OREANDA-NEWS. November 25, 2011. There are 7 High Density routes on the Indian Railway network which are Delhi-Howrah, Delhi-Mumbai, Mumbai-Howrah, Howrah-Chennai, Mumbai-Chennai, Delhi-Guwahati and Delhi-Chennai.

Railways are undertaking a large number of capacity augmentation works such as doubling, new lines, gauge conversion, construction of 3rd and 4th lines, provision of automatic signalling, upgradation of station signals, provision of loop lines, conversion of halt to crossing stations, provision of Intermediate block signaling, electrification, strengthening of tracks, yard remodelling, construction of fly-overs and bye-pass lines to ease congestion on the network especially on the High Density routes.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bharatsinh Solanki in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.