpurSouth East Central Railway1891
    Bilaspur–KatniSouth East Central Railway and Western Railway1891[89]
    Bina–KatniSouth East Central Railway and Western Railway1923[90]
    Prayagraj–JabalpurNorth Central and West Central Railway1867[91]
    Prayagraj–Mau–GorakhpurNorth Central and West Central Railway1930[92]
    Delhi–Meerut–SaharanpurNorthern Railway1870[93]
    Indore–GwaliorWestern, West Central and North Central Railway1899[94]
    Jabalpur–BhusavalNorth Central and West Central Railway1870[95]
    Kothavalasa–KirandulSouth Coast and East Coast Railway1966[96]
    Laksar–DehradunNorthern Railway1900[97]
    Lucknow–GorakhpurNorthern and North Eastern Railway1885
    Lucknow–MoradabadNorthern Railway1873
    Mainpuri–EtawahNorth Central Railway2016[98]
    Mau–DildarnagarNorth Eastern and East Central RailwayTBD[99]
    Moradabad–AmbalaNorthern Railway1886
    Pdt. D.D. Upadhyaya–KanpurNorth Central Railway1866[100]
    Muzaffarpur–GorakhpurEastCentral Railway1930[101]
    Western Railway1896[102]
    Ujjain–BhopalWestern and West Central Railway1895[103]
    Varanasi–ChhapraNorth Eastern Railway1909[104]
    Varanasi–LucknowNorthern and North Central Railway1872[105]
    Varanasi–Rae Bareli–LucknowNorthern Railway1898[106]
    Varanasi–Sultanpur–LucknowNorthern Railway1872[107]

    Western region

    LineOperator(s)OpenedLengthElectrifiedRef.
    Ahmedabad–ViramgamWestern Railway1871[108]
    Ahmedabad–MumbaiWestern Railway1863[109]
    Ahmedabad–UdaipurWestern and North Western Railway1879[110]
    Anand–GodhraWestern Railway1874[111]
    Anand–KhambhatWestern Railway1890[112]
    Ankleshwar–RajpiplaWestern Railway1897[113]
    Bharuch–DahejWestern Railway1914[114]
    Bhusawal–KalyanCentral and Western Railway1865[115]
    Chalisgaon–DhuleCentral Railway1900[116]
    Chhota Udaipur–DharWestern RailwayTBD[117]
    Dadar–SolapurCentral Railway1860[118]
    Gandhidham–AhmedabadCentral Railway1969[119]
    Gandhidham–BhujCentral Railway1969[120]
    Gandhidham–Kandla PortWestern Railway1930[121]
    Gandhidham–PalanpurWestern Railway1952[122]
    Jamnagar–PorbandarWestern Railway1946[123]
    Kanjari Boriyavi–VadtalWestern Railway1929[124]
    Latur–MirajCentral Railway1897[125]
    Maliya Miyana–WankanerCentral Railway1890[126]
    Nagpur–BhusawalCentral Railway1867[127]
    Nagpur–SecunderabadCentral and South Central Railway1929[128]
    Narkhed–BadneraCentral Railway2012[129]
    Palitana–SihorWestern Railway1910[130]
    Porbandar–JetalsarWestern Railway1890[131]
    Pune–LondaCentral and South Western Railway1890[132]
    Rajkot–SomnathWestern Railway1890[133]
    Rajkot–WankanerWestern Railway1890[134]
    Samakhiali–Maliya MiyanaWestern Railway1969[135]
    Secunderabad–ManmadSouth Central Railway1905[136]
    Surendranagar–BhavnagarWestern Railway1880[137]
    Taranga Hill–Abu RoadWestern RailwayTBDTBD
    Udhna–JalgaonWestern Railway[138]
    Vasad–KathanaWestern Railway1953[139]
    Viramgam–MahesanaWestern Railway[140]
    Viramgam–Maliya MiyanaWestern Railway1942[141]
    Viramgam–OkhaWestern Railway1922[142]
    Viramgam–Surendra NagarWestern Railway1872[143]
    Wankaner–Surendra NagarWestern Railway1890[144]
    Wardha–NandedWestern RailwayTBDTBD[145]

