Lok Sabha Question No. 475 (STARRED), answered on 2026-03-25
Subject: Financial Health of Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 475 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026

## FINANCIAL HEALTH OF RAILWAYS

- *475. SMT. BHARTI PARDHI: SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Indian Railways has shown improvement in its financial health during  the  last  ten  years  including  transition  from  deficit  to  surplus revenue accounts and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  key  factors  and  reforms  that  have  contributed  to enhancement  of  revenue, cost management  and  overall  financial sustainability  particularly  in  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra  and  Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the details of the role of dynamic pricing, freight rationalisation, asset monetisation and service innovations in strengthening financial
- outcomes;
- (d) whether productivity improvements, network expansion and operational efficiency measures have been mainstreamed across divisions and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether  these  financial  improvements  support  future  investments, modernisation and service quality enhancements  across  the rail network, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING 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  STARRED QUESTION NO.475 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026 IN LOK SABHA

- (a) to (e)  Indian Railway is generating modest surplus. In 2024-25, Indian Railway generated a surplus of Rs. 2,660 cr. after meeting all the operational expenditure including pension despite the fact that subsidy is given on the passenger services.

Indian Railways strives to provide affordable services to all strata of the society and gave subsidy of Rs. 60,239 cr. on passenger tickets in 2024-25. This  amounts  to  concession  of  43%  on  an  average,  to  every  person, travelling on Railways. In other words, if the cost of providing service is Rs. 100, then the price of ticket is Rs. 57 only. This subsidy is continuing for all passengers.

To  increase  freight  traffic,  enhance  revenue,  productivity  and  overall financial sustainability, the following measures have been taken by Indian Railways:

The capital expenditure (Capex) on infrastructure in railways has received tremendous boost since 2014 and Gross Budgetary Support has increased from Rs. 29,055 cr. in 2013-14 to Rs. 2,78,030 cr. in 2026-27 i.e. increase of about 10 times. The fast pace of infrastructure augmentation by IR has been a  result  of  substantial  increase  in  allocation  of  funds  and  various  steps being taken by the Government.

Capacity  enhancement  of  Railway  network  has  been  taken  up  by  Indian Railways in a big way during last 11 years.

Following are the details of commissioning/laying of new track across Indian Railways: -

| Period   | New track Commissioned   | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 7,599 Km                 | 4.2 Km/day                            |
| 2014-25  | 34,428 Km                | 8.6 Km/day (more than 2 times)        |

As  on  01.04.2025,  across  Indian  Railways,  431  Railway  infrastructure projects including port-connectivity (154 New Line, 33 Gauge Conversion and 244 Doubling) of total length 35,966 Km, costing approx. Rs. 6.75 lakh crore are sanctioned. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No of Projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (Km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (Km)   | Total Exp. up to Mar'25 ( in cr.)   |
|--------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 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                            |

Close monitoring of the progress of projects at various levels, regular follow up  with  State  Governments and relevant authorities  for expeditious land acquisition,  forestry  and  wildlife  clearances  and  resolving  other  issues pertaining to the projects has helped in completion of various projects in all zones.

Further, following measures have also been taken to increase capacity and hence revenue:

-  Removing bottlenecks in operations by yard remodelling, construction of bypass/ chord lines, rail flyovers etc.
-  The construction of 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) has been taken up. Out of total 2843 Kms, 2741 route Kms (96.4%) has been commissioned and operational.
-  Indian  Railways has taken up electrification of Railway lines in a mission mode. So far, about 99.4% of Broad Gauge (BG) network has been  electrified.  A  comparison  of  electrification  before  and  after 2014 is as follows:
-  Procurement of Wagons and Locomotives: To increase freight carrying capacity,  large  numbers  of  IR  wagons  have  been  procured  and locomotives have been manufactured. During 2014 to 2025, about 2 lakh wagons have been procured and more than 10,000 locomotives have been added for increasing freight loading and mobility.
-  Industry  participation  in  investment  in  General  Purpose  Wagons, Special Purpose/High-Capacity wagons and Automobile carrier wagons for cement, oil, steel, fly-ash, automobile etc. So far, around 250 rakes of special purpose wagons, 385 rakes of general-purpose wagons and 51 rakes of automobile wagons have been inducted.
-  Policy  on  Bulk  Cement  Handling  Terminals:  A  dedicated  policy  has been  issued  to  promote  bulk  movement  of  cement  through  rail  by

| Period      | Route Kilometre   |
|-------------|-------------------|
| Before 2014 | 21,801            |
| 2014-25     | 46,900            |

facilitating development of specialized terminals and deployment of suitable  wagons.  This  is  expected  to  improve  logistics  efficiency, reduce handling costs, and enhance rail share in cement transportation.

-  For  asset  monetisation,  the  Gati  Shakti  Multi-Modal  Cargo Terminal (GCT) Policy  has  been  launched  to  promote  private  participation  in development  of cargo terminals. So  far,  128  GCTs  have  been commissioned and further in-principle approvals (IPAs) for 292 more locations have been given.
-  Development  of  cargo  related  facilities  on  Railway  land:  Long-term leasing (25 years, extendable up to 50 years) of spare railway land has been  permitted  for  development  of  logistics  infrastructure  such  as warehouses,  processing  units,  and  aggregation  facilities  through  a competitive bidding process. This enables better asset utilisation and generates non-fare revenue. The guidelines have been framed under schedule '3' of GCT Policy.
-  Rail Parcel App: An app-based platform for Railways' parcel logistics has been launched by South Central Railway on 25.02.2026, on pilot project basis at 17 locations across 7 cities viz. Hyderabad, Vishakhapatnam, Vijaywada, Guntur, Rajahmundry, Bengaluru & Chennai, for a period of 01 year from the date of implementation. The app  enables  a  seamless,  end-to-end  service  by  delivery  partners through online booking and digital payments at the convenience of the customers obviating the need of bringing the parcels physically to the Railway premises and the associated paper work. It is further planned to introduce the App on pan-India basis shortly.
-  Door-to-Door services - CONCOR, a PSU under Ministry of Railways is also providing Door-to-Door parcel services by utilizing the JPP-RCS over  Delhi-Kolkata  and  Mumbai-Kolkata  sectors.    CONCOR  is  also

providing Door-to-Door logistics under a pilot project at Sonik Goods shed.

-  Ensuring increased availability of rakes/wagons against demand.
-  Use  of  Information  Technology  in  freight  operations  to  improve monitoring and utilization of assets.
-  Induction of higher horse power locomotives.
-  Improvement in  maintenance  practices  of  wagons  and  locomotives resulting in increased availability of loco and rolling stock for traffic use.
-  Improvement in track and signalling standards to carry higher volume of traffic.
-  Training  of  staff  and  officers  to  adopt  the  new  technology  and management practices.
-  Commercial development of vacant railway land by RLDA.

