Lok Sabha Question No. 516 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-23
Subject: Expansion of Railway Network in Jabalpur
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Ashish Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 516

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2025

## EXPANSION OF RAILWAY NETWORK IN JABALPUR

†516.  SHRI ASHISH DUBEY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the railway network is continuously expanding in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details of the total number of single lines converted into double lines in the country during the last ten years, Statewise;
- (c) whether the railway network services have also been expanded from Jabalpur; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d): Railway projects are surveyed/ sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway  wise  and  not  State-wise/District  wise  as  the  Railway' projects  may  span  across  State  boundaries.  Railway  projects  are sanctioned  on  the  basis  of  remunerativeness,  traffic  projections, last    mile    connectivity,    missing    links    and    alternate routes,

augmentation  of  congested/saturated  lines,  demands  raised  by State  Governments,  Central  Ministries,  Members  of  Parliament, other public representatives, Railway's own operational requirement,  socio-economic  considerations  etc.  depending  upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

As on 01.04.2025, across Indian Railways, 431 Railway infrastructure projects (154 New Line, 33 Gauge Conversion and 244 Doubling) of total length 35,966 Km, costing approx.  6.75 lakh crore are sanctioned, out of which, 12,769  Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of approx. 2.91  lakh  crore  has been incurred upto March, 2025. The summary is as under:-

| Category                  |   No of Projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (km)   | Length Commissione d till Mar'25 (Km)   | Total Exp upto Mar'25 ( in Cr)   |
|---------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| New Lines                 |              154 | 16,142                       | 3,036                                   | 1,45,318                         |
| Gauge Conversion          |               33 | 4,180                        | 2,997                                   | 22,753                           |
| Doubling / Multitracki ng |              244 | 15,644                       | 6,736                                   | 1,22,858                         |
| Total                     |              431 | 35,966                       | 12,769                                  | 2,90,929                         |

Zone-wise/year-wise details of all Railway projects are  made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

The  details  of  commissioning  /  laying  of  new  track  across  Indian Railways is given below:-

| Period   | New track Commissioned   | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 7,599 Km                 | 4.2 Km/day                            |
| 2014-25  | 34,428 Km                | 8.57 Km/day ( more than 2 times)      |

The  details  of  conversion  of  single  line  sections  to  multi-track sections across Indian Railways is given below:-

| Period   | Doubling Commissioned   | Average commissioning of Doubling   |
|----------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 1875 Km                 | 375 Km/ year                        |
| 2014-25  | 18,558 Km               | 1687 Km/ year ( Nearly 5 times)     |

The  Average  Annual  Budget  allocation  for  multi-tracking  projects across Indian Railways is given below:

| Period   | Outlay                           |
|----------|----------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 2,461 crore/year                 |
| 2014-25  | 20,882 crore (More than 8 times) |

Railway infrastructural Projects in the State of Madhya Pradesh are covered  by  South  East  Central  Railway,  West  Central  Railway, Central  Railway,  North  Western  Railway,  East  Central  Railway, North  Central  Railway  and  Western  Railway.  Zonal  Railway  wise details of Railway projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

During the last three years i.e. FY 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the current FY, 59 surveys (17 New Line and 42 Doubling) of total length 5,523 Km have been sanctioned fully/partly in the state of Madhya Pradesh including Jabalpur such as:-

- (i) Doubling  of  Gondia-Jabalpur  line  (231  km).  Detailed  Project Report has been prepared with the project having an estimated cost of  4671 Crore;
- (ii) 3 rd   line  between  Manikpur-Jabalpur-Itarsi  (519  km).  Detailed Project  Report  has  been  prepared  with  the  project  having  an estimated cost of  9461 Crore.

After  firming  up  of  Detailed  Project  Report,  sanctioning  of  the project  requires  consultation  with  various  stake-holders  including State  Governments and necessary approvals viz. appraisal of  NITI Aayog, Ministry of Finance etc.

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