    Southern region

    LineOperator(s)OpenedLengthElectrifiedRef.
    Bangalore–Arsikere–HubliSouth Western Railway1887[146]
    Bhimavaram–NarasapurSouth Coast Railway[147]
    Chennai Central–Bangalore CitySouthern and South Western Railway1864[148]
    Chennai Egmore–ThanjavurSouthern Railway1880[149]
    Coimbatore–PollachiSouthern Railway1915[150]
    Coimbatore–MettupalayamSouthern Railway1873[151]
    Dharmavaram–PakalaSouth Central Railway1891[152]
    Duvvada–VijayawadaSouth Coast Railway1897[153]
    Ernakulam–KayamkulamSouthern Railway1989[154]
    Ernakulam–Kottayam–KayamkulamSouthern Railway1956[155]
    Erode–TiruchirappalliSouthern Railway1929[156]
    Gudivada–MachilipatnamSouth Coast Railway[157]
    Gudur–ReniguntaSouth Central Railway1957[158]
    Gudur–ChennaiSouth Coast and Southern Railway1899[159]
    Renigunta–KatpadiSouth Central Railway[160]
    Guntakal–Vasco da GamaSouth Central and South Western Railway1882[161]
    Guntakal–BangaloreSouth Central and South Western Railway1892
    Guntur–Krishna CanalSouth Coast Railway1966[162]
    Guntur–TenaliSouth Coast Railway1916[163]
    Guruvayur–ThrissurSouthern Railway1994[164]
    Hassan–BangaloreSouth Western Railway2017[165]
    Jolarpettai–ShoranurSouthern and South Western Railway1861[166]
    Kadapa–BangaloreSouth Central and South Western RailwayTBD[167]
    Kazipet–VijayawadaSouth Central Railway1889[168]
    Khurda Road–VisakhapatnamEast Coast Railway1899
    Kollam–SengottaiSouthern Railway1904[169]
    Kollam–ThiruvananthapuramSouthern Railway1918[170]
    Kothapalli–ManoharabadSouth Central Railway2026[171]
    Madurai–TirunelveliSouthern Railway1876[172]
    Mahabubnagar–MunirabadSouthern Railway2025[173]
    Manamadurai–VirudhunagarSouthern Railway1964[174]
    Mangalore–MysoreSouth Western and Southern Railway1979[175]
    Medak–AkkannapetSouth Central Railway2022[176]
    Motumarri–VishnupuramSouth Central Railway2019[177]
    Mysore–BangaloreSouth Western Railway1882[178]
    Mysore–ChamarajanagarSouth Western Railway2008[179]
    Nadikudi–MacherlaSouth Central Railway[180]
    Nadikudi–SrikalahastiSouth Central RailwayTBD[181]
    Nagercoil–TirunelveliSouthern Railway1981[182]
    Nallapadu–NandyalSouth Central Railway1892[183]
    Nandyal–YerraguntlaSouth Central Railway2016[184]
    Nilambur–ShoranurSouthern Railway1927[185]
    Obulavaripalle–KrishnapatnamSouth Coast Railway2019[186]
    Pagidipalli–NallapaduSouth Central Railway1930[187]
    Palakkad–PollachiSouthern Railway1898[188]
    Peddapalli–NizamabadSouth Central Railway1993[189]
    Rayadurg–TumkurSouth Western RailwayTBD[190]
    Secunderabad–DhoneSouth Central Railway1929
    Shoranur–Cochin HarbourSouthern Railway1902[191]
    Shoranur–MangaloreSouthern Railway1902[192]
    Solapur–GuntakalCentral Railway, South Central railway and Southern Railway1871[193]
    Tenali–RepalleSouth Coast Railway1916[194]
    Thiruvananthapuram–KanyakumariSouthern Railway1979[195]
    Tirunelveli–TiruchendurSouthern Railway1923[196]
    Vijayawada–NidadavoluSouth Coast Railway[197]
    Vijayawada–GudurSouth Coast and Southern Railway1899[198]

    International

    LineOperator(s)OpenedLengthElectrifiedRef.
    Bangladesh
    Akhaura–Agartala Northeast Frontier Railway
    East Zone
    2023[199]
    Old Malda–Abdulpur Northeast Frontier Railway
    West Zone
    1930[200]
    Nepal
    Jaynagar–Bardibas East Central Railway
    NRCL
    1937[201]

    Meter and narrow gauge lines

    LineGaugeOperator(s)OpenedLengthElectrifiedRef.
    Darjeeling Himalayan RailwayNarrow (610 mm)Northeast Frontier Railway1881
    Kalka–Shimla RailwayNarrow (762 mm)Northern Railway1903[202]
    Kangra Valley RailwayNarrow (762 mm)Northern Railway1928[203]
    Matheran Hill RailwayNarrow (610 mm)Central Railway1907[204]
    Nilgiri Mountain RailwayMeter (1000 mm)Southern Railway1908[205]

    Main lines

    The following major trunk lines that connect major Indian cities are formed by combination of multiple smaller lines.[206] [207]

    LineOperator(s)OpenedLengthElectrifiedRef.
    Howrah–ChennaiSouth Eastern, East Coast, South Central and Southern Railway1901[208]
    Howrah–MumbaiSouth Eastern, South East Central and Central Railway1890[209]
    Howrah–New DelhiEastern, East Central and Northern Railway1866[210]
    Mumbai–ChennaiCentral, South Central and Southern Railway1871[211]
    New Delhi–ChennaiNorthern, North Central, Central, South Central and Southern Railway1929[212]
    New Delhi–MumbaiNorthern, North Central, West Central and Western Railway[213]

    See also

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