Lok Sabha Question No. 2869 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Upgradation of Railway Infrastructure in the country
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Jai Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2869

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

## UPGRADATION OF RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COUNTRY

2869.  SHRI JAI PRAKASH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the status of railway infrastructures (upgradation, new railways, construction of double track, etc.,) that are still pending/to be implemented in the country; and
- (b) the details of the Government's take in these railway projects?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b): Railways is giving thrust on Infrastructure creation and capacity  augmentation  in  a  big  way.  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. The summary is as under:-

| Category         |   No of Projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (km)   | Length Commissioned 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                           |

| Category                 |   No of Projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (Km)   | Total Exp upto Mar'25 ( in Cr)   |
|--------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Doubling / Multitracking |              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)       |

Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:

-  Land acquisition by State Government
-  Forest clearance
-  Shifting of infringing utilities
-  Statutory clearances from various authorities
-  Geological and topographical conditions of area
-  Law and order situation in the area of project site
-  Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc.

All  these  factors  affect  the  completion  time  and  cost  of  the project/s.

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