As a result of all these measures, Railways achieved a loading of 1617 MT in 2024-25 thus becoming 2 nd  largest freight carrier railway in the world.

Madhya Pradesh

Railway Budget:

Budget allocation  in  the  recent  years  has  increased  significantly.  Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                             |
|----------|------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹632 crore/year                    |
| 2025-26  | ₹14,745 crore (More than 23 times) |

Track construction:

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

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 145 Km                   | 29 Km/year                            |
| 2014-25  | 2651 Km                  | 241 Km/year (More than 8 times)       |

## Projects sanctioned:

As on 01.04.2025, 24 Railway projects (08 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 14 Doubling), of total length of 4,740 Km costing ₹89,542 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh are sanctioned. The summary is as under:

| Category               |   No. of projects | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissioned (in Km)   | Total Exp. Up to Mar'25 (₹ in Cr)   |
|------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| New Lines              |                 8 | 1,914                  | 544                           | 15,069                              |
| Gauge Conversion       |                 2 | 809                    | 430                           | 6,766                               |
| Doubling Multitracking |                14 | 2,017                  | 1,118                         | 19,566                              |
| Total                  |                24 | 4,740                  | 2,093                         | 41,401                              |

Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

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

|   S.No. | Name of Project                                                      | Cost (₹ in Crores)   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Anuppur-Katni 3rd line (165 Km)                                      | 2,311                |
|       2 | Pendra Road-Anuppur 3rd line (50 Km)                                 | 394                  |
|       3 | Khodri-Anuppur Doubling with flyover at Bilaspur (72 Km)             | 792                  |
|       4 | Bhopal-Bina 3rd line (145 km)                                        | 1,075                |
|       5 | Bina-Kota Doubling (283 km)                                          | 2,477                |
|       6 | Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion including Balaghat-Katangi (300 Km) | 2,005                |
|       7 | Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km)                          | 1,512                |
|       8 | Chhindwara-Mandla Fort Gauge Conversion (182 Km)                     | 1,268                |
|       9 | GhatPindari-Balkheda Doubling (6 Km)                                 | 29                   |
|      10 | Guna-Ruthiyai Doubling (20 Km)                                       | 175                  |
|      11 | Jukhei Chord line, Bye Passing the Katni Yard (2 Km)                 | 12                   |
|      12 | Sontalai-Bagratawa Doubling (7 Km)                                   | 110                  |
|      13 | Itarsi-Budhni 3rd line (25 Km)                                       | 286                  |
|      14 | Teegaon-ChichondaGhat Section 3 rd line (17 Km)                      | 176                  |
|      15 | Barkhera-Bhopal 3rd line (41 km)                                     | 473                  |
|      16 | Nagda-Ujjain Doubling of Gambhir Bridge (2 Km)                       | 28                   |
|      17 | Nimach-Chittaurgarh Doubling (56 Km)                                 | 560                  |
|      18 | Budhni-Barkhera 3rd line (27 Km)                                     | 1,703                |
|      19 | Indore-Dewas-Ujjain Doubling (79 Km)                                 | 757                  |
|      20 | Powerkheda-Jujharpur Rail flyover (16 Km)                            | 443                  |
|      21 | Guna- Etawah New Line (348 Km)                                       | 683                  |
|      22 | Ramna-Singrauli doubling (160 Km)                                    | 2,436                |
|      23 | Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling(32 Km)                            | 763                  |
|      24 | Malkhedi-Mahadeokhedi Doubling (12 Km)                               | 59                   |

## Some of the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh which have been taken up are as under:

|   S. No | Project                                                                  | Cost (₹ in Crores)   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Shahdol-Singhpur 4 th Line (6 Km) (passing through Shahdol constituency) | 54                   |
|       2 | Katni- Grade separator / Bypass (35 Km)                                  | 2,300                |
|       3 | Katni- Singrauli Doubling (257 Km)                                       | 4,377                |
|       4 | Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli & Mahoba- Khajuraho New Line (541 Km)     | 8,914                |
|       5 | Ramganjmandi-Bhopal New Line (277 Km)                                    | 5,073                |
|       6 | Indore-Budni New Line (198 Km)                                           | 7,474                |
|       7 | Nimach-Badi Sadri New Line (48 Km)                                       | 495                  |
|       8 | Gwalior-Sheopurkalan Gauge Conversion with extension to Kota (284 Km)    | 2,913                |
|       9 | Itarsi- Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km)                                         | 2,450                |
|      10 | Jhansi-Bina 3rd line (153 Km)                                            | 2,002                |
|      11 | Mathura-Jhansi 3rd line (274 Km)                                         | 5,924                |
|      12 | Jhansi-Kairar-Manikpur & Khirar-Bhimsen Doubling (431 Km)                | 4,330                |
|      13 | Satna-Rewa Doubling (50 Km)                                              | 590                  |
|      14 | Ruthiyai Bye Pass line (3 Km)                                            | 54                   |
|      15 | Guna Bye Pass line (2 Km)                                                | 179                  |
|      16 | Ujjain Fly Over (2 Km)                                                   | 100                  |
|      17 | Manmad - Indore New Line (360 Km)                                        | 18,529               |
|      18 | Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km)                                 | 3,285                |
|      19 | Dahod-Indore New Line (205 Km)                                           | 9,746                |
|      20 | Nimach-Ratlam Doubling (133 Km)                                          | 1,096                |
|      21 | ChhotaUdepur-Dhar New Line (147 Km)                                      | 1,794                |

|   S. No | Project                                     | Cost (₹ in Crores)   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|      22 | Ratlam-Nagda 3 rd and 4 th line (41 Km)     | 964                  |
|      23 | Vadodara-Ratlam 3 rd and 4 th line (259 Km) | 8,387                |
|      24 | Ratlam-Khandwa Gauge Conversion (299 Km)    | 7,265                |
|      25 | Bina-Itarsi 4 th Line (237 km)              | 4,329                |
|      26 | Itarsi-Nagpur 4 th Line (297 Km)            | 5,010                |

## Maharashtra

## Railway Budget:

Budget  allocation  during  the  last  five  years  has  increased  significantly. Budget  allocation  for  infrastructure  projects  and  safety  works,  falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                             |
|----------|------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,171 crore/year                  |
| 2025-26  | ₹23,778 crore (More than 20 times) |

## Track construction:

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

| Period   | New track Commissioned   | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 292 Km                   | 58.4 Km/year                          |
| 2014-25  | 2,292 Km                 | 208.4 Km/year (More than 3 times)     |

