Lok Sabha Question No. 41 (STARRED), answered on 2025-07-23
Subject: Railway Projects under Bihar Package
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Giridhari Yadav, Smt. Lovely Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 41 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2025

## RAILWAY PROJECTS UNDER BIHAR PACKAGE

- †*41  SMT. LOVELY ANAND: SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  and  the  present  status  of  the  railway  projects included under Bihar package by the Union Government; and
- (b)  the details of amount spent by the Indian Railways on the said projects so far?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) & (b) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 41 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2025

(a) & (b) : Railway infrastructural Projects in the State of Bihar are covered by  East  Central  Railway  (ECR),  Northeast  Frontier  Railway  (NFR),  Eastern Railway (ER),  North Eastern Railway (NER) Zone of Indian Railways. Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/ partly in the State of Bihar is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                          |
|----------|---------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | Rs. 1132 Cr./year               |
| 2025-26  | Rs. 10,066 Cr. (Nearly 9 times) |

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

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 318 Km                   | 63.6 Km                               |
| 2014-25  | 1899 Km                  | 172.6 (More than 2.5 times)           |

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

|   Sl No | Project                                          | Cost (In Crores of Rs)   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Munger Bridge (19 km)                            | 2,774                    |
|       2 | Kosi Bridge (22 Km)                              | 516                      |
|       3 | Patna Bridge (40 Km)                             | 3,555                    |
|       4 | Hajipur-Bachwara Doubling (72 km)                | 930                      |
|       5 | Kiul-Gaya Doubling (123 km)                      | 1,200                    |
|       6 | Karota Patner-Mankatha - Surface triangle (8 km) | 129                      |

|   7 | Rampurhat-Mandarhill New Line and Rampurhat-Murarai- 3rd line (160 km)                  | 1,500   |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|   8 | Jaynagar-Darbhanga-Narkatiaganj and Narkatiaganj-Bhikhna Tori Gauge Conversion (295 Km) | 1,193   |
|   9 | Sakri-Laukaha Bazar-Nirmali & Saharsa- Forbesganj Gauge Conversion (206 Km)             | 2,113   |
|  10 | Bakhtiyarpur Flyover (4 Km)                                                             | 402     |
|  11 | Katareah-Kursela Patch Doubling incl. bridge on river Kosi (7 km)                       | 222     |
|  12 | Araria-Galgalia New Line (111 Km)                                                       | 4, 415  |
|  13 | Kiul-Tilaiya Railway Electrification (87 kms)                                           | 105     |
|  14 | Valmikinagar-Sugauli-Muzaffarpur and Sugauli-Raxaul Railway Electrification (240 km)    | 351     |

The  above  projects  include  three  important  bridges  across  Ganga  and Kosi  rivers  viz  Munger  bridge,  Patna  Bridge  and  Kosi  bridge.  These  are mega  bridges  with  longer  spans  requiring  expertise  of  high  nature. Therefore, IITs/NITs were engaged for checking the designs and methodology of construction of these bridges.

Though these Bridges were sanctioned long before 2014 but substantial progress in the construction of these bridges could be achieved only after 2014. Proper planning, adoption of efficient execution methodologies and availability of sufficient funds were ensured for expediting these projects in Bihar.

Further, some of the main projects falling fully/partly in Bihar which have been taken up are as under:

|   S No. | Project                                                                 |   Cost (In Crores of Rs) |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Sitamarhi-Sheohar New Line (28 Km)                                      |                      567 |
|       2 | Sakri-Hasanpur New Line (76 Km)                                         |                      735 |
|       3 | Khagaria-Kusheshwarsthan New Line (42 Km)                               |                     1511 |
|       4 | Neora-Daniawan-Biharsharif - Barbigha- Shekhpura New Line (166 Km)      |                     2200 |
|       5 | Koderma-Tilaiya New Line (65 Km)                                        |                     1626 |
|       6 | Hajipur-Sagauli New Line (151 Km)                                       |                     2087 |
|       7 | Araria-Supaul New Line (96 Km)                                          |                     1605 |
|       8 | Vikramshila-Katareah New Line with Bridge over River Ganga(26 Km)       |                     2090 |
|       9 | Pirpainti-Jasidih New Line (97 Km)                                      |                     2140 |
|      10 | Sonnagar - Patratu multitracking (291 Km)                               |                     5148 |
|      11 | Samastipur - Darbhanga Doubling (38 Km)                                 |                      624 |
|      12 | Rampur Dumra - Tal-Rajendra Pul- Additional bridge and doubling (14 Km) |                     1677 |
|      13 | Sagauli-Valmiknagar Doubling (110 Km)                                   |                     1280 |
|      14 | Muzaffarpur-Sagauli Doubling (101 Km)                                   |                     1465 |
|      15 | Barauni- Bachwara 3rd & 4th line (32 Km)                                |                      124 |

