Central Organisation for Railway Electrification

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Central Organisation for Railway Electrification

Company type	Subsidiary of Indian Railways
Industry	Railways, electrification
Founded	1979[1]
Headquarters	Prayagraj , India
Area served	India
Key people	Ashwini Vaishnaw (Railway Minister) Vinay Kumar Tirupati(Board Chairman)
Products	Railway electrification
Owner	Indian Railways
Website	core.indianrailways.gov.in

The Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE) is the unit of Indian Railways responsible for electrification of the network. The organisation, founded in 1979,^[1] is headquartered in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Project units operate in Ambala, Bangalore, Chennai, Secunderabad, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Danapur, and New Jalpaiguri.

CORE headquarters has Electrical, Signal and Telecommunications (S&T), Civil Engineering, Stores, Personnel, Vigilance and Finance departments headed by Chief Project Directors.

Indian Railways had electrified 64,244 route kilometres (rkm) which is 96.73% of the total broad gauge network of Indian Railways (66,413 rkm, including Konkan Railway) by 1 October 2024.^[2] Indian Railway aimed to electrify all of its broad gauge network by March 2024^{[needs update]}. The entire electrified mainline rail network in India uses 25 kV AC; DC is used only for metros and trams.