Lok Sabha Question No. 4464 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-20
Subject: New Rail Line between Farukhabad to Mailani
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Neeraj Maurya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4464

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.08.2025

## NEW RAIL LINE BETWEEN FARUKHABAD TO MAILANI

## †4464.  SHRI NEERAJ MAURYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering the construction of a new rail line  connecting Uttar  Pradesh's Farukhabad district to  Mailani  (via  Jalalabad  Shahjahanpur)  with  the  railway network;
- (b) if  so,  the  current  status  of  the  project  and  its  start  and completion timeline and the budget allocated for it;
- (c)
- if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has any alternative plan for improving  transport  infrastructure  in  the  area  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (e)
- if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (e): Farrukhabad  and  Mailani  are  already  connected  through existing railway network via Kasganj & Bareilly. For further improving the  connectivity,  survey  for  new  line  from  Farrukhabad-Mailani  via Jalalabad  &  Shahjahanpur  (158  Km)  was  carried  out.  The  project could not be taken forward due to low traffic projections.

## Uttar Pradesh

Budget  allocation  in  the  recent  years  has  increased  significantly. Budget allocation for infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                          |
|----------|---------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,109 crore/year               |
| 2025-26  | ₹19,858 crore (Nearly 18 times) |

The details of commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh during 2009-14 and 2014-25 are as under:

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 996 Km                   | 199 Km/year                           |
| 2014-25  | 5272 Km                  | 479 Km per year (More than 2 times)   |

As on 01.04.2025, 49 projects (10 New Line, 02 Gauge Conversion and 37  Doubling)  of  3,807  Km  length,  costing    ₹62,360  crore  falling fully/partly  in  Uttar  Pradesh  are  sanctioned,  out  of  which  1,323  Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹30,611 crore has been incurred upto March' 2025. The summary is as under:-

| Category         |   No of sanctioned Projects |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissioned Upto Mar'25 (Km) |   Exp. upto Mar'25 (Rs. in Cr.) |
|------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| New Line         |                          10 |                   1227 |                                    340 |                           10517 |
| Gauge Conversion |                          02 |                     67 |                                      0 |                             281 |
| Doubling/        |                          37 |                   2513 |                                    983 |                           19813 |
| Total            |                          49 |                   3807 |                                   1323 |                           30611 |

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## Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in Uttar Pradesh are as under:

|   S.No. | Project                                              |   Cost (Cr.) |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|       1 | Agra-Etawah New Line(110 Km)                         |          427 |
|       2 | Guna-Gwalior-Bhind-Etawah New Line (348 Km)          |          683 |
|       3 | Etawah-Mainpuri New Line (58 Km)                     |          313 |
|       4 | Ghazipur city-Tarighat New Line (17 Km)              |         1766 |
|       5 | Gonda-Gorakhpur Loop Gauge Conversion (260 Km)       |          863 |
|       6 | Kaptanganj-Thawe-Chhapra Gauge Conversion (234 Km)   |          819 |
|       7 | Bareilly-Pilibhit-Tanakpur Gauge Conversion (102 Km) |          313 |
|       8 | Gonda-Bahraich Gauge Conversion (60 Km)              |          318 |
|       9 | Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur Gauge Conversion (83 Km)       |          589 |
|      10 | Indara-Dohrighat Gauge Conversion (34 Km)            |          213 |
|      11 | Lucknow-Pilibhit Gauge Conversion (263 Km)           |         1634 |
|      12 | Bhadoi-Janghai Doubling(31 Km)                       |          168 |
|      13 | Lahota-Bhadoi Doubling (39 Km)                       |          184 |
|      14 | Meerut-Muzaffarnagar Doubling (55 Km)                |          430 |
|      15 | Phaphamau-PrayagrajDoubling (14 Km)                  |          212 |
|      16 | Muzaffarnagar - Tapri Doubling (52 Km)               |          525 |
|      17 | Utretia-Raibareilly Doubling (66 Km)                 |          662 |
|      18 | Raibareilly-Amethi Doubling (60 Km)                  |          668 |
|      19 | Alamnagar-Utretia Doubling (20 Km)                   |          358 |
|      20 | Bhimsen-Jhansi Doubling (206 Km)                     |         2620 |
|      21 | Ballia-Gazipur city Doubling (65 Km)                 |          650 |
|      22 | Malhaur-Daliganj Doubling (13 Km)                    |          183 |
|      23 | Ruma Chakeri- Chandari Doubling (13 Km)              |          177 |
|      24 | Barabanki-Akbarpur Doubling (161 Km)                 |         1700 |
|      25 | Rosa-Sitapur Cantt-Burhwal Doubling (181 Km)         |         2094 |
|      26 | Jaunpur- Akbarpur (Tanda) Doubling (77 Km)           |          676 |
|      27 | Ramna-Singrauli Doubling (160 Km)                    |         2436 |
|      28 | Janghai- Phaphamau Doubling (47 Km)                  |          414 |
|      29 | Varanasi-Madhosingh-Prayagraj Doubling (120 Km)      |         2018 |
|      30 | Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling (32 Km)           |          763 |

Some of the projects falling fully/partly  in  Uttar  Pradesh  which  have been taken up are as under:

| S.No.   | Project                                  | Cost (Cr.)   |
|---------|------------------------------------------|--------------|
| 1       | Etah-Kasganj New Line (29 Km)            | 389          |
| 2       | Jhansi-Khairar-Manikpur & Khirar-Bhimsen | 4330         |
|         | Doubling (431 Km)                        |              |
| 3       | Bahraich - Khalilabad New Line (240 Km)  | 4940         |
| 4       | Barabanki-Burhwal 3rd Line (27 Km)       | 426          |

Moreover,  111  surveys  (33  New  Line,  76  Doubling  and  02  Gauge Conversion)  of  a  total  length  of  6,271  Km  falling  fully/partly  in  the State of Uttar Pradesh, have also been sanctioned during last 3 years (2022-23,  2023-24,  2024-25)  and  current  FY  (2025-26)  to  improve further connectivity in the State of Uttar Pradesh.

After  firming  up  of  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR),  sanctioning  of project  requires  consultation  with  various  stake-holders  including State  Governments  and  necessary  approvals  viz.  appraisal  of  NITI Aayog,  Ministry  of  Finance  etc.  As  sanctioning  of  projects  is  a continuous and dynamic process, exact timelines cannot be fixed.

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