## Projects sanctioned:

As on 01.04.2025, 38 projects (11 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 25 Doubling),  of  a  total  length  of  5,098  Km,  costing  ₹89,780  crore,  falling fully/partly in Maharashtra, are sanctioned. The summary is as under:-

| Category                |   No. of sanctioned Projects | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissioned up to Mar'25 (Km)   | Exp. up to Mar'25 (₹ in Cr.)   |
|-------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| New Line                |                           11 | 1,355                  | 234                                     | 10,504                         |
| Gauge Conversion        |                           02 | 609                    | 334                                     | 4,286                          |
| Doubling/ Multitracking |                           25 | 3,134                  | 1,792                                   | 24,617                         |
| Total                   |                           38 | 5,098                  | 2,360                                   | 39,407                         |

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

Recently completed projects:

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

|   S. No. | Project                                     | Cost (₹ in crore)   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Pune-Miraj-Londa Doubling (467 Km)          | 4,670               |
|        2 | Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km)   | 2,005               |
|        3 | Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km) | 1,512               |
|        4 | Panvel-Pen Doubling (35 Km)                 | 263                 |
|        5 | Pen-Roha Doubling (40 Km)                   | 330                 |
|        6 | Udhna-Jalgaon Doubling (307 Km)             | 2,448               |
|        7 | Mudkhed-Parbhani Doubling (81 Km)           | 673                 |
|        8 | Bhusawal-Jalgaon 3rd Line (24 Km)           | 325                 |
|        9 | Jalgaon-Bhusawal 4th Line (24 Km)           | 261                 |
|       10 | Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 Km)            | 3,182               |

## To further improve the Railway Infrastructure in the state of Maharashtra, following works have been taken up:-

|   S. No. | Name of the project                                            | Cost (₹ In crore)   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar)-Beed-Parli Vaijnath New Line (261 Km) | 4,957               |
|        2 | Baramati-Lonand New Line (64 Km)                               | 1,844               |
|        3 | Wardha-Nanded New Line (284 Km)                                | 3,445               |
|        4 | Indore-Manmad New Line (360 Km)                                | 18,529              |
|        5 | Wadsa-Gadchiroli New Line (52 Km)                              | 1,886               |
|        6 | Jalna-Jalgaon New Line (174 Km)                                | 5,804               |
|        7 | Daund-Manmad Doubling (236 Km)                                 | 3,037               |
|        8 | Kalyan-Kasara 3rd Line (68 Km)                                 | 1,433               |
|        9 | Wardha-Nagpur 3rd Line (76 Km)                                 | 698                 |
|       10 | Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd Line (132 Km)                            | 1,385               |
|       11 | Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd Line (280 Km)                                | 2,450               |
|       12 | Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd Line (228 Km)                           | 3,545               |
|       13 | Wardha-Nagpur 4th Line (79 Km)                                 | 1,137               |
|       14 | Jalgaon-Manmad 4th Line (160 Km)                               | 2,574               |
|       15 | Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km)                       | 3,285               |
|       16 | Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad New Line (95 Km)                    | 2,933               |
|       17 | Panvel-Chowk Double Line (17 Km)                               | 491                 |
|       18 | Wardha-Balharshah 4th Line (135 Km)                            | 2,226               |
|       19 | Itarsi-Nagpur 4th Line (297 Km)                                | 5,010               |
|       20 | Wardha-Bhusawal 3rd & 4th Line (314 Km)                        | 9,197               |
|       21 | Asangaon-Kasara 4th Line (35 Km)                               | 794                 |
|       22 | Badlapur-Karjat 3rd & 4th Line (32 Km)                         | 1,324               |
|       23 | Gondia-Dongargarh 4th Line (84 Km)                             | 2,223               |
|       24 | Gondia-Balharshah Doubling (240 Km)                            | 4,819               |

Increasing train handling capacity in Mumbai area:

Presently,  about  120  originating  Mail/Express  trains  and  about  3,200  sub urban trains are handled daily in Mumbai area. To increase train handling

capacity  at  various  stations  in  Mumbai  area,  following  works  have  been completed/taken up/planned at various stations:

|   SN | Location         | Details                                       |
|------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Bandra Terminus  | 3 Pit Lines have been completed               |
|    2 | Mumbai Central   | Platform extension for 24 LHB coaches         |
|    3 | Jogeshwari       | 2 additional platforms                        |
|    4 | Dadar            | 1 additional platform                         |
|    5 | Vasai road       | 6 platforms, 3 pit lines and 5 stabling lines |
|    6 | Panvel-Kalamboli | 5 platforms , 4 pit lines and 2 sick lines    |
|    7 | Kalyan           | 6 platforms and 4 pit lines                   |
|    8 | LTT              | 4 platforms and 2 pit lines                   |
|    9 | Parel            | 6 platforms, 5 pit lines, 6 stabling lines    |
|   10 | Virar            | 25 stabling lines                             |
|   11 | Dahanu road      | 11 stabling lines                             |
|   12 | Mira road        | 25 stabling lines                             |

In addition to above, Platform extension work at 34 stations to accommodate 15 car EMUs have been taken up.

## New projects for increasing capacity:

To improve the capacity of rail network in Mumbai suburban area, Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-II costing ₹8,087 crore, MUTP-III costing ₹10,947 crore and MUTP-IIIA costing ₹33,690 crore have been sanctioned.

These projects include following works in Mumbai Suburban Area:

|   SN | Name of Project                                                     | Cost (in Cr.)   |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|    1 | CSMT-Kurla 5th & 6th Line (MUTP-II) (17.5 km)                       | 891             |
|    2 | Mumbai Central-Borivali 6th Line (MUTP-II) (30 km)                  | 919             |
|    3 | Extension of Harbour Line from Goregaon-Borivali (MUTP-IIIA) (7 km) | 826             |
|    4 | Borivali-Virar 5th & 6th Line (MUTP-IIIA) (26 km)                   | 2,184           |
|    5 | Virar-Dahanu Road 3rd & 4th Line (MUTP-III) (64 km)                 | 3,587           |
|    6 | Panvel-Karjat Suburban Corridor (MUTP-III) (29.6 km)                | 2,782           |
|    7 | Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) Suburban Corridor link (MUTP-III) (3.3 km)  | 476             |
|    8 | Kalyan-Asangaon 4thLine (MUTP-IIIA) (32 km)                         | 1,759           |
|    9 | Kalyan-Badlapur 3rd& 4th line (MUTP-IIIA) (14 km)                   | 1,510           |
|   10 | Kalyan-Kasara 3rd Line (67 km)                                      | 793             |
|   11 | Naigaon-Juichandra double chord Line (6 km)                         | 176             |
|   12 | Nilaje-Kopar double chord Line (5 km)                               | 338             |
|   13 | Kalyan Yard remodeling work                                         | 866             |

## New generation trains:

To enhance passenger carrying capacity, 238 rakes of 12 cars each with doors have been sanctioned under MUTP-III & IIIA at a cost of ₹19,293 crore. The process for procurement of these rakes has been taken up.

