Lok Sabha Question No. 3406 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: Metre Gauge Rail Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: HARIOM SINGH RATHORE, ANOOP MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 3406 TO  BE  ANSWERED ON 10.08.2015

## METRE GAUGE RAIL LINE

†3406. SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE: SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the total length of railway lines in the  country  at   present,  zonewise  and gauge-wise;
- (b)     the details of surveys undertaken for laying of  new   railway  lines In  the  country  including  Morena area of  Madhya Pradesh during the last three years and the current  year, zone-wise;
- (c) the number and details of such metre  gauge lines which have not been converted into broad gauge as on date,  State/Zone-wise;
- (d) whether the Railways have any plan to convert these metre gauge lines into  broad gauge;  and
- (e) if  so,  details thereof and the time by which all these metre gauge lines are likely to  be  converted  into   broad  gauge rail lines?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (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 UNSTARRED   QUESTION NO.3406 BY SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE AND SHRI ANOOP MISHRA TO   BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 10.08.2015  REGARDING  METRE  GAUGE RAIL  LINE

(a): As  on  31.03.2015,  the  Railway  network  (route  kilometres)  zonewise & gauge-wise is as under:-

(PR0VISIONAL)

| S.No.       | RAILWAYS              | B.G.         | M.G.    |    N.G. |    Total |
|-------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------|---------|----------|
| 1           | CENTRAL               | 3743.11      | 0.00    |  298.61 |  4041.72 |
| 2           | EASTERN               | 2574.33      | 0.00    |   91.57 |  2665.90 |
| 3           | EAST CENTRAL          | 3447.50      | 344.00  |    0.00 |  3791.50 |
| 4           | EAST COAST            | 2678.87      | 0.00    |    0.00 |  2678.87 |
| 5           | NORTHERN              | 6960.45      | 0.00    |  260.85 |  7221.30 |
| 6           | NORTH CENTRAL 2916.10 |              | 11.48   |  288.59 |  3216.17 |
| 7           | NORTH EASTERN 2846.14 |              | 1022.67 |    0.00 |  3868.81 |
| 8           | NORTHEAST FRONTIER    | 3306.84      | 601.32  |   87.48 |  3995.64 |
| 9           | NORTH WESTERN         | 4565.72      | 988.37  |    0.00 |  5554.09 |
| 10          | SOUTHERN              | 4612.49      | 466.25  |    0.00 |  5078.74 |
| 11          | SOUTH CENTRAL         | 5746.16      | 175.93  |    0.00 |  5922.09 |
| 12          | SOUTH EASTERN         | 2722.12      | 0.00    |    0.00 |  2722.12 |
| 13          | CENTRAL               | 1777.62 0.00 |         |  711.01 |  2488.63 |
| 14          | SOUTH WESTERN         | 3322.12      | 0.00    |    0.00 |  3322.12 |
| 15          | WESTERN               | 4583.37      | 1297.32 |  558.90 |  6439.59 |
| 16          | WEST CENTRAL          | 2995.07      | 0.00    |    0.00 |  2995.07 |
| 17          | METRO RAILWAY         | 27.28        | 0.00    |    0.00 |    27.28 |
| GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL           | 58825.29     | 4907.34 | 2297.01 | 66029.64 |

……..2/-

## (b) : Zone-wise details of surveys undertaken for laying of new railway lines in the  country that includes Morena area of Madhya Pradesh is as detailed below:-

| S.No.              |   Zonal Railway |   Survey completed during last three years & current year | Survey in progress during last three years & current year   |
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                  |               9 |                                                        21 |                                                             |
| 2 Eastern          |               2 |                                                         4 | Central                                                     |
| East Central       |               4 |                                                        25 | 3                                                           |
| East Coast         |              12 |                                                        13 | 4                                                           |
| Northern           |              16 |                                                        36 | 5                                                           |
| North Central      |               8 |                                                        10 | 6                                                           |
| North Eastern      |               3 |                                                        18 | 7                                                           |
| Northeast Frontier |              12 |                                                         4 | 8                                                           |
| North Western      |              19 |                                                         7 | 9                                                           |
| Southern           |              20 |                                                        13 | 10                                                          |
| South Central      |               9 |                                                        15 | 11                                                          |
| South Eastern      |               5 |                                                         3 | 12                                                          |
| South East Central |               6 |                                                        33 | 13                                                          |
| South Western      |              10 |                                                        20 | 14                                                          |
| Western            |               5 |                                                        25 | 15                                                          |
| West Central       |               5 |                                                        13 | 16                                                          |

…….3/-

## (c): As  on  31.03.2015,  details  of  Metre  Gauge  lines  State-wise are as under:-

| S.No.               | NAME OF STATE   | METRE GAUGE ROUTE KILOMETRES   |
|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|
| 1                   | ANDHRA PRADESH  | 0.00                           |
| 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 1.26            |                                |
| 3 ASSAM             |                 | 379.31                         |
| 4 BIHAR             | 454.24          |                                |
| 5 CHHATISGARH       | 0.00            |                                |
| 6 DELHI             | 0.00            |                                |
| 7 GOA               | 0.00            |                                |
| 8                   | GUJARAT         | 1193.04                        |
| 9 HARYANA           | 13.58           |                                |
| 10 HIMACHAL         | PRADESH         | 0.00                           |
| 11 JAMMU & KASHMIR  | 0.00            |                                |
| 12 JHARKHAND        |                 | 0.00                           |
| 13 KARNATAKA        |                 | 0.00                           |
| 14                  | KERALA          | 72.09                          |
| 15 MADHYA PRADESH   |                 | 233.69                         |
| 16 MAHARASHTRA      |                 | 105.75                         |
| 17                  | MANIPUR         | 1.35                           |
| 18                  | MEGHALAYA       | 0.00                           |
| 19                  | MIZORAM         | 1.50                           |
| 20                  | NAGALAND        | 1.72                           |
| 21 ODISHA           |                 | 0.00                           |
| 22 PUNJAB           |                 | 0.00                           |
| 23 RAJASTHAN        |                 | 915.56                         |
| 24                  | SIKKIM          | 0.00                           |
| 25 TAMIL NADU       |                 | 394.16                         |
| 26 TELANGANA        |                 | 0.00                           |
| 27                  | TRIPURA         | 151.40                         |
| 28                  | UTTARAKHAND     | 42.15                          |
| 29 UTTAR PRADESH    |                 | 883.23                         |
| 30                  | WEST BENGAL     | 63.31                          |
| 1                   | CHANDIGARH      | 0.00                           |
| 2 PUDUCHERRY        |                 | 0.00                           |
| TOTAL: ALL INDIA    |                 | 4907.34                        |

- (d) & (e): Gauge  Conversion  is  a   continuous  process.   As   on 01.04.2015, Indian Railways have taken up 42 numbers of gauge conversion projects. Out of total 4,907 kilometres of Metre Gauge lines, 3,766 kilometres has been  sanctioned  for  conversion  and  1,141  kilometres has not been sanctioned for conversion.

Due  to  huge  throw  forward  &  limited  availability  of resources, deadline for every project is not feasible to be  fixed.    Targets  for  completion  of  projects  are decided annually depending upon availability of resources  and  progress  made  on  individual  project. Therefore, it is not possible to fix timelines for completion of all these gauge conversion projects.

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