Lok Sabha Question No. 911 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-04
Subject: New Railway Projects Across India
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 911

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2026

## NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS ACROSS INDIA

†911. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of new railway projects approved in the country so far, Statewise;
- (b) the details of the total estimated cost of these projects;
- (c) whether priority has been given to aspirational districts and border areas and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the time line fixed for completion of these projects?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  to  (d):  Railway  projects  are  surveyed/sanctioned/executed  Zonal Railway  wise  and  not  State-wise  as  the  Railway  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, ..P/2

Central Ministries, Members of Parliament, other public representatives, Railway's own operational requirement, socioeconomic  considerations  etc.  including  connection  to  aspirational districts  and  border  areas  depending  upon  throwforward  of  ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

As on 01.04.2025, across Indian Railways, 431 Railway infrastructure projects  (154  New  Line,  33  Gauge  Conversion  and  244  Doubling)  of total length 35,966 Km, costing approx. 6.75 lakh crore are sanctioned  including  aspirational  districts  and  border  areas,  out  of which, 12,769 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of  approx. 2.91 lakh crore has been incurred upto March, 2025. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No of Projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (Km)   | Total Exp upto Mar'25 ( in Crore)   |
|--------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |              154 | 16,142                       | 3,036                                  | 1,45,318                            |
| Gauge Conversion         |               33 | 4,180                        | 2,997                                  | 22,753                              |
| Doubling / Multitracking |              244 | 15,644                       | 6,736                                  | 1,22,858                            |
| Total                    |              431 | 35,966                       | 12,769                                 | 2,90,929                            |

Zone-wise/year-wise details of all Railway projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

The  details  of  commissioning/laying  of  new  track  across  Indian Railways is given below:-

| Period   | New track Commissioned   | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 7,599 Km                 | 4.2 Km/day                            |
| 2014-25  | 34,428 Km                | 8.57 Km/day ( more than 2 times)      |

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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