Capacity Augmentation works for Pune Area:

Presently, about 33 originating Mail/Express trains are handled daily in Pune area.

To  increase  train  handling  capacity  at  various  stations  in  Pune  area, following works have been completed/taken up/planned at various stations:

|   SN | Location      | Details                                                |
|------|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Pune Junction | 6 additional Platforms and Extension of 5 Platforms.   |
|    2 | Hadapsar      | Extension of 3 Platforms to handle full length trains. |

|   3 | Khadki    | Raising and Extension of PF-3/4 and extension of running lines completed in July'2025.   |
|-----|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   4 | Alandi    | New Coaching Terminal with 9 additional Platforms, 8 pit lines and 8 stabling lines      |
|   5 | Phursungi | 5 Stabling Lines at Phursungi                                                            |

In  addition  to  above,  following  capacity  additional  works  have  been undertaken in Pune Area to increase the train handling capacity:

|   SN | Name of Project                                                                               |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 3rd Line between Hadapsar and Ghorpuri Yard                                                   |
|    2 | New Block station at Manjari Bhadrukin Pune-Daund Section and Ramtekdi in Pune-Sasvad section |
|    3 | Bidirectional Signalling in Pune Sasvad Road Section                                          |

## Bullet Train project:

Presently, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project (508 km) is under execution. The Project is passing through the States of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli with 12 stations planned  at  Mumbai,  Thane,  Virar,  Boisar,  Vapi,  Billimora,  Surat,  Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati.

Entire land (1,389.5 Ha.) for MAHSR project has been acquired. All Statutory Clearances have been obtained.  All 1651 utilities have been shifted. The delay  in  land  acquisition  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra  has  impacted  the project till 2021. The land acquisition picked up in 2022 in Maharashtra.

The progress of various major items so far is as under:

| Item      | Progress   |
|-----------|------------|
| Piers     | 430 kms.   |
| Girder    | 341 kms.   |
| Track Bed | 174 kms.   |
| OHE Masts | 153 kms.   |

## The progress of stations is given below: -

|   S. No. | Station      | Status                                                                                                |
|----------|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Sabarmati    | Foundation works completed, Platform slab & roof structural works and finishing works are in progress |
|        2 | Ahmedabad    | Structural works completed and finishing                                                              |
|        3 | Anand/Nadiad | works have been taken up.                                                                             |
|        4 | Vadodara     | Foundation work completed, structural works and finishing works have been taken up.                   |
|        5 | Bharuch      |                                                                                                       |
|        6 | Surat        | Structural works completed and finishing works have been taken up.                                    |
|        7 | Bilimora     | Structural works completed and finishing works have been taken up.                                    |
|        8 | Vapi         | Structural works completed and finishing works have been taken up.                                    |
|        9 | Boisar       | Foundation works have been taken up and in advanced stage. Structural works have been taken up.       |
|       10 | Virar        | Foundation works have been taken up and in advanced stage. Structural works have been taken up.       |
|       11 | Thane        | Foundation works have been taken up and in advanced stage. Structural works have been taken up.       |
|       12 | BKC (Mumbai) | This is an underground station. Foundation works almost completed and Base Slab has been taken up.    |

## The progress on the River Bridges is as under: -

|   S. No. | River Name                  | Status                                                               |
|----------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Sabarmati River (480m)      | Sub-Structure work completed, Superstructure work has been taken up. |
|        2 | Meshwa River (120m)         |                                                                      |
|        3 | Vatrak River (280m)         | Bridge construction completed.                                       |
|        4 | Mohar (Shedhi) River (160m) |                                                                      |
|        5 | Mahi River (720m)           | 11 out of 12 wells completed; 5 spans launched                       |
|        6 | Vishwamitri River (80m)     | Bridge construction completed.                                       |

| 7     | Dhadhar River (120m)                    |                                                                                         |
|-------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 8     | Narmada River (1366m)                   | 21 out of 25 wells completed; 4 spans launched                                          |
| 9     | Kim River (120m)                        | Bridge construction completed.                                                          |
| 10    | Tapi River (720m)                       | Foundation work has been taken up, 10 out of 12 wells completed                         |
| 11    | Mindhola River (240m)                   |                                                                                         |
| 12    | Purna River (360m)                      |                                                                                         |
| 13    | Ambika River (200m)                     |                                                                                         |
| 14    | Venganiya River (200m)                  |                                                                                         |
| 15    | Kaveri River (120m)                     |                                                                                         |
| 16    | Kharera River (120m)                    | Bridge construction completed.                                                          |
| 17    | Auranga River (320m)                    |                                                                                         |
| 18    | Par River (320m)                        |                                                                                         |
| 19    | Kolak River (160m)                      |                                                                                         |
| 20    | Daman Ganga River (360m)                |                                                                                         |
| 21 22 | Darotha River (80m) Jagani River (360m) | Foundation works have been completed                                                    |
| 23    | Vaitarna River (2320m)                  | 12 Pile Cap and 11 Pier (out of 58) completed.                                          |
|       | Ulhas River Branch (120m)               | Temporary Access Bridge (TAB) completed to start the foundation work.                   |
| 24 25 | Desai Khadi River Bridge (400m)         | Geo-technical Investigation (GTI) has been completed and design work has been taken up. |

The work of the under-sea tunnel (approximately 21 km) has commenced, out  of  which  4.8  km  of  tunnel  between  Ghansoli  and  Shilphata  in Maharashtra has been completed.

## Dedicated freight corridor:

Western  DFC  also  passes  through  Maharashtra.  About  178  route  Km  of western DFC is situated in Maharashtra which is about 12% of overall route length of western DFC.  76 Km of this project from New  Gholvad to  New Vaitarna  in  Maharashtra  has  already  been  commissioned.  Balance  works

have been taken up. Connectivity of WDFC to JNPT will boost the capacity to handle cargo and container traffic from port to Delhi NCR.

