Lok Sabha Question No. 4227 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-18
Subject: Progress of Railway Projects in Mainpuri
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Dimple Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4227 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026

## PROGRESS OF RAILWAY PROJECTS IN MAINPURI

## †4227. SMT. DIMPLE YADAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and current progress of the railway projects (including new lines, doubling, electrification, station upgradation and passenger amenities) sanctioned for Mainpuri during the last five years;
- (b) the number  of  projects  affected  by cost escalation, delays/noncompletion along with the major reasons therefor;
- (c)  the  findings  of  the  recent  technical  review  conducted  regarding  the tracks, signalling and platform capacity and passenger amenities at the stations in Mainpuri; and
- (d)  the  details  of  the  time-bound  action  plan  for  the  improvement  of connectivity and  the  strengthening of infrastructure for the said district?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND

ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d):  To improve connectivity of Mainpuri, Etawah-Mainpuri New Line (58 km) has been completed.

Uttar Pradesh :

Railway Budget:

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

| Period   | Outlay                          |
|----------|---------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,109 crore/year               |
| 2025-26  | ₹19,858 crore (Nearly 18 times) |

Track construction:

The details  of  constructing  new  tracks  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 Km/year                           |
| 2014-25  | 5272 Km                  | 479 Km per year (More than 2 times)   |

Projects sanctioned:

As on 01.04.2025, 49 projects (10 New Line, 02 Gauge Conversion and 37 Doubling) of  3,807  Km length, costing ₹62,360 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh are sanctioned. The summary is as under:-

| Category               |   No of Projects |   Total Length (km) | Length Commissioned (km)   |   Exp upto Mar'25 (Rs. in Cr.) |
|------------------------|------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
| New Line               |               10 |                1227 | 340                        |                          10517 |
| Gauge Conversion       |               02 |                  67 | -                          |                            281 |
| Doubling/Multitracking |               37 |                2513 | 983                        |                          19813 |
| Total                  |               49 |                3807 | 1323                       |                          30611 |

Recently completed projects:

Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the

State of Uttar Pradesh including Mainpuri District are as under:

|   S. No. | Project                                                                             |   Cost (Rs. in Cr.) |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Etawah-Mainpuri New Line (58 Km)                                                    |                 313 |
|        2 | Bahraich-Nanpara-Nepal Ganj Gauge Conversion (56 Km)                                |                 342 |
|        3 | Ballia-Ghazipur city Doubling (65 Km)                                               |                 650 |
|        4 | Ghazipur city-Tarighat New Line (17 Km)                                             |                1766 |
|        5 | Gonda-Gorakhpur Loop Gauge Conversion (260 Km)                                      |                 863 |
|        6 | Gonda-Bahraich Gauge Conversion (60 Km)                                             |                 318 |
|        7 | Barabanki-Akbarpur Doubling (161 Km)                                                |                1700 |
|        8 | Kaptanganj-Thawe-Chhapra Gauge Conversion (234 Km)                                  |                 819 |
|        9 | Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur Gauge Conversion (83 Km)                                      |                 589 |
|       10 | Indara-Dohrighat Gauge Conversion (34 Km)                                           |                 213 |
|       11 | Lucknow-Pilibhit Gauge Conversion (263 Km)                                          |                1634 |
|       12 | Bhadoi-Janghai Doubling (31 Km)                                                     |                 168 |
|       13 | Lahota-Bhadoi Doubling (39 Km)                                                      |                 184 |
|       14 | Meerut-Muzaffarnagar Doubling (55 Km)                                               |                 430 |
|       15 | Phaphamau-Prayagraj Doubling (14 Km)                                                |                 212 |
|       16 | Muzaffarnagar-Tapri Doubling (52 Km)                                                |                 525 |
|       17 | Utretia-Raibareilly Doubling (66 Km)                                                |                 662 |
|       18 | Raibareilly-Amethi Doubling (60 Km)                                                 |                 668 |
|       19 | Alamnagar-Utretia Doubling (20 Km)                                                  |                 358 |
|       20 | Bhimsen-Jhansi Doubling (206 Km)                                                    |                2620 |
|       21 | Domingarh-Gorakhpur-Kusumhi - 3rd Line and Gorakhpur-Nakaha Jungle Doubling (21 Km) |                 508 |
|       22 | Malhaur-Daliganj Doubling (13 Km)                                                   |                 183 |
|       23 | Ruma Chakeri- Chandari 3 rd Line (13 Km)                                            |                 177 |
|       24 | Bareilly-Pilibhit-Tanakpur Gauge Conversion (102 Km)                                |                 313 |
|       25 | Rosa-Sitapur Cantt-Burhwal Doubling (181 Km)                                        |                2094 |
|       26 | Jaunpur- Akbarpur (Tanda) Doubling (77 Km)                                          |                 676 |
|       27 | Ramna- Renukut-Singrauli Doubling (160 Km)                                          |                2436 |
|       28 | Janghai- Phaphamau Doubling (47 Km)                                                 |                 414 |
|       29 | Varanasi-Madhosingh-Prayagraj Doubling (120 Km)                                     |                2018 |
|       30 | Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling (32 Km)                                          |                 763 |
|       31 | Deoband (Muzzafarnagar)-Roorkee (27 Km)                                             |                1289 |
|       32 | Agra-Etawah New Line(110 Km)                                                        |                 427 |
|       33 | Phephna-Indara, Mau-Shahganj Doubling (150 Km)                                      |                1778 |

