Central Organization for Railway Electrification

The Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE), has its headquarters at Allahabad, India. It is in overall charge of railway electrification over the entire network of Indian Railways. However of late, some electrification works have been entrusted to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. Additionally small electrification works are being done by zonal railways. The organisation has been functioning since 1961 and is headed by a General Manager. Projects units operate from Ambala, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Bangalore, Secunderabad, Lucknow, Kota, Kolkata Gorakhpur, Jaipur, Jabalpur  and New Jalpaiguri. The Rajpura-Patiala-Dhuri-Lehra Mohabat or popularly known as RBR, route is also a sanctioned railway electrification project and shall be executed by Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. This project was sanctioned in the year 2013-14 with a nod from Ministry Of Railway and Railway Board. Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. is responsible of electrifying the Golden Quadrilateral routes. The Rajpura-Patiala-Dhuri-Lera Mohabat is also a feeder route under Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.