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   | Total   | Length       | Exp.         | Exp.         | Exp.         | Exp.         | Exp.         |
|------------|---------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| Length     |         | Commissioned | up to Mar'25 | up to Mar'25 | up to Mar'25 | up to Mar'25 | up to Mar'25 |
| (km)       |         | (km)         | ( in Cr.)    | ( in Cr.)    | ( in Cr.)    | ( in Cr.)    | ( in Cr.)    |

| New Line               |   10 | 1,227   | 340   | 10,517   |
|------------------------|------|---------|-------|----------|
| Gauge Conversion       |   02 | 67      | -     | 281      |
| Doubling/Multitracking |   37 | 2,513   | 983   | 19,813   |
| Total                  |   49 | 3,807   | 1,323 | 30,611   |

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

## Recently completed projects:

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

|   S. No. | Project                                              | Cost ( 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)              | 1,766            |
|        5 | Gonda-Gorakhpur Loop Gauge Conversion (260 Km)       | 863              |
|        6 | Gonda-Bahraich Gauge Conversion (60 Km)              | 318              |
|        7 | Barabanki-Akbarpur Doubling (161 Km)                 | 1,700            |
|        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)           | 1,634            |
|       12 | Bhadoi-Janghai Doubling (31 Km)                      | 168              |
|       13 | Lahota-Bhadoi Doubling (39 Km)                       | 184              |

|   S. No. | Project                                                                             | Cost ( in Cr.)   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|       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)                                                    | 2,620            |
|       21 | Domingarh-Gorakhpur-Kusumhi - 3rd Line and Gorakhpur-Nakaha Jungle Doubling (21 Km) | 508              |
|       22 | Malhaur-Daliganj Doubling (13 Km)                                                   | 183              |
|       23 | RumaChakeri- Chandari 3 rd Line (13 Km)                                             | 177              |
|       24 | Bareilly-Pilibhit-Tanakpur Gauge Conversion (102 Km)                                | 313              |
|       25 | Rosa-SitapurCantt-Burhwal Doubling (181 Km)                                         | 2,094            |
|       26 | Jaunpur- Akbarpur (Tanda) Doubling (77 Km)                                          | 676              |
|       27 | Ramna- Renukut-Singrauli Doubling (160 Km)                                          | 2,436            |
|       28 | Janghai- Phaphamau Doubling (47 Km)                                                 | 414              |
|       29 | Varanasi-Madhosingh-Prayagraj Doubling (120 Km)                                     | 2,018            |
|       30 | Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling (32 Km)                                          | 763              |
|       31 | Deoband (Muzzafarnagar)-Roorkee (27 Km)                                             | 1,289            |
|       32 | Agra-Etawah New Line(110 Km)                                                        | 427              |
|       33 | Phephna-Indara, Mau-Shahganj Doubling (150 Km)                                      | 1,778            |

## 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 ( in Cr.)   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|     1 | Barabanki-Burhwal 3rd Line (27 Km)                                    | 426              |
|     2 | Burhwal- GondaKacheri 4 th line (56 Km)                               | 796              |
|     3 | Burhwal-Gonda 3rd Line (62 Km)                                        | 1,118            |
|     4 | Bahraich- Khalilabad New Line (240 Km)                                | 4,940            |
|     5 | Katra-AyodhyaDham Doubling (10 Km)                                    | 466              |
|     6 | Pt. DeenDayalUpadhyaya- Prayagraj 3rd Line (150 Km)                   | 2,649            |
|     7 | Billi-Chunar Doubling (102 Km)                                        | 1,424            |
|     8 | Chhapra-Ballia Doubling (65 km)                                       | 1,046            |
|     9 | Unchhar-Amethi New Line (66 Km)                                       | 1,229            |
|    10 | Etah-Kasganj New Line ( 29 Km)                                        | 389              |
|    11 | Gorakhpur- Valmikinagar Doubling (96 Km)                              | 1,121            |
|    12 | Varanasi-Pt. DeenDayalUpadhyaya 3 rd and 4 th Line (15 Km)            | 2,464            |
|    13 | Jhansi-Khairar-Manikpur&Khairar-Bhimsen Doubling (431 Km)             | 4,330            |
|    14 | Sahjanwa-Dohrighat New Line (81 Km)                                   | 1,320            |
|    15 | Kuberpur-Yamuna Bridge 3rd line (10 Km)                               | 170              |
|    16 | Prayagraj (Iradatganj)-Manikpur 3rd Line (84 km)                      | 1,508            |
|    17 | Dilkusha-Malhaur 3rd Line (8 km)                                      | 164              |
|    18 | Bypass/Chord line at AyodhyaCantt. (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)                                   | 2,529            |
|    23 | Mathura-Jhansi 3rd line (274 km)                                      | 5,924            |
|    24 | Agra Fort and Bandikui Doubling (150 km)                              | 988              |

|   SN. | Project                                     | Cost ( in Cr.)   |
|-------|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|    25 | Janghai-Pratapgarh- Amethi Doubling (87 km) | 1,197            |
|    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.

## 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,  1338  stations  have  been  identified  for  development  under  Amrit Bharat  Station  Scheme.  Out  of  these,  80  stations  are  located  in  Madhya Pradesh,  132  stations  are  located  in  Maharashtra  and  157  stations  are located in Uttar Pradesh.

The names of stations identified for development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are as following:

| State          |   No. of Stations | Names of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh |                80 | Akodia, Amla, Anuppur, Ashoknagar, Balaghat, Banapura, Bargawan, Beohari, Berchha, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Bijuri, Bina, BiyavraRajgarh, Chhindwara, Dabra, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Gadarwara, Ganjbasoda, Ghoradongri, Guna, Gwalior, |

| State       | No. of Stations   | Names of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|-------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|             |                   | Harda, Harpalpur, Indore Jn, Itarsi Jn, Jabalpur, Junnor Deo, Kareli, Katni Jn, KatniMurwara, Katni South, Khachrod, Khajuraho Jn, Khandwa, Khirkiya, Laxmi Bai Nagar, Maihar, Maksi Jn, Mandla Fort, Mandsor, MCS Chhatarpur, Meghnagar, Morena, Multai, Nagda Jn, Nainpur Jn, Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad), Narsinghpur, Nepanagar, Nimuch, Orchha, Pandhurna, Pipariya, Ratlam, Rewa, Ruthiyai, Sanchi, Sant Hirdaram Nagar, Satna, Saugor, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Shamgarh, Sheopur Kalan, Shivpuri, Shridham, Shujalpur, Sihora Road, Singrauli, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Umaria, Vidisha, Vikramgarh Alot |
| Maharashtra | 132               | Ahmednagar, Ajni (Nagpur), Akalkot Road, Akola, Akurdi, Amalner, Amgaon, Amravati, Andheri, Badnera, Balharshah, Bandra Terminus, Baramati, Belapur, Bhandara Road, Bhokar, Bhusawal, Borivali, Byculla, Chalisgaon, Chanda Fort, Chandrapur, Charni Road, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Chinchpokli, Chinchwad, Dadar (CR), Dadar (WR), Dahisar, Daund, Dehu Road, Devlali,                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