Railway projects are surveyed/sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway wise and not State-wise as the Railways' 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, 52 projects(31 New Lines, 01 Gauge Conversions and 20 Doubling),  of  a  total  length  of  4,663  km,  costing  Rs.86,107  crore,  falling fully/partly in Bihar, are sanctioned, out of which 1,014 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs.29,353 crore has been incurred upto March' 2025. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No of sanctioned Projects |   Total Length NL/GC/DL (in Km) |   Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (in Km) |   Total Exp upto Mar'25 ( in Cr) |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                          31 |                            2691 |                                       516 |                            16814 |
| Gauge Conversion         |                           1 |                              69 |                                        52 |                              544 |
| Doubling/Multi- tracking |                          20 |                            1904 |                                       446 |                            11995 |
| Total                    |                          52 |                            4663 |                                      1014 |                            29353 |

Completion  of  any  Railway  project/s  depends  on  various  factors  like  quick land  acquisition  by  State  Government,  forestry  clearance  by  officials  of forest department, deposition of State share by the State Government in cost sharing  projects,  shifting  of  infringing  utilities,  statutory  clearances  from various authorities, geological and topographical conditions of area, law and order situation in the area of project/s site, number of working months in a year for particular project site due to climatic conditions, etc and all these factors affect the completion time of the  project/s. With  above  constraints, every effort is being made to complete these projects at the earliest.

## Moreover to improve the further connectivity in the State of Bihar following important surveys have been taken up:

|   S No. | Project                                 |   Length (Km) |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|---------------|
|       1 | Deen Dayal Upadhyay-Kiul 3rd & 4th Line |           390 |
|       2 | Chhapra-Katihar 3rd & 4th Line          |           450 |
|       3 | Nawada-Pawapuri New Line                |            33 |
|       4 | Bihta-Aurangabad New Line               |           120 |
|       5 | Bhagalpur-Jamalpur 3 rd Line            |            53 |
|       6 | Fatuha-Bakhtiyarpur 3 rd and 4 th Line  |            24 |
|       7 | Bakhtiyarpur-Tilaiya doubling           |           104 |
|       8 | Rampurhat-Dumka-Bhagalpur doubling      |           177 |

## RoBs/RUBs in Bihar:

In  order to improve mobility and safety of train operations and road users, manned level crossings are also eliminated in phased manner. Sanctioning and  execution  of  works  of  ROBs/RUBs  in  lieu  of  LCs  is  a  continuous  and ongoing process on Indian Railways. Such works are prioritized and taken up on  the  basis  of  its  impact  on  safety  and  mobility  in  train  operations  and impact on road users.

During  2014-2025, 558 ROBs/RUBs were constructed in Bihar. Further, 218 Nos. Road Over Bridge (ROB)/Road Under Bridge (RUB) at a cost of Rs. 6,014 crore are sanctioned in the State of Bihar, which are at various stages of planning and execution.

## Station Redevelopment in Bihar:

The  Ministry  of  Railways  has  launched  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme.  It envisages development of stations on a continuous basis with a long-term approach. It involves preparation of master plans and their implementation in phases to improve the amenities at the stations like improvement of

station  access,  circulating  areas,  waiting  halls,  toilets,  lift/escalators  as necessary, platform surfacing and cover over platform, cleanliness, free WiFi, kiosks for local products through schemes like 'One Station One Product', better passenger information systems, executive lounges, nominated spaces for  business  meetings,  landscaping,  etc.  keeping  in  view  the  necessity  at each station.

The scheme also envisages improvement of building, integrating the station with both sides of the city, multimodal integration, amenities for Divyangjans,  sustainable  and  environment  friendly  solutions,  provision  of ballastless tracks, etc. as per necessity, phasing and feasibility and creation of city centre at the station in the long term.

So  far,  1337  stations  have  been  identified  for  development  under  this scheme, out of which 98 stations are located in the state of Bihar. The names  of  stations  identified  for  development  under  Amrit  Bharat  Station Scheme in the state of Bihar are as following:

| State   |   No. of Amrit Stations | Names of Amrit Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|---------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bihar   |                      98 | Anugraha Narayan Road, Ara, Arariya Court, Bakhtiyarpur, Banka, Banmankhi, BapudhamMotihari, Barahiya, Barauni, Barh, Barsoi Jn, Begusarai, Bettiah, Bhabua Road, Bhagalpur, Bhagwanpur, Bihar Sharif, Bihiya, Bikramganj, Buxar, Chakia, Chausa, Chhapra, |

