Lok Sabha Question No. 4559 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-20
Subject: New Railway Projects in UP since 2020
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4559

## TO BE ANSWERED ON  20.08.2025

## NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS IN UP SINCE 2020

## 4559. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- the  details  of  new  railway  projects sanctioned  for  Uttar  Pradesh
- (a) since 2020 to till date, zone, year and location-wise;
- (b) the number of projects of the said projects that are underway and their progress;
- (c) the amount spent on these so far, project-wise; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to complete these projects on time?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d): Among the major modes of transportation, railway is the most environmentally friendly and affordable  mode of  transportation for the people  of  the  country.  However,  due  to  under  investment  in  Indian Railways, the growth of network expansion was very less before 2014 (about 60 years from independence). Due to significant increase in the investment  in  Indian  Railways  post  2014,  there  has  been  substantial jump in the growth of Indian Railway network. The details are as under:

|   Year | Running track   | Remarks                                  |
|--------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|
|   1948 | ~ 60,000 km     |                                          |
|   2014 | ~ 90,000 km     | ~30,000 km added (in more than 60 years) |
|   2025 | ~ 1,15,000 km   | 26,000 km (in just about 11 years)       |

## UTTAR PRADESH:

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

| Period   | Outlay                         |
|----------|--------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,109 crore/year              |
| 2025-26  | ₹ 19,858 Cr. (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 is as under :-

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 996 Km                   | 199.2 Km/year                         |
| 2014-25  | 5272 Km                  | 479.3 km per year (More than 2 times) |

As on 01.04.2025, 49 Railway projects at a total cost of  ₹62,360 crore falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  are  sanctioned.  The status of work is summarized as under:-

| Category                 |   No. of projects |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissioned (in Km) |   Expenditure upto March 2025 (₹in Cr) |
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                10 |                   1227 |                           340 |                                  10517 |
| Gauge Conversion         |                 2 |                     67 |                             0 |                                    281 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                37 |                   2513 |                           983 |                                  19813 |
| Total                    |                49 |                   3808 |                          1323 |                                  30611 |

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

|   S.No. | Name of Project                                |   Latest Cost (cr.) |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Agra-Etawah New Line (110 Km)                  |                 427 |
|       2 | Guna-Etawah New Line (348 Km)                  |                 683 |
|       3 | Etawah-Mainpuri New Line (58 Km)               |                 313 |
|       4 | Ghazipur city-Tarighat New Line (17 Km)        |                1766 |
|       5 | Kanpur-Bareilly Gauge Conversion (545 Km)      |                1790 |
|       6 | Bareilly-Tanakpur Gauge Conversion (102 Km)    |                 313 |
|       7 | Gonda-Bahraich Gauge Conversion (60 Km)        |                 318 |
|       8 | Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur Gauge Conversion (83 Km) |                 589 |
|       9 | Indara-Dohrighat Gauge Conversion (34 Km)      |                 213 |
|      10 | Lucknow-Pilibhit (263 Km)                      |                1634 |
|      11 | Utretia-Zafrabad Doubling (148 Km)             |                 890 |
|      12 | Bhadoi-Janghai Doubling (31 Km                 |                 168 |
|      13 | Meerut-Muzaffarnagar Doubling (55 Km)          |                 430 |
|      14 | Muzaffarnagar - Tapri Doubling (52 Km)         |                 525 |
|      15 | Mathura-Palwal 4th line (80 Km)                |                 669 |
|      16 | Utretia-Raibareilly Doubling (66 Km)           |                 662 |
|      17 | Raibareilly-Amethi Doubling (60 Km)            |                 668 |
|      18 | Bhimsen-Jhansi Doubling (206 Km)               |                2620 |

|   19 | Ballia-Gazipur city Doubling (65 Km)   |   650 |
|------|----------------------------------------|-------|
|   20 | Aunrihar-Jaunpur Doubling (60 Km)      |   405 |
|   21 | Barabanki-Akbarpur Doubling (161 Km)   |  1700 |
|   22 | Rosa-Burhwal Doubling (181 Km)         |  2094 |
|   23 | Jaunpur- Akbarpur Doubling (77 Km)     |   676 |
|   24 | Ramna-Singrauli Doubling (160 Km)      |  2436 |
|   25 | Janghai- Phaphamau Doubling (47 Km)    |   414 |
|   26 | Varanasi-Prayagraj Doubling (120 Km)   |  2018 |

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

|   S. NO. | Name of Project                                                                                                                  |   Cost (Cr) |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|        1 | Sahjanwa-Dohrighat New Line (81 Km)                                                                                              |        1320 |
|        2 | Bahraich & Khalilabad New Line (240 Km)                                                                                          |        4940 |
|        3 | Unchhar-Amethi Doubling (66 Km)                                                                                                  |        1229 |
|        4 | Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay- Prayagraj 3rd line (150 Km)                                                                            |        2649 |
|        5 | Billi- Chunar Doubling (102 Km)                                                                                                  |        1424 |
|        6 | Chhapra-Ballia Doubling (65 km)                                                                                                  |         937 |
|        7 | Varanasi- Prayagraj Doubling (120 Km)                                                                                            |        2018 |
|        8 | Domingarh- Kusumhi - 3 rd line (21km)                                                                                            |         508 |
|        9 | Burhwal Gonda 3rd line (62 Km)                                                                                                   |         800 |
|       10 | Phephna-Indara, Mau-Shahganj Doubling (150 Km)                                                                                   |        1529 |
|       11 | Bhatni-Aurnihar Doubling (125 Kms)                                                                                               |        2529 |
|       12 | Gorakhpur- Valmikinagar Doubling (96 Km)                                                                                         |        1121 |
|       13 | Janghai- Amethi Doubling (87 Km)                                                                                                 |         719 |
|       14 | Janghai- Phaphamau Doubling (47 Km)                                                                                              |         414 |
|       15 | Varanasi-Pt. Deen Dayal Updadhyaya multitracking (15km) including construction of a new Rail-cum-Road Bridge across Ganga River. |        2464 |

Railway infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh  are  covered  under  Northern  Railway,  North  Central  Railway, North Eastern Railway, East Central Railway and West Central Railway zones.  Zonal  Railway  wise  details  of  Railway  projects  including  cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's.

Sanction of any railway project depend upon many parameters/factors which include the following:

-  Anticipated  traffic  projections  and  Remunerativeness  of  the proposed route
-  First and last mile connectivity provided by the project
-  Connection of missing links and providing additional route
-  Augmentation of congested/saturated lines
-  Demands raised  by  State  Governments/Central  Ministries/Public representatives,
-  Railway's own operational requirements
-  Socio-economic considerations
-  Overall availability of funds

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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