| State   | No. of Stations   | Names of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                   | Dhamangaon, Dharangaon, Dharashiv, Dharmabad, Dhule, Diva, Dudhani, Gangakher , Godhani, Gondia, Grant Road, Hadapsar, Hatkanangale, Hazur Sahib Nanded, Himayatnagar, Hinganghat, Hingoli Deccan, Igatpuri, Jalgaon, Jalna, Jeur, Jogeshwari, Kalyan Jn, Kamptee, Kandivali, Kanjur Marg, Karad, Katol, Kedgaon, Kinwat, Kopargaon, Kurduwadi Jn, Kurla Jn, Lasalgaon, Latur, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Lonand Jn, Lonavla, Lower Parel, Malad, Malkapur, Manmad Jn, Manwath Road, Marine Lines, Matunga, Miraj Jn, Mudkhed Jn, Mumbai Central, Mumbra, Murtizapur Jn, Nagarsol, Nagpur Jn, Nandgaon, Nandura, Nandurbar, Narkher Jn, Nashik Road, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction, Pachora Jn, Palghar, Pandharpur, Panvel Jn, Parbhani Jn, Parel, Parli Vaijnath, Partur, Phaltan, Prabhadevi, Pulgaon Jn, Pune Jn, Purna Jn, Raver, Rotegaon, Sainagar Shirdi, Sandhurst Road, Sangli, Satara, Savda, Selu, Sewagram, Shahad, Shegaon, Shivaji Nagar Pune, Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur, Solapur, Talegaon, Thakurli, Thane, Titvala, Tumsar |

| State         | No. of Stations   | Names of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|---------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|               |                   | Road, Umri, Uruli, Vadala Road, Vidyavihar, Vikhroli, Wadsa, Wardha, Washim, Wathar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 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, ChandauliMajhwar, Chandausi, Chilbila, Chitrakutdhamkarwi, 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, Kannauj, Kanpur Anwarganj, Kanpur Bridge Left Bank, |

| State   | No. of Stations   | Names of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                   | 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 |

| State   | No. of Stations   | Names of Stations            |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------------|
|         |                   | Jhansi, Vyasnagar, Zafarabad |

## Completed Stations

Development works at railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have been taken up at a good pace and the works have been completed at following stations of these states:

| State          |   No. of stations | Name of stations                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh |                15 | Beohari, Bhind, Chhindwara, Harpalpur, Junnor Deo, Katni South, MCS Chhatarpur, Nainpur Jn, Narmadapuram, Orchha, Sanchi, Seoni, Shajapur, Shridham, Vidisha                                                             |
| Maharashtra    |                17 | Amgaon, Baramati, Chanda Fort, Chinchpokli, Devlali, Dhule, Kedgaon, Lasalgaon, Lonand Jn, Matunga, Murtizapur Jn, Nandura, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction, Parel, Savda, Shahad, Vadala Road               |
| 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 of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh is as given below:

## Madhya Pradesh

-  Gwalior station: The structural works of arrival and departure buildings at West side, concourse, mezzanine, air concourse and Foot Over Bridge at  Jhansi  end  have  been  completed.  The  block  work  of  arrival  and departure building at East side, arrival passage, platform refurbishment, air concourse, central roof and Foot Over Bridge at Agra end have been taken up.
-  Saugor station: The works of improvement of station building, new entry and  exit  porches,  platform  raising  and  surfacing  of  platform  no.  1, improvement of waiting hall, new toilet block and Divyangjan facilities have been completed. The works of circulating area, parking and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.
-  Bhind station: The works of improvement of station building, platform surfacing,  platform  shelter,  improvement  of  toilet,  circulating  area, approach road, main entrance gate, Divyangjan facilities and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The work of lift has been taken up.
-  Dabra  Station:  The  works  of  improvement  of  station  building,  porch, platform shelter, circulating area and approach  road, have been completed. The work of 12 m Foot Over Bridge has been taken up.

## Maharashtra

-  Palghar station: The works of new platform shelter at platform no. 2/3, platform surfacing, new coping blocks and tactile tile work at platform no. 4 have been completed. The works of utility shifting and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.
-  Diva station: The works of improvement of station building, circulating area  and  parking  on  East  side,  new  entry  gate,  platform  raising  and flooring of platform no. 5/6 and 7/8, platform shelter at platform no. 7/8, new toilet block, sewage treatment plant on West side, improvement of Foot Over Bridge at Kalyan end and Mumbai end have been completed. The works of new 6 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.
-  Mumbra station: The works for improvement of platform surface, seating arrangement, new toilet block, improvement of booking office, circulating area, sewage treatment plant and flooring of Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The work of escalator has been taken up.
-  Titwala station: The works for station building, entrance gate, platform surfacing,  improvement  of  ticket  booking  office,  toilet  block,  sewage treatment plant and improvement of two wheeler parking and approach road on East and West side have been completed. The work of new 6 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.

## Uttar Pradesh

-  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.

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.

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 station-wise or statewise.

Madhya Pradesh is covered under the jurisdiction of seven railway zones, namely Central Railway, East Central Railway, North Central Railway, South Central  Railway,  South  East  Central  Railway,  West  Central  Railway  and

Western Railway. For these zones, an allocation of ₹ 5,801 crore has been made for  the  financial  year  2025-26,  out  of  which  an  expenditure  (up  to February, 2026) of ₹ 5,681 crore has been incurred so far.

Maharashtra is covered under the jurisdiction of four railway zones, namely, Central  Railway,  South  Central  Railway,  South  East  Central  Railway  and Western Railway. For these zones, an allocation of ₹ 3,834 crore has been made for  the  financial  year  2025-26,  out  of  which  an  expenditure  (up  to February, 2026) of ₹ 3,886 crore has been incurred so far.

Uttar Pradesh is covered under the jurisdiction of five railway zones, namely East  Central  Railway,  North  Central  Railway,  Northern  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.

Indian  Railways  (IR)  is  focussed  on  providing  affordable,  good  quality services to all sections of society. With a view to improve travel experience of the passengers, Indian Railways have introduced indigenously designed and manufactured Vande Bharat (Sleeper & Chair Car), Amrit Bharat, Namo Bharat Rapid Rail services with modern coaches, advanced safety features and passenger amenities.

Vande Bharat services (Chair Car):

Indian Railways, with a view to improve travel experience of the passengers, have  introduced  indigenously  designed  and  manufactured  Vande  Bharat trains  with  modern  coaches,  advanced  safety  features  and  passenger amenities. These Vande Bharat Chair Car Trains have following features:

- Jerk Free Semi-Permanent couplers.

- Fitted with KAVACH
- Centrally  controlled  Automatic  Plug  Doors  and  Fully  Sealed  wider gangways.
- Emergency Alarm Push buttons and Talk Back Units on all Coaches.
- Improved fire  safety  -  Aerosol  based fire  detection  and  suppression system in electrical cabinets and lavatories.
- Higher acceleration with design/operating speed of 180/160 KMPH.
- Driver-Guard  communication  with  voice  recording  facility  &  Crash hardened memory.
- Air conditioning units provided with indigenously developed UV-C lamp based disinfection system for deactivating 99% harmful bacteria from conditioned air to improve the hygiene standards inside the passenger area.
- Better Ride Comfort.
- CCTVs in all Coaches.
- For Divyangjan passengers special lavatory in the driving coaches on each end.
- Coach  condition  monitoring  System  (CCMS)  display  with  remote monitoring.

