Lok Sabha Question No. 5511 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-25
Subject: Train Originating/Terminating in Telangana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Vamsi Krishna Gaddam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5511

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026

## TRAIN ORIGINATING/TERMINATING IN TELANGANA

## 5511. SHRI VAMSI KRISHNA GADDAM:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of new train services introduced in Telangana and  new  train  services  originating  from  or  terminating  in  Telangana during  the  last  eleven  years  including  Express  trains,  Vande  Bharat services and other passenger services, year-wise;
- (b) the details of the new rail routes/lines commissioned in Telangana during the said period, including major new  links that have enhanced connectivity to previously unconnected districts;
- (c) the details of the new premium and high-speed services such as Vande Bharat Express trains linked to Telangana that have been operationalised in the last decade;
- (d) the details of the train services extended or launched from Telangana to other States or key national routes, year-wise; and
- (e) the details of the steps taken by the Government to further expand rail connectivity  and  passenger  services  in  Telangana  including  planned projects like the Regional Ring Railway and district-level rail links?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (e) : As the Railway network straddles across State boundaries, trains are operated, as per network requirement, across such boundaries. However, Indian  Railways,  during  2015-16  to  2025-26  (upto  February,  26),  have introduced 34 pairs of train services which, on orignating/terminating basis, cater to the stations located in the State of Telangana. These train services,

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which are listed below, also include 05 pairs of Vande Bharat services and 03 pairs of Amrit Bharat services:

|   SN | Train No. & Name                                                                  |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 20101/20102 Nagpur-Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express                              |
|    2 | 20701/20702 Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express                            |
|    3 | 20703/20704 Kacheguda-Yeswantpur Vande Bharat Express                             |
|    4 | 20707/20708 Secunderabad -Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express                      |
|    5 | 20833/20834 Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express                       |
|    6 | 15293/15294 Muzaffarpur-Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express                          |
|    7 | 17041/17042 Charlapalli-Thiruvananthapuram North (Kochuveli) Amrit Bharat Express |
|    8 | 16357/16358 Nagercoil -Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express                           |
|    9 | 19315/19316 Indore-Lingampalli Humsafar Express                                   |
|   10 | 22127/22128 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Kazipet Express                                    |
|   11 | 12795/12796 Secunderabad-Vijayawada Express                                       |
|   12 | 11083/11084 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Kazipet Express                                    |
|   13 | 11307/11308 Hyderabad-Gulbarga Express                                            |
|   14 | 17021/17022 Hyderabad-Vasco Da Gama Express                                       |
|   15 | 17039/17040 Secunderabad -Vasco da Gama Express                                   |
|   16 | 22151/22152 Pune-Kazipet Express                                                  |
|   17 | 17605/17606 Kacheguda-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express                                     |
|   18 | 18561/18562 Vishakapatnam-Kacheguda Express                                       |
|   19 | 57301/57302 Kacheguda-Medak Passenger                                             |
|   20 | 77622/77623 Mahabubnagar-Jaklair DEMU                                             |
|   21 | 77653/77654 Siddipet-Secunderabad DEMU                                            |
|   22 | 77655/77656 Siddipet-Secunderabad DEMU                                            |
|   23 | 67787/67788 Kacheguda-Raichur MEMU                                                |
|   24 | 47253/47254 Ghatkesar-Lingampalli EMU                                             |
|   25 | 47223/47224 Secunderabad -Medchal MMTS                                            |

|   26 | 47225/47226 Secunderabad -Medchal MMTS   |
|------|------------------------------------------|
|   27 | 47227/47228 Secunderabad -Medchal MMTS   |
|   28 | 47229/47230 Secunderabad -Medchal MMTS   |
|   29 | 47221/47222 Secunderabad -Medchal MMTS   |
|   30 | 47231/47232 Secunderabad -Medchal MMTS   |
|   31 | 47233/47234 Secunderabad -Medchal MMTS   |
|   32 | 47235/47236 Secunderabad -Medchal MMTS   |
|   33 | 47237/47238 Secunderabad -Medchal MMTS   |
|   34 | 47239/47240 Secunderabad -Medchal MMTS   |

## Vande Bharat services

The list of 05 pairs of Vande Bharat Chair Car services presently serving the stations located in the State of Telangana, on originating/terminating basis, is as under:

|   SN | Train no. and name                                           |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 20101/20102 Nagpur-Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express         |
|    2 | 20701/20702 Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express       |
|    3 | 20703/20704 Kacheguda-Yeswantpur Vande Bharat Express        |
|    4 | 20707/20708 Secunderabad -Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express |
|    5 | 20833/20834 Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express  |

## Extension of services:

The  details  of  trains  extended  from  the  stations  located  in  the  State  of Telangana during the period 2020-21 and 2025-26(upto February,2026) are as under:

|   SN | Train No. & Name                     | Extended to   |
|------|--------------------------------------|---------------|
|    1 | 17693/17694 Kacheguda-Gadwal DEMU    | Raichur       |
|    2 | 17019/17020 Jaipur-Hyderabad Express | Hisar         |
|    3 | 17663/17664 Tandur-Parbhani Express  | Raichur       |

|   4 | 17653/17654 Kacheguda-Chengalpattu Express   | Puducherry      |
|-----|----------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|   5 | 17655/17656 Kakinada-Chengalpattu Express    | Puducherry      |
|   6 | 12785/12786 Kacheguda-Mysuru Express         | Ashokapuram     |
|   7 | 12789/12790 Kacheguda-Mangaluru Express      | Murdeshwar      |
|   8 | 17015/17016 Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad Express | Bhubaneswar New |

Besides, introduction/extension of new train services is an on-going process, which depends on various factors including-

-  Capacity of that section
-  Availability of path
-  Availability of required rolling stock
-  Availability of matching infrastructure for rolling stock
-  Maintenance requirement of railway tracks and other assets.
-  Occupancy and the traffic requirement of the section.

