Lok Sabha Question No. 4354 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-18
Subject: Railway Crossings on National Highways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4354

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026

## RAILWAY CROSSINGS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

## †4354. SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  railway  crossings  on  National  Highways  in  the  country, State/UT and district- wise;
- (b)  the  details  of  unmanned  and  manned  railway  crossings  on  National Highways in the country particularly in Gujarat; and
- (c)  the  time  by  which  unmanned  railway  crossings  are  likely  to  be converted into manned railway crossings?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  to  (c):  As  on  01.04.2025, 359 Manned Level Crossings (MLCs) exist on National Highways in the country. This includes 07 Nos. MLCs in Gujarat. Further, all Unmanned level crossings (UMLCs) on Broad Gauge (BG) lines in the country have been eliminated in 2019.

Level  Crossings  (LCs)  are  eliminated  either  by  providing  Road  over Bridges/ Road under Bridges (ROBs/ RUBs) in lieu of LCs or through direct closure  (for  low  traffic  LCs)  or  by  diversion  of  road  traffic  to  nearby ROB/RUB/LC depending upon the site conditions.

Sanctioning  of  works  of  Road  over  Bridge  (ROB)/Road  under  Bridge (RUB) in lieu of Level crossings (LCs) is a continuous and dynamic process of Indian Railway. Such works are prioritised and taken up on the basis of

its impact on safety in train operations, mobility of trains & impact for road users and feasibility etc.

No. of ROBs/ RUBs constructed on Indian Railways during the period 2004-14 vis a vis 2014-26 (Upto Jan'26) is as under:

| Period                | ROBs/ RUBs constructed                                        |
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2004-14               | 4,148 Nos.                                                    |
| 2014-26 (Upto Jan'26) | 14,024 Nos. ( including 1,196 Nos. of ROBs/ RUBs in Gujarat ) |

As on 01.02.2026, 4,802 Nos. ROBs/ RUBs are sanctioned at cost of ₹ 1,14,196  Cr  on  Indian  Railways  including  384  Nos.  Road  Over  Bridge (ROB)/Road Under Bridge (RUB) at a cost of ₹ 8,555 Cr in Gujarat which are at various stages of planning and execution.

As  per  the  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MOU)  between  Ministry  of Railway  and  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and  Highways/National  Highway Authority  of  India  (MoRTH/NHAI)  dt.  10.11.2014,  MoRTH/NHAI  has  to replace all LCs on National Highways by ROBs/RUBs on single entity basis at their cost.

Completion of any ROB/RUB work depends on various factors like, fixing of  approach  alignment,  approval  of  General  Arrangement  Drawing  (GAD), land  acquisition,  removal  of  encroachment,  shifting  of  infringing  utilities, statutory  clearances  from  various  authorities,  law  and  order  situation  in the  area of project / work sites, number of working months in a year for particular  project  /  work  sites  due  to  climatic  conditions  etc.  All  these factors affect the completion time of the projects / works.

Further, Railways  have  taken  following measures  to  expedite  the progress of work:

i. Joint  survey  with  concerned  State  Govt./Road  Owning  Authority  is done  before  finalizing  the  General  Arrangement  Drawing   (GAD)  to ensure smooth execution. ii. Periodic meetings of Railway & State Government officials are done to resolve various issues related to ROB/RUB works. iii. Standardization of superstructure drawings for various combinations of  span,  skewness  and  width  of  road  on  Railway  portion  has  been done to avoid delays during the design approval. This has been issued in  the form of compendium, which can be directly adopted for Road Over Bridge across Railway lines for expeditious planning.

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