Indian Railways to quadruple capacity on 11,000 km high-density network

Exam-focused facts from the 29 August 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Indian Railways plans to four-lane 11,000 km of its high-density network to increase train capacity.
The seven high-density routes account for 41% of total railway traffic while comprising only 16% of the network.
The routes include Delhi-Howrah, Howrah-Chennai, Chennai-Mumbai, Mumbai-Delhi, Delhi-Chennai, Mumbai-Howrah, and Delhi-Guwahati.
Kavach 4.0, the indigenous automatic train protection system, has been commissioned on 2,490 route km across the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah corridors.
The Delhi-Mumbai route has 1,344 route km of Kavach 4.0 coverage, and the Delhi-Howrah route has 1,146 route km.