Lok Sabha Question No. 1017 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: National Rail Plan Vision 2024
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1017

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2023

NATIONAL RAIL PLAN VISION 2024

1017.  DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI:

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  total  number  of  projects  envisioned  under  the National Rail Plan Vision 2024;
- (b)  whether any of those projects cover the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any developmental work has been started on the identified freight corridors;
- (d)  the  details  of  the  total  number  of  trains  which  are  targeted  for speedy  enhancement  under  this  project  and  the  estimated  time  of completion of the same; and
- (e)  the  details  of  the  new  high  speed  rail  corridors  that  have  been identified under this project ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1017 BY DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, DR.  HEENA  VIJAYKUMAR  GAVIT,  SHRI  UNMESH  BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL, DR. SUJAY  RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL, PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA  JOSHI  AND  DR.  KRISHNA  PAL  SINGH  YADAV  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  26.07.2023  REGARDING  NATIONAL RAIL PLAN VISION 2024 (a)  and  (b)  Under  Vision  2024,  as  on  01.04.2023,  total  251  Railway infrastructure  projects  (76  New  Line,  19  Gauge  Conversion  and  156 Doubling), covering total length of 29,147 km, costing ` 4.92 lakh crore in the  entire country  including  those  falling  fully/partly in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are in planning/sanction/construction  stages,  out  of  which  9,910  km  track length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ` 2.45 lakh crore has been incurred upto March 2023. (c)  Presently,  Ministry  of  Railways  has  taken  up  construction  of  two Dedicated  Freight  Corridors  (DFC)  viz.  Eastern  Dedicated  Freight Corridor  (EDFC)  from  Ludhiana  to  Sonnagar  (1337  Km)  and  Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal (JNPT) to Dadri (1506 Km). So far, 2196 km (EDFC-1150Km and WDFC-1046 Km) out of total sanctioned length of 2843 km of DFC, has been completed. (d)  Speeding  up  of  trains  is  a  constant  endeavour  and  a  continuous process on Indian Railways (IR). IR has also undertaken rationalization of time table in a scientific manner with the assistance of IIT-Bombay, inter-alia to speed up trains services by converting passenger trains to

Express services and Express services to Superfast services. Further, Indian  Railways  has  introduced  Vande  Bharat  trains,  which  have higher  speed  potential.  Till  21st  July,  2023,  50  Vande  Bharat  trains have been introduced on the IR network.

(e) Presently, a High Speed Rail project namely Mumbai - Ahmedabad High Speed  Rail (MAHSR)  Project is undertaken with technical collaboration and financial assistance from the Government of Japan.

The  National  Rail  Plan  mentions  the  following  routes  for  future possible development for high speed rail network:

- (i)    Delhi - Varanasi
- (ii)   Delhi - Ahmedabad
- (iii)  Mumbai - Nagpur
- (iv)  Mumbai - Hyderabad
- (v)   Chennai - Mysore
- (vi)  Delhi - Amritsar
- (vii) Varanasi - Howrah

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