Minister of State of Railways Shri Rajen Gohain has informed that The unmanned level crossings (UMLCs) on Broad Gauge (BG) are targeted for elimination by March 2020. However efforts are being made to eliminate all UMLCs on BG even earlier also. It is the endeavor of Railways to eliminate all unmanned level crossings in a phased manner by either of the following :-
- Closure – Closing unmanned level crossings having NIL/ negligible Train Vehicle Unit (TVU).
- Merger – Merger of unmanned level crossing gate to nearby manned/unmanned level crossing or subway/Road Under Bridge (RUB)/Road Over Bridge (ROB) by construction of diversion road.
- Provision of Subways/RUBs.
- Manning- Manning of unmanned level crossings which cannot be eliminated by above means.
Four Zonal Railways i.e. Central Railway, Eastern Railway, South East Central Railway and West Central Railway have fully eliminated UMLCs on BG. Zone-wise elimination of UMLCs on BG is as follows:
| SN | Zonal Railway | UMLCs on BG as on 01.04.2018 | Progress 2018-19 (April to Jun’ 18) | UMLCs on BG as on 01.07.2018 |
| 1 | Central Railway | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Eastern Railway | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | East Central Railway | 448 | 10 | 438 |
| 4 | East Coast Railway | 117 | 19 | 98 |
| 5 | Northern Railway | 606 | 58 | 548 |
| 6 | North Central Railway | 83 | 19 | 64 |
| 7 | North Eastern Railway | 453 | 22 | 431 |
| 8 | Northeast Frontier Railway | 151 | 54 | 97 |
| 9 | North Western Railway | 311 | 57 | 254 |
| 10 | Southern Railway | 185 | 52 | 133 |
| 11 | South Central Railway | 151 | 79 | 72 |
| 12 | South Eastern Railway | 149 | 73 | 76 |
| 13 | South East Central Railway | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | South Western Railway | 187 | 52 | 135 |
| 15 | Western Railway | 638 | 115 | 523 |
| 16 | West Central Railway | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3479 | 610 | 2869 |
