The Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE), headquartered in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, is under the ownership of Indian Railways, Ministry of Railways, Government of India. It was established for the sole purpose of railway electrification of the Indian Railways network. The organisation, founded in 1979, is headed by a General Manager. Project units operate in Ambala, Bengaluru, Chennai, Secunderabad, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Danapur, and New Jalpaiguri.
CORE headquarters is having Electrical, Signal and Telecommunications (S&T), Civil Engineering, Stores, Personnel, Vigilance and Finance departments. Railway Electrification project units, are headed by Chief Project Directors.
Indian Railways has electrified 45,881 Route kilometers (RKM) that is about 71% of the total Broad-Gauge network of Indian Railways (64,689 RKM, including Konkan Railway) by March 31, 2021 It is planned to electrify all routes of Indian Railways by 2024. The entire electrified mainline rail network in India uses 25 kV AC; DC is used only for metros and trams.
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