As on 18.03.2026, the following 162 Vande Bharat train services (Chair Car) are being operated on the Indian Railways network, as under:-

|   SN | Train No. and Name                                                       |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 22435/22436 New Delhi - Varanasi Vande Bharat Express                    |
|    2 | 22439/22440 Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra - New Delhi Vande Bharat Express |
|    3 | 20901/20902 Gandhinagar Capital - Mumbai Central Vande Bharat Express    |
|    4 | 22447/22448 Amb Andura - New Delhi Vande Bharat Express                  |

|   5 | 20607/20608 Mysuru - MGR Chennai Central Vande Bharat Express                      |
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|   6 | 20825/20826 Nagpur - Bilaspur Vande Bharat Express                                 |
|   7 | 22301/22302 New Jalpaiguri - Howrah Vande Bharat Express                           |
|   8 | 20833/20834 Secunderabad - Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express                      |
|   9 | 22223/22224 Sainagar Shirdi - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Vande Bharat Express |
|  10 | 22225/22226 Solapur - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Vande Bharat Express         |
|  11 | 20171/20172 Nizamuddin - Rani Kamlapati Vande Bharat Express                       |
|  12 | 20701/20702 Tirupati - Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express                           |
|  13 | 20643/20644 Coimbatore - Chennai Vande Bharat Express                              |
|  14 | 20977/20978 Chandigarh - Ajmer Vande Bharat Express                                |
|  15 | 20633/20634 Thiruvananthapuram- Kasargod Vande Bharat Express                      |
|  16 | 22895/22896 Puri - Howrah Vande Bharat Express                                     |
|  17 | 22457/22458 Dehradun - Anand Vihar Vande Bharat Express                            |
|  18 | 22227/22228 Guwahati - New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express                         |
|  19 | 20911/20912 Nagpur - Indore Vande Bharat Express                                   |
|  20 | 22229/22230 Madgaon - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Vande Bharat Express         |
|  21 | 22349/22350 Ranchi - Patna Vande Bharat Express                                    |
|  22 | 20661/20662 Dharwar - Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express                               |
|  23 | 20173/20174 Rewa - Rani Kamlapati Vande Bharat Express                             |
|  24 | 22549/22550 Gorakhpur - Prayagraj Vande Bharat Express                             |
|  25 | 12461/12462 Sabarmati - Jodhpur Vande Bharat Express                               |

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|   26 | 22925/22926 Okha - Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express                         |
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|   27 | 20665/20666 Tirunelveli - Chennai Egmore Vande Bharat Express             |
|   28 | 20677/20678 Narsapur - Chennai Vande Bharat Express                       |
|   29 | 20703/20704 Yesvantpur - Kacheguda Vande Bharat Express                   |
|   30 | 20631/20632 Thiruvananthapuram- Mangaluru Vande Bharat Express            |
|   31 | 26963/26964 Udaipur - Asarva Vande Bharat Express                         |
|   32 | 22347/22348 Patna - Howrah Vande Bharat Express                           |
|   33 | 20835/20836 Puri - Rourkela Vande Bharat Express                          |
|   34 | 20897/20898 Ranchi - Howrah Vande Bharat Express                          |
|   35 | 22415/22416 New Delhi - Varanasi Vande Bharat Express                     |
|   36 | 20641/20642 Coimbatore - Bengaluru Cant Vande Bharat Express              |
|   37 | 20645/20646 Mangaluru - Madgaon Vande Bharat Express                      |
|   38 | 20705/20706 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) - Nanded Vande Bharat Express |
|   39 | 22477/22478 Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra - New Delhi Vande Bharat Express  |
|   40 | 22425/22426 Anand Vihar - Ayodhya Cantt. Vande Bharat Express             |
|   41 | 22487/22488 Amritsar - Delhi Vande Bharat Express                         |
|   42 | 22962/22961 Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express               |
|   43 | 20707/20708 Visakhapatnam - Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express             |
|   44 | 20663/20664 Chennai - Mysuru Vande Bharat Express                         |
|   45 | 22233/22234 Patna - New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express                   |
|   46 | 22470/22469 Khajuraho - Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express                   |

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|   47 | 22231/22232 Bengaluru - Kalburagi Vande Bharat Express                |
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|   48 | 20841/20842 Visakhapatnam - Bhubaneswar Vande Bharat Express          |
|   49 | 22345/22346 Gomti Nagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express                  |
|   50 | 20887/20888 Varanasi - Ranchi Vande Bharat Express                    |
|   51 | 22545/22546 Dehradun - Lucknow Vande Bharat Express                   |
|   52 | 22490/22489 Varanasi - Meerut City Vande Bharat Express               |
|   53 | 20627/20628 Nagercoil - Chennai Egmore Vande Bharat Express           |
|   54 | 20671/20672 Bengaluru Cantt - Madurai Vande Bharat Express            |
|   55 | 22500/22499 Deoghar - Varanasi Vande Bharat Express                   |
|   56 | 22309/22310 Jamalpur - Howrah Vande Bharat Express                    |
|   57 | 20871/20872 Rourkela - Howrah Vande Bharat Express                    |
|   58 | 20893/20894 Patna - Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express                    |
|   59 | 20892/20891 Tatanagar - Brahmapur Vande Bharat Express                |
|   60 | 22303/22304 Gaya - Howrah Vande Bharat Express                        |
|   61 | 20669/20670 Pune - Hubballi Vande Bharat Express                      |
|   62 | 20673/20674 Pune - Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj (T) Vande Bharat Express |
|   63 | 20101/20102 Secunderabad - Nagpur Vande Bharat Express                |
|   64 | 20829/20830 Visakhapatnam - Durg Vande Bharat Express                 |
|   65 | 21893/21894 Patna - Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express                    |
|   66 | 21895/21896 Patna - Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express                    |
|   67 | 20176/20175 Banaras - Agra Cantt. Vande Bharat Express                |
|   68 | 26901/26902 Veraval - Sabarmati Vande Bharat Express                  |

|   69 | 26401/26402 Srinagar - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express   |
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|   70 | 26403/26404 Srinagar -Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express    |
|   71 | 26502/26501 Patliputra - Gorakhpur Vande Bharat Express                    |
|   72 | 26751/26752 KSR Bengaluru - Belagavi Vande Bharat Express                  |
|   73 | 26406/26405 Amritsar - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express   |
|   74 | 26101/26102 Pune - Ajni Vande Bharat Express                               |
|   75 | 26302/26301 Jogbani - Danapur Vande Bharat Express                         |
|   76 | 26481/26482 Delhi Cantt - Jodhpur Vande Bharat Express                     |
|   77 | 26471/26472 Delhi Cantt - Bikaner Vande Bharat Express                     |
|   78 | 26462/26461 Delhi - Firozpur Cantt. Vande Bharat Express                   |
|   79 | 26651/26652 Ernakulam - KSR Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express                 |
|   80 | 26506/26505 Khajuraho - Banaras Vande Bharat Express                       |
|   81 | 26504/26503 Saharanpur - Gomtinagar Vande Bharat Express                   |

## Vande Bharat Sleeper Train services:

For long distance travel the Sleeper variant of Vande Bharat Express has been indigenously  designed  and  developed.  Two  such  trains  have  already  been manufactured. After extensive trials, these trains have been introduced on Indian  Railways. The  First  Vande  Bharat  Sleeper  service  viz.  27575/27576 Howrah-Kamakhya Vande Bharat Sleeper Express has commenced regular operation w.e.f. 22.01.2026.

