Lok Sabha Question No. 1829 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-10
Subject: Double/Triple/Quadruple Rail Line in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke, Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

(a) to (f):

Maharashtra:

Railway infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1829 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2025

## DOUBLE/TRIPLE/QUADRUPLE RAIL LINE IN MAHARASHTRA AND MADHYA PRADESH

†1829.   SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE:

DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE:

SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM:

SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the works related to the construction of double/triple/quadruple  railway  lines  completed  in  Maharashtra  and Madhya Pradesh during the last three years, station and district-wise;
- (b) the amount spent by the Government for the said works so far and the present completion status thereof;
- (c) whether the said work is being carried out in a sluggish manner;
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (e) the effective steps being taken by the Government for timely completion of the said works; and
- (f) the station-wise details of the progress made so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

are covered under Central Railway (CR), South Central Railway (SCR), Western Railway (WR), South East Central Railway (SECR) and South Western Railway (SWR) zones of Indian Railways.

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) |

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

| Period   | New track    | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------|---------------------------------------|
|          | Commissioned |                                       |
| 2009-14  | 292 Km       | 58.4 Km/year                          |
| 2014-25  | 2,292 Km     | 208.36 Km/year (More than 3 times)    |

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      | Total (in   | Length Commissioned Upto Mar'25 (Km)   | Exp. upto Mar'25 (₹ in Cr.)   |
|------------------|------------|-------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|                  | sanctioned | Length      |                                        |                               |
|                  | Projects   | Km)         |                                        |                               |
| New Line         | 11         | 1,355       | 234                                    | 10,504                        |
| Gauge Conversion | 02         |             | 334                                    |                               |
|                  |            | 609         |                                        | 4,286                         |

| Doubling/     | 25   | 3,134   | 1,792   | 24,617   |
|---------------|------|---------|---------|----------|
| Multitracking |      |         |         |          |
| Total         | 38   | 5,098   | 2,360   | 39,407   |

## 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 | Manmad-Jalgaon 3rd line (160 Km)            | 2,574               |
|       3 | Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km)   | 2,005               |
|       4 | Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km) | 1,512               |
|       5 | Panvel-Pen Doubling (35 Km)                 | 263                 |
|       6 | Pen-Roha Doubling (40 Km)                   | 330                 |
|       7 | Udhna-Jalgaon Doubling (307 Km)             | 2,448               |
|       8 | Mudkhed-Parbhani Doubling (81 Km)           | 673                 |
|       9 | Bhusawal-Jalgaon 3rd line (24 Km)           | 325                 |
|      10 | Jalgaon-Bhusawal 4th line (24 Km)           | 261                 |
|      11 | Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 Km)            | 3,182               |

Some of the main projects falling fully/partly in the Maharashtra which have been taken up are as under:

|   S.No. | Name of the project                               | Cost (₹ In crore)   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Ahilyanagar-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   |

Further,  during    the  last  three  years  i.e.  2022-23,  2023-24,  2024-25  and  the current financial year 2025-26, 98 surveys (29 New Line, 2 Gauge Conversion and 67 Doubling) of total length 8,603 Km falling fully/ partly in the State of Maharashtra,  have been sanctioned.

## MADHYA PRADESH:

Railway projects falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh are covered under North Central Railway (NCR), West Central Railway (WCR), East Central Railway  (ECR),  Western  Railway  (WR),  Central  Railway  (CR),  South  Central Railway (SCR) and South East Central Railway (SECR) zones of Indian Railways.

