The following data is taken from reports published by the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG India) in 2002.
| Railway | Traction / No. of sheds reviewed | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | TOTAL | Failure percentage |
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| Statistical | Non-statistical | Total | Total Engine km ('000) |
km per statistical failure ('000) |
Statistical | Non-statistical | Total | Total Engine km ('000) |
km per statistical failure ('000) |
Statistical | Non-statistical | Total | Total Engine km ('000) |
km per statistical failure ('000) |
Statistical | Non-statistical | Total | Total Engine km ('000) |
km per statistical failure ('000) |
Statistical | Non-statistical | Total | Total Engine km ('000) |
km per statistical failure ('000) |
Statistical | Non-statistical | Total | Total Engine km ('000) |
km per statistical failure ('000) |
Stastical | Non-statistical | ||
| Central | Diesel/3 | 504 | 341 | 845 | 62219 | 123 | 392 | 258 | 650 | 61401 | 157 | 389 | 205 | 594 | 61701 | 159 | 267 | 88 | 355 | 61118 | 229 | 191 | 69 | 260 | 62453 | 327 | 1743 | 961 | 2704 | 308892 | 177 | 64.46 | 35.54 |
| Electric/3 | 559 | 371 | 930 | 28738 | 51 | 441 | 236 | 677 | 30270 | 69 | 349 | 227 | 576 | 35491 | 102 | 205 | 159 | 364 | 37398 | 182 | 135 | 135 | 270 | 40218 | 298 | 1689 | 1128 | 2817 | 172115 | 102 | 59.96 | 40.04 | |
| Eastern | Diesel/3 | 163 | 390 | 553 | 36450 | 224 | 151 | 304 | 455 | 36696 | 243 | 167 | 367 | 534 | 39132 | 234 | 133 | 270 | 403 | 38788 | 292 | 139 | 188 | 327 | 36811 | 265 | 753 | 1519 | 2272 | 187877 | 250 | 33.14 | 66.86 |
| Electric/3 | 84 | 204 | 288 | 43115 | 513 | 87 | 192 | 279 | 44562 | 512 | 82 | 152 | 234 | 43534 | 531 | 85 | 173 | 258 | 45510 | 535 | 85 | 167 | 252 | 50630 | 596 | 423 | 888 | 1311 | 227351 | 537 | 32.27 | 67.73 | |
| Northern | Diesel/3 | 186 | 113 | 299 | 33443 | 180 | 103 | 119 | 222 | 32408 | 315 | 119 | 88 | 207 | 38737 | 326 | 134 | 89 | 223 | 39626 | 296 | 96 | 109 | 205 | 39961 | 416 | 638 | 518 | 1156 | 184175 | 289 | 55.19 | 44.81 |
| Electric/2 | 50 | 163 | 213 | 52703 | 1054 | 45 | 140 | 185 | 58998 | 1311 | 42 | 126 | 168 | 57688 | 1374 | 38 | 115 | 153 | 57102 | 1503 | 36 | 107 | 143 | 61345 | 1704 | 211 | 651 | 862 | 287836 | 1364 | 24.48 | 75.52 | |
| North Eastern | Diesel/1 | Not available | 190 | 145 | 335 | 15302 | 81 | 70 | 215 | 285 | 20048 | 286 | 260 | 360 | 620 | 35350 | 136 | 41.94 | 58.06 | ||||||||||||||
| Electric | Not applicable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Frontier | Diesel/2 | 46 | 130 | 176 | 11374 | 247 | 42 | 112 | 154 | 13250 | 315 | 46 | 90 | 136 | 13703 | 298 | 38 | 89 | 127 | 15143 | 399 | 35 | 96 | 131 | 16877 | 482 | 207 | 517 | 724 | 70347 | 340 | 28.59 | 71.41 |
| Electric | Not applicable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | Diesel/3 | 121 | 19 | 140 | 29908 | 247 | 140 | 32 | 172 | 34589 | 247 | 125 | 39 | 164 | 38004 | 304 | 133 | 61 | 194 | 38992 | 293 | 114 | 107 | 221 | 39267 | 344 | 633 | 258 | 891 | 180760 | 286 | 71.04 | 28.96 |
| Electric/2 | 85 | 50 | 135 | 20230 | 238 | 72 | 46 | 118 | 20749 | 288 | 48 | 8 | 56 | 25857 | 539 | 51 | 9 | 60 | 28014 | 549 | 75 | 17 | 92 | 29374 | 392 | 331 | 130 | 461 | 124224 | 375 | 71.80 | 28.20 | |
| South Central | Diesel/3 | 139 | 58 | 197 | 43563 | 313 | 345 | 94 | 439 | 48041 | 139 | 411 | 216 | 627 | 49376 | 120 | 428 | 176 | 604 | 49962 | 117 | 409 | 116 | 525 | 48865 | 119 | 1732 | 660 | 2392 | 239807 | 138 | 72.41 | 27.59 |
| Electric/2 | 123 | 310 | 433 | 43090 | 350 | 132 | 127 | 259 | 46918 | 355 | 167 | 95 | 262 | 42805 | 256 | 134 | 118 | 252 | 44195 | 330 | 112 | 119 | 231 | 43502 | 388 | 668 | 769 | 1437 | 220510 | 330 | 46.49 | 53.51 | |
| South Eastern | Diesel/3 | 278 | 913 | 1191 | 33910 | 122 | 279 | 1208 | 1487 | 33318 | 119 | 385 | 1399 | 1784 | 33807 | 88 | 397 | 1109 | 1506 | 36324 | 91 | 450 | 682 | 1132 | 34708 | 77 | 1789 | 5311 | 7100 | 172067 | 96 | 25.20 | 74.80 |
| Electric/3 | 114 | 197 | 311 | 39681 | 348 | 161 | 246 | 407 | 53244 | 331 | 150 | 308 | 458 | 52536 | 350 | 166 | 225 | 391 | 51094 | 308 | 165 | 250 | 415 | 55095 | 334 | 756 | 1226 | 1982 | 251650 | 333 | 38.14 | 61.86 | |
| Western | Diesel/2 | 63 | 57 | 120 | 24307 | 386 | 101 | 47 | 148 | 27901 | 276 | 109 | 54 | 163 | 29043 | 266 | 265 | 112 | 377 | 28830 | 109 | 266 | 84 | 350 | 28428 | 107 | 804 | 354 | 1158 | 138509 | 172 | 69.43 | 30.57 |
| Electric/2 | 55 | 106 | 161 | 25169 | 458 | 55 | 91 | 146 | 25176 | 458 | 51 | 73 | 124 | 24001 | 471 | 47 | 51 | 98 | 22521 | 479 | 40 | 35 | 75 | 35547 | 889 | 248 | 356 | 604 | 132414 | 534 | 41.06 | 58.94 | |
| Total | Diesel/23 | 1500 | 2021 | 3521 | 275174 | 183 | 1553 | 2174 | 3727 | 287604 | 185 | 1751 | 2458 | 4209 | 303503 | 173 | 1985 | 2139 | 4124 | 324085 | 163 | 1770 | 1666 | 3436 | 327418 | 185 | 8559 | 10458 | 19017 | 1517784 | 177 | 45.01 | 54.99 |
| Electric/17 | 1070 | 1401 | 2471 | 252726 | 236 | 993 | 1078 | 2071 | 279917 | 282 | 889 | 989 | 1878 | 281912 | 317 | 726 | 850 | 1576 | 285834 | 394 | 648 | 830 | 1478 | 315711 | 487 | 4326 | 5148 | 9474 | 1416100 | 327 | 45.66 | 54.34 | |