Lok Sabha Question No. 4533 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-20
Subject: Raliway Connectivity to Amaravati
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Y S Avinash Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4533

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.08.2025

## RAILWAY CONNECTIVITY TO AMARAVATI

4533. SHRI Y S AVINASH REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  has  taken  the  decision  to  introduce railway  connectivity  to  the  State  capital  of  Amaravati  and  by constructing new railway lines to Machilipatnam, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Nagpur and Amaravati;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the quantum of allocations being made to this railway line and the estimated cost along with the details of the action plan of the project?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a)  to  (c)      To  provide  rail  connectivity  to  Amaravati,  the  capital  of Andhra Pradesh,  Errupalem - Amaravthi  -  Nambur new line (57 km) has been sanctioned at a cost of  ₹2047 crore.  The project has been declared as Special Railway Project. Land acquisition for the project has  been  taken  up.  An  outlay  of  ₹171  cr.  has  been  provided  for
- financial year 2025-26.

To improve connectivity to Amaravati and Vijayawada area, recently Vijayawada  -  Gudivada-Narsapur,  Gudiwada  -  Machilipatnam  and Bhimavaram - Nidadavolu doubling (221 km) has been commissioned.

Moreover,  following  projects  have  also  been  taken  up  for  improving the connectivity to Amaravati and Vijayawada area.

-  Vijayawada-Gudur  3 rd   line  -  248  km  out  of  287  km  has  been completed and work on balance 39 km has been taken up.
-  Kazipet-Vijayawada  3 rd   line  -  149  km  out  of  220  km  has  been completed and work on balance 71 km has been taken up.

## Andhra Pradesh

Budget allocation for infrastructure projects and safety works falling fully/partly in the State of Andhra Pradesh is as under:

| Year      | Budget outlay                      | Increase w.r.t. average annual allocation during 2009-14   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-2014 | ₹886 cr/year (including Telangana) | -                                                          |
| 2025-2026 | 9417 cr                            | More than about 11 times                                   |

Commissioning  of  infrastructure  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the State of Andhra Pradesh is as under:

| Period   | Total Length Commissioned   | Average Length Commissioned   | change w.r.t. average commissioning during 2009-14   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 363 km                      | 72.6 km/Year                  | -                                                    |
| 2014-25  | 1,582 km                    | 143.82 km/Year                | More than 4 times                                    |

As  on  01.04.2025,  39  projects(12  New  Lines  and  27  Doubling), covering total length of 4,498 km length, costing ₹70,231crore, falling fully/partly  in  Andhra  Pradesh,  are  in  planning/approval/construction stage, out of which 1,179 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹28,039 crore has been incurred upto March 2025. The status of the work is summarized as:

| Category    |   No. of sanction ed projects |   Total Length (in km) |   Length Commissione d (Km) | Expupto March 2025 (₹. in cr.)   |
|-------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
| New Line    |                            12 |                   1595 |                         199 | 6413                             |
| Double Line |                            27 |                   3904 |                         979 | 21626                            |
| TOTAL       |                            39 |                   4499 |                        1178 | 28,039                           |

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