Telangana - Budget Allocation and Projects:

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 Telangana is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                                     |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | Rs. 886 Cr./Yr. (including Andhra Pradesh) |
| 2025-26  | Rs. 5,337 Cr.                              |

Track Construction:

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

| Period   | New Track    | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------|---------------------------------------|
|          | Commissioned |                                       |
| 2009-14  | 87 Km        | 17.4 km/per year                      |
| 2014-25  | 774 Km       | 70.4 km /per year (more than 4 times) |

## Projects sanctioned:

As on 01.04.2025, 20 Railway projects (6 New Lines and 14 Doubling), of a total length of 2,166 Km, costing ₹35,045 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana have been sanctioned. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No. of projects | Total Length (in Km)   |   Length Commissioned till March, 2025 (in Km) | Total Exp. upto March, 2025 (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| New Line                 |                 6 | 840                    |                                            245 | 4,611                                      |
| Doubling Multi- tracking |                14 | 1,326                  |                                            303 | 6,939                                      |
| Total                    |                20 | 2,166                  |                                            548 | 11,550                                     |

## Recently completed projects:

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

## Telangana are as under:

|   SN | Project                                       |   Cost (Rs. in Cr.) |
|------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|    1 | Peddapalli- Nizamabad new line (178 Km)       |                 926 |
|    2 | Jaggayyapeta- Janpahad new line (48 Km)       |                 737 |
|    3 | Akkanapet - Medak new line (17 Km)            |                 205 |
|    4 | Bhadrachalam Road-Sattupalli new line (56 Km) |                 990 |
|    5 | Raghavapuram-Mandamari Doubling (24 Km)       |                 165 |
|    6 | Raichur-Guntakal Doubling (81 Km)             |                 388 |

|   7 | Secunderabad- Mehboobnagar Doubling (85 Km)                        | 1,266   |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|   8 | Multi - Modal Transport System (MMTS) Phase-II, Hyderabad (103 Km) | 1,156   |
|   9 | Byepass line at Peddapalli (2 Km)                                  | 37      |

## Ongoing Projects:

Details of some of the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana which have been taken up are as under:

|   SN | Name of Project                                            | Cost (Cr)   |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|    1 | Manoharabad-Kothapalli new line (151 Km)                   | 2,781       |
|    2 | Malkangiri-Pandurangapuram new line (174 Km)               | 3,592       |
|    3 | Kazipet -Vijaywada - 3rd line (220 Km)                     | 3,315       |
|    4 | Kazipet -Ballarshah - 3rd line (202 Km)                    | 3,183       |
|    5 | Guntur- Bibinagar Doubling (239 Km)                        | 2,853       |
|    6 | Mudkhed - Medchal - Dhone Doubling (417 Km)                | 4,686       |
|    7 | Bhadrachalam Road - Dornakal Doubling (55 Km)              | 770         |
|    8 | Motumari-Vishnupuram doubling and RoR at Motumari (100 Km) | 1,596       |
|    9 | Nashkal (Pindial)-Hasanparthi Road bypass (25 Km)          | 465         |
|   10 | Secunderabad (Sanathnagar)- Wadi 3rd and 4th line (173 Km) | 5,012       |
|   11 | Dornakal Rail over Rail (RoR) Flyover (11 Km)              | 327         |

Execution of important infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of  Telangana  is  held  up  due  to  delay  in  land  acquisition.  Status  of  land acquisition in Telangana is as under:

| Total Land required         | 2,343 Ha       |
|-----------------------------|----------------|
| Land Acquired               | 1,580 Ha (67%) |
| Balance Land to be acquired | 764 Ha (33%)   |

Details of some major projects which are delayed due to land acquisition are as under:-

|   SN | Name of the project                              |   Total land required (Ha) |   Land acquired (Ha) |   Balance Land to be acquired (Ha) | Amount Paid to State (Cr.)   |
|------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|    1 | Guntur- Bibinagar Doubling                       |                         31 |                    0 |                                 31 | 40                           |
|    2 | Mudkhed - Medchal & Mahbubnagar - Dhone Doubling |                         70 |                    0 |                                 70 | 30                           |
|    3 | Kazipet-Vijaywada 3rd Line                       |                        135 |                  118 |                                 17 | 159                          |
|    4 | Manoharabad - Kothapalli New Line                |                       1146 |                 1050 |                                 96 | -                            |

To provide additional connectivity in the region, Final Location Survey (FLS) for Outer Ring Rail (536 Km) new line on the periphery of Regional Ring Road around Hyderabad has been sanctioned for preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR). Survey work has been taken up.

After preparation of DPR, sanctioning of project requires consultation with various stake-holders including State Governments and necessary approvals viz.  appraisal  of  NITI  Aayog,  Ministry  of  Finance  etc.  As  sanctioning  of projects is a continuous and dynamic process, exact timelines depend upon appraisals and approvals by various stakeholders.

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 operational requirements
-  Socio-economic considerations
-  Overall availability of funds

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.

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