Lok Sabha Question No. 2875 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-06
Subject: Extension of Railway Service in Rajasthan
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Manna Lal Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2875

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2025

## EXTENSION OF RAILWAY SERVICE IN RAJASTHAN

## †2875.     DR. MANNA LAL RAWAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal for extension of new railway  lines  and  introduction  of  new  trains  in  the  State  of Rajasthan,  particularly  in  Udaipur,  Salumbar  and  Pratapgarh districts;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the work of electrification of railway track from Udaipur to Ahmedabad has been completed;
- (d) if so, the details of the scheme to start direct train service from Udaipur to Ahmedabad, Surat, Mumbai and South India; and
- (e) the  details  of  total  funds  allocated  for  new  railway  projects  of the  State  of  Rajasthan  during  the  last  five  years  and  in  the current year, project-wise?

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  to  (e):    As  on  01.04.2025,  28  Railway  projects  (13  New  Lines,  05 Gauge Conversion and 10 Doubling), of total length of 3,409 Km  costing

₹43,918 crore falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of   Rajasthan  including Udaipur,  Salumbar  and  Pratapgarh  districts  are  at  various  stages  of planning and implementation, out of which 1,238 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹18,955 crore has been incurred upto March 2025. The status of work is summarized as under:-

| Plan Head               |   No. of projects | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissioned (in Km)   | Expenditure upto March 2024 (₹ in Cr)   |
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| New Lines               |                13 | 981                    | 196                           | 5769                                    |
| Gauge Conversion        |                 5 | 1252                   | 788                           | 6829                                    |
| Doubling/ Multitracking |                10 | 1176                   | 254                           | 6357                                    |
| Total                   |                28 | 3,409                  | 1,238                         | 18,955                                  |

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

| Period   | Outlay                         |
|----------|--------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹682 crore/year                |
| 2025-26  | ₹9,960 crore (Nearly 15 times) |

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

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 798 Km                   | 159.60 Km/year                        |
| 2014-25  | 3,815 Km                 | 346.82 Km/year (More than 2 times)    |

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

|   S.No. | Name of Project                                                    |   Latest Cost (₹ in crore) |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|       1 | Bangurgram-Ras New Line (28 km)                                    |                        175 |
|       2 | ThaiyatHamira-Sonu New Line (58 Km)                                |                        350 |
|       3 | Suratpura- Sriganganagar Gauge Conversion (241 Km)                 |                        896 |
|       4 | Sadalpur-Bikaner & Ratangarh-Degana Gauge Conversion (438 Km)      |                        886 |
|       5 | Jaipur-Ringus-Sikar-Churu & Sikar-Loharu Gauge Conversion (320 Km) |                       1105 |
|       6 | Bhagat ki Kothi-Luni Doubling (28 Km)                              |                        128 |
|       7 | Rani-Keshav Ganj Doubling (59 Km)                                  |                        290 |
|       8 | Guriya-Marwar & Karjoda-Palanpur Doubling (49 Km)                  |                        251 |
|       9 | Rani-Marwar Doubling (52 Km)                                       |                        346 |
|      10 | Abu Road-Swaroop Ganj Doubling (26 Km)                             |                        195 |
|      11 | Abu Rd-Sarotra Rd Doubling (23 Km)                                 |                        152 |
|      12 | Alwar-Bandikui Doubling (60 Km)                                    |                        450 |
|      13 | Ajmer-Bangurgram Doubling (48 Km)                                  |                        375 |
|      14 | Bangurgram-Guriya Patch Doubling (47 Km)                           |                        395 |
|      15 | Degana-Rai ka Bagh Doubling (146 Km)                               |                        809 |
|      16 | Bina-Kota Doubling (282 Km)                                        |                       2476 |

|   S.No. | Name of Project                      |   Latest Cost (₹ in crore) |
|---------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|      17 | Nimach-Chittaurgarh Doubling (56 Km) |                        560 |
|      18 | Dausa-Gangapur City Doubling (93 Km) |                        950 |
|      19 | Phulera-Degana Doubling (108 Km)     |                        702 |
|      20 | Churu-Ratangarh Doubling (43 Km)     |                        423 |