## Ongoing projects:

## Some of the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh which

## have been taken up are as under:

|   SN. | Project                                                               |   Cost (Rs. in Cr.) |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|     1 | Barabanki-Burhwal 3rd Line (27 Km)                                    |                 426 |
|     2 | Burhwal- Gonda Kacheri 4 th line (56 Km)                              |                 796 |
|     3 | Burhwal-Gonda 3rd Line (62 Km)                                        |                1118 |
|     4 | Bahraich- Khalilabad New Line (240 Km)                                |                4940 |
|     5 | Katra-Ayodhya Dham Doubling (10 Km)                                   |                 466 |
|     6 | Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya- Prayagraj 3rd Line (150 Km)                 |                2649 |
|     7 | Billi-Chunar Doubling (102 Km)                                        |                1424 |
|     8 | Chhapra-Ballia Doubling (65 km)                                       |                1046 |
|     9 | Unchhar-Amethi New Line (66 Km)                                       |                1229 |
|    10 | Etah-Kasganj New Line ( 29 Km)                                        |                 389 |
|    11 | Gorakhpur- Valmikinagar Doubling (96 Km)                              |                1121 |
|    12 | Varanasi-Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya 3 rd and 4 th Line (15 Km)          |                2464 |
|    13 | Jhansi-Khairar-Manikpur & Khairar-Bhimsen Doubling (431 Km)           |                4330 |
|    14 | Sahjanwa-Dohrighat New Line (81 Km)                                   |                1320 |
|    15 | Kuberpur-Yamuna Bridge 3rd line (10 Km)                               |                 170 |
|    16 | Prayagraj (Iradatganj)-Manikpur 3rd Line (84 km)                      |                1508 |
|    17 | Dilkusha-Malhaur 3rd Line (8 km)                                      |                 164 |
|    18 | Bypass/Chord line at Ayodhya Cantt. (between Salarpur-Masodha) (6 Km) |                  97 |
|    19 | Didarganj - Shahganj - Bilwai Chord line (6 km)                       |                 137 |
|    20 | Varanasi Shivpur 3 rd line (6 Km)                                     |                  76 |
|    21 | Jaunpur Jn.- Zafarabad Doubling (6 Km)                                |                 177 |
|    22 | Bhatni - Aurnihar Doubling (117 km)                                   |                2529 |
|    23 | Mathura-Jhansi 3rd line (274 km)                                      |                5924 |
|    24 | Agra Fort and Bandikui Doubling (150 km)                              |                 988 |
|    25 | Janghai-Pratapgarh- Amethi Doubling (87 km)                           |                1197 |
|    26 | Barabanki-Malhaur - 3rd & 4th Line (33 km)                            |                 407 |
|    27 | Phaphamau-Unchahar Doubling (72 km)                                   |                 971 |

| 28   | Aunrihar - Varanasi City 3rd Line (31 Km)   | 76   |
|------|---------------------------------------------|------|

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

## Railway Electrification:

Electrification of railway network on Indian Railways has been taken up in mission mode. So far, about 99.4% of Broad Gauge (BG) network has been electrified.  The  electrification  in  remaining  network  has  been  taken  up. Electrification carried out during 2014-25 and before 2014 is as under:

| Period                       | Route Kilometer   |
|------------------------------|-------------------|
| Before 2014 (about 60 years) | 21,801            |
| 2014-25                      | 46,900            |

In Uttar Pradesh, entire existing BG network has been electrified including that  in  Mainpuri  district.  Further,  all  new  line  /  multitracking  projects  are being sanctioned and constructed with electrification.

