Central Railway was formed on 5th November 1951 by combining the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Nizam State Railway and Scindia/Dholpur State Railways, consequent upon integration of Indian State Railways with the Indian Government Railways.

Since then the Railway network on Central Railway have been constantly expanding mainly by way of Doubling & New Lines. From its inception till the year 2002, 1348 kms of New Lines, 2411 kms of Doubling and 123 kms of Gauge Conversion from Narrow Gauge to Broad Gauge is added by Construction organisation of Central Railway.

Some of the important projects are:

• Completed Projects
• Work in Progress