Lok Sabha Question No. 763 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-07
Subject: Redevelopment of Ayodhya Dham Junction Railway Station
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sukanta Majumdar, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Bhola Singh, Dimple Yadav, Jayanta Kumar Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 763 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2024

## REDEVELOPMENT OF AYODHYA DHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY STATION

## 763. SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRIMATI DIMPLE YADAV:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has recently inaugurated the redeveloped Ayodhya Dham Junction Railway Station;
- (b) if  so,  whether  two  new  Amrit  Bharat  trains  and  six  new  Vande Bharat  trains  have  also  been  flagged  off  from  Ayodhya  Dham Junction Railway Station;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  three  railway  projects  worth  Rs.  2300  crore  to strengthen rail infrastructure in the region were also inaugurated there;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the  other  steps  being  taken  by  the  Railways  for  the  increased rail connectivity from Ayodhya to other parts of the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (f) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 763 BY SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK, DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR,  SHRIMATI  SANGEETA  KUMARI  SINGH  DEO,  SHRI  BHOLA SINGH, SHRIMATI DIMPLE YADAV AND DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 07.02.2024 REGARDING REDEVELOPMENT OF AYODHYA DHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY STATION

(a): Redeveloped Ayodhya Dham Junction Railway Station was inaugurated on 30 th  December 2023.

(b) and (c): The eight pairs of trains flagged off from Ayodhya in the month of December, 2023 are 20641/20642 Bangalore Cantt - Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express, 20645/20646 Mangalore - Madgaon Vande Bharat Express, 20705/20706  Jalna  CSMT  Mumbai  Vande  Bharat  Express,  22425/22426 Anand Vihar Terminal-Ayodhya Cantt. Vande Bharat Express, 22477/22478 Shri  Mata  Vaishno  Devi  Katra-New  Delhi  Vande  Bharat  Express,  22487/ 22488  Amritsar  New  Delhi  Vande  Bharat  Express,  13433/13434  SMVT Bengaluru  -  Malda  Town    Amrit  Bharat  Express  and  15557/15558  Anand Vihar - Darbhanga Amrit Bharat Express.

(d) and (e): At present 03 railway projects falling fully/partially in Ayodhya Dham Station region have been taken up. The details of these projects are as under: 1.  Jaunpur-Ayodhya-Barabanki  doubling  project  (238km)  at  a  cost  of  Rs. 2877 crore has been taken up. So far, expenditure of Rs. 2582.54 crore has been  incurred  and  Tulsi  Nagar-Jafarganj,  Ayodhya-Sohawal,  Patranga  Safdarganj  and  Rasauli  -  Barabanki  sections  have  been  completed  and commissioned.

2.  Malhaur-Daliganj Doubling project (12.62km) at a cost of Rs. 200 crore has been taken up. The project has been commissioned in 2022-23.

3.  Rooma-Chakeri-Chanderi 3 rd  rail line project (12.5  km)  at a  cost of Rs. 179.20 crore  has been taken up. Rs. 84.62 crore has been incurred upto March -2023.

(f): At present, Ayodhya Dham is being served by 30 pairs of train services connecting  it  to  various  parts  of  the  country.  To  cater  to  the  growing needs of passengers of Ayodhya Dham Indian Railways have introduced 2 pairs of trains namely 22425/22426 Anand Vihar (T)-Ayodhya Cantt. Vande Bharat Express and 15557/15558 Anand Vihar (T)-Darbhanga Amrit Bharat Express  (via  Ayodhya)  in  the  month  of  December-2023.  Further,  the services  of  22129/22130  Lokmanya  Tilak  (T)-Varanasi  Express  has  been extended to Ayodhya Cantt. w.e.f. 27.08.2023. Besides, introduction/extension/increase in frequency of train services are ongoing processes  on  Indian  Railways  subject  to  traffic  demand,  operational feasibility and availability of resources etc.

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