## Amrit Bharat Stations:

Ministry  of  Railways  has  launched  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  for redevelopment of stations with a long-term approach.

The scheme involves preparation of master plans and their implementation  in  phases  to  improve  the  stations.  The  master  planning includes:

-  Improvement of access to station and circulating areas
-  Integration of station with both sides of city
-  Improvement of station building
-  Improvement  of  waiting  halls,  toilets,  sitting  arrangement,  water booths
-  Provision of wider foot over bridge/air concourse commensurate with passenger traffic
-  Provision of lift/escalators/ramp
-  Improvement /Provision of platform surface and cover over platforms
-  Provision  of  kiosks  for  local  products  through  schemes  like  'One Station One Product'
-  Parking areas, Multimodal integration
-  Amenities for Divyangjans
-  Better passenger information systems
-  Provision  of  executive  lounges,  nominated  spaces  for  business meetings,  landscaping,  etc.  keeping  in  view  the  necessity  at  each station

The scheme also envisages sustainable and environment friendly solutions, provision of ballastless tracks etc. as per necessity, phasing and feasibility and creation of city centre at the station in the long term.

So  far,  1,338  stations  have  been  identified  for  development  under  this scheme, out of which 157 stations including Mainpuri Junction station of Mainpuri  district,  are  located  inUttar  Pradesh.  The  names  of  stations identified  for  development  under  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  in  Uttar Pradesh are as following:

| State         |   No. of Stations | Name of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh |               157 | Achnera, Agra Cantt., Agra Fort, Aishbagh Jn, Akbarpur Jn, Aligarh, Amethi, Amroha, Anand Nagar Jn., Aonla, Ayodhya Dham Junction, Azamgarh, Babatpur, Bachhrawan, Badaun, Badshahnagar, Badshahpur, Baheri, Bahraich, Balamau Jn., Ballia, Balrampur, Banaras, Banda, Barabanki Jn, Bareilly, Bareilly City, Barhni, Basti, Belthara Road, Bhadohi, Bharatkund, Bhatni, Bhuteshwar, Bijnor, Bulandsahar, Chandauli Majhwar, Chandausi, Chilbila, Chitrakut dham karwi, Chopan, Chunar Jn., Daliganj, Darshannagar, Deoria Sadar, Dhampur, Dildarnagar, Etawah Jn., Farrukhabad, Fatehabad, Fatehpur, Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Gajraula, Garhmuktesar, Gauriganj, Ghatampur, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur City, Gola Gokarnath, Gomtinagar, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Govardhan, Govindpuri, Gursahaiganj, Haidergarh, Hapur, Hardoi, Hathras City, Idgah Agra Jn, Izzatnagar, Janghai Jn, Jaunpur City, Jaunpur Jn, |

| State   | No. of Stations   | Name of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                   | Kannauj, Kanpur Anwarganj, Kanpur Bridge Left Bank, Kanpur Central, Kaptanganj Jn, Kasganj Jn, Kashi, Khalilabad, Khorason road, Khurja Jn., Kosi Kalan, Kunda Harnamganj, Lakhimpur, Lalganj, Lalitpur Jn, Lambhua, Lohta, Lucknow (Charbagh) NR, Lucknow city, Lucknow Jn. (NER), Maa Belha Devi Pratapgarh Junction, Maghar, Maharaja Bijli Pasi, Mahoba Jn, Mailani Jn, Mainpuri Jn, Malhaur, Manak Nagar, Manikpur Jn, Mariahu, Mathura Jn, Mau Jn, Meerut City Jn, Mirzapur, Modinagar, Mohanlalganj, Moradabad Jn, Muzaffarnagar, Nagina, Najibabad Jn, Orai, Panki Dham, Phaphamau Jn, Phulpur, Pilibhit Jn, Pokhrayan, Prayag Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn , Rae Bareli Jn, Raja Ki Mandi, Ramghat Halt, Rampur Jn, Renukoot, Saharanpur Jn., Salempur, Seohara, Shahganj Jn, Shahjahanpur, Shamli, Shikohabad Jn., Shivpur, Siddharth Nagar, Sitapur Jn., Sonbhadra, Sri Krishna Nagar, Sultanpur Jn, Suraimanpur, Swaminarayan Chappia, Takia, Tulsipur, Tundla Jn., Ujhani, Unchahar, Unnao Jn, Utraitia Jn, Varanasi Cantt., Varanasi City, Vindhyachal, Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi, Vyasnagar, Zafarabad |