The  process  of  development  of  new  rolling  stocks  like  Vande  Sleeper necessitates a holistic approach, combining technological innovation, strategic planning  and  manufacturing  to ensure a safe, reliable and

comfortable travel. This involves development of prototype, extensive testing and trials followed by series production.

To improve travel experience of the passengers and set new benchmarks in terms of safe and comfortable journey, these train sets have been provided with  modern  coaches  having  advanced  safety  features  and  passenger amenities like:

- Jerk-Free Semi permanent couplers and Anti Climbers.
- Fitted with KAVACH.
- Higher acceleration with design/operating speed of 180/160 KMPH.
- Crashworthy Design of Car body complying with EN standards.
- Fire  barrier  doors  at  the  end  of  each  coach  for  compliance  of  Fire Safety standards.
- Aerosol  based  fire  detection  and  suppression  system  in  electrical cabinets and lavatories.
- Regenerative braking system for energy efficiency.
- Air conditioning units provided with indigenously developed UV-C lamp based disinfection system for deactivating 99% harmful bacteria from conditioned air to improve the hygiene standards inside the passenger area.
- Centrally  controlled  Automatic  Plug  Doors  and  Fully  Sealed  wider gangways.
- CCTVs in all coaches.
- Emergency talk-back unit for communication between Passenger and Train Manager/Loco Pilot in case of emergency.
- For Divyangjan passengers special lavatory in the driving coaches on each end.
- Centralized Coach Monitoring System for better condition monitoring of passenger amenities such as Air conditioning, Saloon Lighting etc.
- Ergonomically designed ladder for ease of climbing on to upper berths.

As on 18.03.2026, the following 02 Vande Bharat train services (Sleeper Car) are being operated on the Indian Railways network:

|   SN | Train No. and Name                                         |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 27575/27576 Howrah - Kamakhya Vande Bharat Sleeper Express |

## Amrit Bharat service:

To provide affordable means of transportation to the low and middle income  families, Indian Railways have introduced Amrit Bharat services that are fully non-AC modern trains. The present composition of Amrit Bharat consists of 11 General Class coaches, 8 Sleeper Class coaches, 01 Pantry car and 02 Luggage cum Divyangjan coaches.

High Speed and enhanced Safety standards are the hallmarks of these trains with following enhanced features and amenities:

- i. Better aesthetics of seat and berths with enhanced look & feel on the lines of Vande Bharat Sleeper.
- ii. Jerk Free Semi-Automatic Couplers.
- iii. Improved  Crashworthiness  in  coaches  by  provision  of  crash tube.
- iv. Provision of CCTV system in all coaches.
- v. Improved designs of toilets.
- vi. Improved design of Ladder for ease of climbing on to the berth.
- vii. Improved LED Light fitting & Charging Sockets.
- viii. Provision of EP assisted braking system.
- ix. Aerosol based fire suppression system in toilets and electrical cubicles.
- x. USB Type-A and Type-C mobile charging sockets.
- xi. Emergency  Talk  Back  system  for  two-way  communication between Passenger and Guard/Train Manager.
- xii. Non-AC pantry with enhanced heating capacity.

## xiii. Fully sealed gangways with quick release mechanism for easy attachment and detachment.

As on 18.03.2026, the following 60 Amrit Bharat Express services are being operated on the Indian Railways network:

|   SN | Train No. and Name                                                   |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 11015/11016 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Saharsa Amrit Bharat Express        |
|    2 | 13697/13698 Gaya - Delhi Amrit Bharat Express                        |
|    3 | 15293/15294 Muzaffarpur - Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express           |
|    4 | 15557/15558 Darbhanga - Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express         |
|    5 | 15561/15562 Darbhanga - Gomtinagar Amrit Bharat Express              |
|    6 | 15567/15568 Bapudham Motihari - Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express |
|    7 | 22361/22362 Rajendranagar (T) - New Delhi Amrit Bharat Express       |
|    8 | 13433/13434 SMVT Bengaluru - Malda Town Amrit Bharat Express         |
|    9 | 13435/13436 Malda Town - Gomtinagar Amrit Bharat Express             |
|   10 | 15133/15134 Chhapra - Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express           |
|   11 | 14047/14048 Sitamarhi - Delhi Amrit Bharat Express                   |
|   12 | 14627/14628 Saharsa - Chheharta Amrit Bharat Express                 |
|   13 | 19623/19624 Madar - Darbhanga Amrit Bharat Express                   |
|   14 | 16601/16602 Erode - Jogbani Amrit Bharat Express                     |
|   15 | 19021/19022 Udhna - Brahmapur Amrit Bharat Express                   |
|   16 | 15671/15672 Kamakhya - Rohtak Amrit Bharat Express                   |
|   17 | 20609/20610 New Jalpaiguri - Tiruchchirappalli Amrit Bharat Express  |
|   18 | 16597/16598 SMVT Bengaluru - Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express         |

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|   19 | 11031/11032 Panvel - Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express                    |
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|   20 | 16107/16108 Tambaram - Santragachi Amrit Bharat Express                 |
|   21 | 13065/13066 Howrah - Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express               |
|   22 | 22587/22588 Sealdah - Banaras Amrit Bharat Express                      |
|   23 | 20603/20604 New Jalpaiguri - Nagercoil Amrit Bharat Express             |
|   24 | 15949/15950 Dibrugarh - Gomti Nagar Amrit Bharat Express                |
|   25 | 16121/16122 Tambaram - Thiruvananthapuram Central Amrit Bharat Express  |
|   26 | 16329/16330 Nagercoil - Mangaluru Amrit Bharat Express                  |
|   27 | 17041/17042 Charlapalli - Thiruvananthapuram North Amrit Bharat Express |
|   28 | 16619/16620 Podanur-Dhanbad Amrit Bharat Express                        |
|   29 | 16357/16358 Nagercoil-Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express                  |
|   30 | 15673/15674 Charlapalli - Kamakhya Amrit Bharat Express                 |

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