| Dalsingh Sarai, Darbhanga, DauramMadhepura, Dehri On Sone, Dholi, Dighwara, Dumraon, Durgauti, Ekma, Fatuha, Gaya, Ghorasahan, Guraru, Hajipur Jn, Jamalpur Jn, Jamui, Janakpur Road, Jaynagar, Jehanabad, Jhanjharpur, Kahalgaon, Karhagola Road, Katihar Jn, Khagaria Jn, Kishanganj, Kudra, Labha, Laheria Sarai, Lakhminia, Luckeesarai Jn, Madhubani, Maheshkhunt, Mairwa, Mansi Jn, Masrakh, Mokama, Motipur, Munger (Monghyr), Muzaffarpur Jn, Nabinagar Road, Narkatiaganj Jn, Naugachia, Nawadah, Paharpur, Patliputra, Patna Jn, Piro, Pirpainti, Rafiganj, Raghunathpur., Rajendra Nagar Terminal (Patna), Rajgir, Ram Dayalu Nagar, Raxaul, Sabaur, Sagauli, Saharsa, Sahibpur Kamal, Sakri, Salauna, Salmari, Samastipur, Sasaram, Shahpur Patoree, Shivanarayanpur, SimriBakhtiyarpur, Simultala, Sitamarhi, Siwan, Sonpur Jn., Sultanganj, Supaul, Taregna, Thakurganj, Thawe   |
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Development  works  at  railway  stations  under  Amrit  Bharat  Station Scheme in the state of Bihar have been taken up at a good pace. Till now, phase-I works have completed at Pirpainti and Thawe railway stations in the state of Bihar and progress of some of the above stations is as given below:

-  At Saharsa station, structural works of new station building including new  waiting  hall  and  toilet  block,  improvement  of  parking  area, circulating area development, entrance gate, boundary wall in circulating area have been completed and work of construction of new 12 m wide Foot Over Bridge, new platform shelters have been taken up.
-  At Salauna station, structural works of new station building, development of new parking area, raising and surfacing of platform no. 2 have been completed and work of construction of new 12 m Foot Over Bridge,  circulating  area  improvement,  raising  of  platform  no.  1,  new platform shelter work have been taken up.
-  At Luckeesarai station, structural work of new station building and new toilet block have been completed. Brickwork and plaster of new station building  and  toilet  block,  circulating  area  development  work,  drain work, porch erection work have been taken up.
-  At Gaya station, structural work of second entry (West side) departure and  arrival  building,  main  entry  (East  side)  departure  building,  new pilgrimage  building  and  underground  tank  have  been  completed.  Two floors of new multi-level two-wheeler parking have been commissioned, work on additional two floors has been taken up. Work of construction of  air  concourse,  finishing  work  of  station  buildings,  new  platform shelters, circulating area development etc. have been taken up.
-  At  Muzaffarpur  Station,  structural  work  of  new  Combined  Terminal Building has been completed and new  ticket booking office is commissioned.  Structural work  of second  entry side arrival and departure  block  building  and  service  buildings  have  been  completed. Works of construction of main entry station building, finishing work of second entry side station buildings, construction of Foot Over Bridge, circulating area development, elevated road work have been taken up.

## Vande Bharat/Amrit Bharat/Namo Bharat Train:

Out  of  the  144  Vande  Bharat  train  services  presently  operational  on  the Indian Railways (IR) network, following 20 Vande Bharat train services (on originating/terminating  basis) are catering  to the  needs of various stations located in the State of Bihar:

- 1) 20983/84 Tatanagar-Patna Vande Bharat Express
- 2) 21893/94 Tatanagar-Patna Vande Bharat Express
- 3) 21895/96 Tatanagar-Patna Vande Bharat Express
4. 4)
5. 22233/34 New Jalpaiguri-Patna Vande Bharat Express
- 5) 22303/04 Howrah-Gaya Vande Bharat Express
- 6) 22309/10 Howrah-Bhagalpur Vande Bharat Express
- 7) 22345/46 Patna-Gomtinagar Vande Bharat Express
- 8) 22347/48 Howrah-Patna Vande Bharat Express
10. 9)
11. 22349/50 Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express
12. 10)26501/02 Patliputra-Gorakhpur Vande Bharat Express

Similarly, of the 14 Amrit Bharat Express services operating on IR, 10 Amrit Bharat  Express  services  (on  originating/terminating  basis)  are  catering  to the needs of various stations located in the State of Bihar:

- 1)
- 15557/58 Darbhanga-Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express
- 2)
- 11015/16 Saharsa-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Amrit Bharat Express
- 3) 15567/68  Bapudham  Motihari-Anand  Vihar(T)  Amrit  Bharat  Express [introduced w.e.f. 18th July, 2025].
- 4) 15561/62  Darbhanga-Gomtinagar  Amrit  Bharat  Express  [introduced w.e.f. 18th July, 2025].
- 5) 22361/62 Rajendra Nagar-New Delhi Amrit Bharat Express [introduced w.e.f. 18th July, 2025].

Presently, 04 Namo Bharat Rapid Rail services are being operated by IR of which  02    Namo  Bharat  Rapid  Rail  services  viz.  94803/04  Jaynagar-Patna Namo Bharat Rapid Rail are catering to the stations located in the State of Bihar.

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