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) |

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  | 2,651 Km                 | 241 Km/year (More than 8 times)       |

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  ₹89,543  crore  falling fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  have  been  sanctioned.  The summary is as under:

| Plan Head                |   No. of projects | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissioned (in Km)   | Exp. upto March 2025 (₹ 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                  | 2,092                         | 41,401                           |

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 | Guna-Etawah New Line (348 Km) |                  683 |

|   2. | Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km)                        | 2,005   |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|    3 | Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km)                      | 1,512   |
|    4 | Chhindwara-Mandla Fort Gauge Conversion (182 Km)                 | 1,268   |
|    5 | Ghat Pindari-Balkheda Doubling (6 Km)                            | 29      |
|    6 | Guna-Ruthiyai Doubling (20 Km)                                   | 175     |
|    7 | Khodri-Anuppur Doubling (62 Km)                                  | 489     |
|    8 | Jukhei Chord line, Bye Passing the Katni Yard (2 Km)             | 12      |
|    9 | Sontalai-Bagratawa Doubling (7 Km)                               | 110     |
|   10 | Itarsi-Budhni 3rd line (25 Km)                                   | 286     |
|   11 | Teegaon-Chichonda Ghat Section 3rd line (17 Km)                  | 176     |
|   12 | Bhopal-Bina 3rd line (145 km)                                    | 1,075   |
|   13 | Barkhera-Bhopal 3rd line (41 km)                                 | 473     |
|   14 | Nagda-Ujjain Doubling of Gambhir Bridge (2 Km)                   | 28      |
|   15 | Pendra Road-Anuppur 3rd line (50 Km)                             | 394     |
|   16 | Bina-Kota Doubling (283 km)                                      | 2,477   |
|   17 | Nimach-Chittaurgarh Doubling (56 Km)                             | 560     |
|   18 | Khodri-Anuppur Doubling with flyover at Bilaspur (72 Km)         | 792     |
|   19 | Budhni-Barkhera 3rd line (27 Km)                                 | 1,703   |
|   20 | Indore-Dewas-Ujjain Doubling (79 Km)                             | 757     |
|   21 | Powerkheda-Jujharpur Single line flyover in UP direction (16 Km) | 443     |
|   22 | Anuppur-Katni 3rd line (165 Km)                                  | 2,311   |

|   23. | Ramna-Singrauli doubling (160 Km)         |   2,436 |
|-------|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|    24 | Karaila Road-Shaktinagar Doubling (32 Km) |     763 |
|    25 | Malkhedi-Mahadeokhedi Doubling (12 Km)    |      59 |

Some  of  other  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 | Indore-Manmad New Line (360 Km)                                       | 18,529               |
|        2 | Ramganjmandi-Bhopal New Line (277 Km)                                 | 5,073                |
|        3 | Indore-Budni New Line (198 Km)                                        | 7,474                |
|        4 | Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli & Mahoba-Khajuraho New Line (541 Km)   | 8,914                |
|        5 | Nimach-Badi Sadri New Line (48 Km)                                    | 495                  |
|        6 | Gwalior-Sheopurkalan Gauge Conversion with extension to Kota (284 Km) | 2,913                |
|        7 | Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km)                                       | 2,450                |
|        8 | Jhansi-Bina 3rd line (153 Km)                                         | 2,002                |
|        9 | Mathura-Gwalior-Jhansi 3rd line (274 Km)                              | 5,924                |
|       10 | Katni-Bina 3rd line (260 Km)                                          | 3,138                |
|       11 | Katni-Grade separator / Bypass (35 Km)                                | 2,300                |
|       12 | Katni-Singrauli Doubling (257 Km)                                     | 4,377                |
|       13 | Satna-Rewa Doubling (50 Km)                                           | 590                  |
|       14 | Shahdol-Singhpur 4th Line (6 Km)                                      | 54                   |
|       15 | Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km)                              | 3,285                |

During  last  three  years  i.e.  2022-23,  2023-24,  2024-25  and  current  financial year 2025-26, 61 surveys (18 New Line & 43 Doubling) covering a total length of  5,901  Km have been sanctioned falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh.

Sanction of any railway project depends upon many parameters/factors which include the following:

-  Anticipated  traffic  projections  and  Remunerativeness  of  the  proposed route
-  First and last mile connectivity provided by the project
-  Connection of missing links and providing additional route
-  Augmentation of congested/saturated lines
-  Demands raised by State Governments/Central Ministries/Public representatives,
-  Railway's own operational requirements
-  Socio-economic considerations
-  Overall availability of funds

Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:

-  Land acquisition
-  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.

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