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

|   S.No. | Name of Project                                                             |   Cost (₹ in crore) |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Nimach-Badi Sadri New Line (48 Km)                                          |                 495 |
|       2 | Taranga Hill-Abu Road New Line (116 Km)                                     |                2798 |
|       3 | Ramganjmandi-Bhopal New Line (277 Km)                                       |                5073 |
|       4 | Pushkar-Merta New Line (51 Km)                                              |                 800 |
|       5 | Ringus-Khatu Shyam Ji New Line (17 Km)                                      |                 254 |
|       6 | Merta city-Ras New Line & Bye Pass at Merta Road Station (56 Km)            |                 947 |
|       7 | Gwalior-Sheopurkalan Gauge Conversion with extension to Kota (284 Km)       |                2913 |
|       8 | Dholpur-Sirmuttra Gauge Conversion with extension to Gangapur City (145 Km) |                 747 |
|       9 | Mavli-Devgarh Madariya Gauge Conversion (83 Km)                             |                 969 |
|      10 | Mathura-Jhansi 3 rd Line (274 Km)                                           |                5924 |

|   S.No. | Name of Project                                |   Cost (₹ in crore) |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|      11 | Agra Fort-Bandikui Doubling (150 Km)           |                 988 |
|      12 | Sawaimadhopur-Jaipur Doubling (131 Km)         |                1204 |
|      13 | Churu-Sadulpur & Luni-Bhildi Doubling (330 Km) |                3554 |
|      14 | Ajmer-Chanderiya Doubling (178 Km)             |                1635 |
|      15 | Bye Pass line at Sawaimadhopur (14 Km)         |                 304 |
|      16 | Rewari-Khatuwas Doubling (28 Km)               |                 352 |
|      17 | Khatuwas-Narnaul Doubling (24 Km)              |                 313 |
|      18 | Bye Pass line at Marwar (4 Km)                 |                  71 |

Survey of total 55 projects (23 new line and 32 doubling) of total length 5,497  Km  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Rajasthan  have  been sanctioned  during  last  three  years  (2022-23,  2023-24,  2024-25  and current Financial Year 2025-26).

Some important  sanctioned  surveys  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Rajasthan for improving connectivity are as under:

|   S.No. | Name of Project                                   |   Length (In Km) |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|       1 | Anupgarh-Bikaner New Line & Spur line from Rojhri |              185 |
|       2 | Jaisalmer-Bhabhar/Bhildi New Line                 |              380 |
|       3 | Khajuwala-Jaisalmer New Line                      |              260 |
|       4 | Ringus-Loharu Doubling                            |              172 |

The sanctioning of the project requires consultation with various stakeholders  including  State  Governments  and  necessary  approvals  viz. appraisal  of  NITI  Aayog,  Ministry  of  Finance  etc.  As  sanctioning  of project is a continuous and dynamic process, exact timelines cannot be fixed.

Railway  projects  are  surveyed/  sanctioned/executed  Zonal  Railway wise and not State-wise/UT wise/District wise as the Railway projects may span across State/UT/District boundaries. Proposals/requests/suggestions/ representations, both formal and informal for Railway projects/Works across the country are received on the  basis  of  demands  raised  by  State  Governments,  Members  of Parliament, Ministries of Central Government, elected representatives, Railways'  own  requirements,  organizations/rail  users  etc.  at  various levels including Railway Board, Zonal Railways, Division Office etc. As receipt  of  such  proposals/complaints/suggestions  is  a  continuous  and dynamic  process,  centralized  compendium  of  such  requests  is  not maintained. However, these are examined and action as found feasible and justified is taken from time to time.

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,  socioeconomic considerations etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

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

The work of electrification of railway track from Udaipur to Ahmedabad has been completed.

As the Railway network straddles across district boundaries, trains are introduced across such boundaries as per network requirement. Presently, Udaipur  is being served  by 52 regular train services, including  02  pairs  of  Vande  Bharat  services,  providing  passengers  of Udaipur direct connectivity for various destinations like Ahmedabad (by 05 pairs), Surat (by 02 pairs), Mumbai (by 02 pairs)  and to Mysuru & Bengaluru  (by  1  pair  each).    Udaipur  is  also  connected  to  Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati etc. Further, Mandsaur (the nearest railway station to  Pratapgarh)  and  Udaipur  (the  nearest  railway  station  to  Salumbar) are  served  by  44  and  52  train  services  respectively  which  may  be availed by the passengers. Besides, introduction of new train services is an ongoing process on Indian Railways subject to traffic justification, operational feasibility, resource availability etc.

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