Completed stations:

Development  works  at  railway  stations  under  Amrit  Bharat  Station Scheme in Uttar Pradesh have been taken up at a good pace. Till now, 23  stations  in  Uttar  Pradesh  have  been  completed.  The  name  of stations completed in Uttar Pradesh are as following :

| State         |   No. of | Name of stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|---------------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh |       23 | Ayodhya Dham Junction, Balrampur, Bareilly City, Bijnor, Fatehabad, Fatehpur, Gola Gokarnath, Gomtinagar, Govardhan, Govindpuri, Hathras City, Idgah Agra Jn, Izzatnagar, Khalilabad, Mailani Jn, Panki Dham, Pokhrayan, Ramghat Halt, Saharanpur Jn., Siddharth Nagar, Suraimanpur, Swaminarayan Chappia, Ujhani |

The activities for  development at other stations have also been taken up at good pace and progress of some of the stations is as given below:

-  Mainpuri  Junction  station:  The  works  of  new  station  building,  porch, Public Reservation  System  counter,  waiting  hall, circulating area, parking, approach road, lighting, Public Address System, signages and 12  m  Foot  Over  Bridge  have  been  completed.  The  work  of  Divyangjan facilities has been taken up.
-  Ghaziabad  station:  The  structural  works  of  station  building  at  main entry  side  and  second  entry  side,  foundation  work  of  new  Foot  Over Bridge-B at Tundla end, roof plaza, extension work of existing Foot Over Bridge-A, finishing work of electrical substation at main entry side and

second entry side, Magistrate building, Government Railway Police and Railway Protection Force buildings have been taken up.

-  Rampur Junction station:  The works  of  new  station  building,  platform shelter, platform surfacing, booking office, waiting hall and toilet have been  completed.  The  works  of  circulating  area  and  Foot  Over  Bridge have been taken up.
-  Shahjahanpur  station:  The  works  of  platform  shelter  and  platform surfacing at platform no. 1 and 2/3 have been completed. The works of improvement of station building, new station building at second entry, circulating area and Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.
-  Shikohabad  Junction  station: The  works  of new  station building, platform surfacing of platform no. 1/2, improvement of circulating area, parking and Divyangjan facilities have been completed. The work of 12 m Foot Over Bridge has been taken up.

Further,  development  /  redevelopment  /  upgradation  /  modernisation  of stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and ongoing process and works in  this  regard  are  undertaken  as  per  requirement,  subject  to  inter-se priority and availability of funds. Development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of a station is carried out based on category of station/condition/traffic handled etc.

Indian Railways has a well established mechanism to monitor implementation  of  projects  including  their  reviews,  inspection,  check  for quality  of  works  and  audits.  Works  are  carried  out  adhering  to  the standards  and  specifications  laid  down  in  various  codes  and  manuals. Inspections/audits/checks  are  carried  out  from  time  to  time  by  various agencies/officials/multi-disciplinary  teams  as  per  laid  down  instructions and actions for correction including damages are taken immediately. This is a continuous and ongoing process.

Development  /  Upgradation  of  railway  stations  is  complex  in  nature involving  safety  of  passengers  &  trains  and  requires  various  statutory clearances such as fire clearance, heritage, tree cutting, airport clearance etc. The progress also gets affected due to brownfield related challenges such  as  shifting  of  utilities  (involving  water/sewage  lines,  optical  fibre cables, gas pipe lines, power/signal cables, etc.), infringements, operation of trains without hindering passenger movement, speed restrictions due to works carried out in close proximity of tracks and high voltage power lines, etc. and these factors affect the completion time. Development  /  upgradation  /  modernisation  of  stations  including  under Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  is  generally  funded  under  Plan  Head-53 'Customer Amenities'. The details of allocation and expenditure under Plan Head-53 are maintained Zonal Railway-wise and not work-wise, or stationwise, or constituency wise or state-wise. Uttar Pradesh is covered under the jurisdiction of five railway zones, namely  East  Central  Railway, Northern Railway, North Central Railway, North Eastern Railway and West Central Railway. For these zones, an allocation of ₹ 3,794 crore has been made  for  the  financial  year  2025-26,  out  of  which  an  expenditure  (up  to February, 2026) of ₹ 3,694 crore has been incurred so far.

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