Lok Sabha Question No. 3112 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-11
Subject: Railway Lines in Bihar
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Alok Kumar Suman

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3112

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2026

## RAILWAY LINES IN BIHAR

## 3112. DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  new  railway  lines  that  have  been sanctioned or are under construction in Bihar;
- (b)  the  current  status  of  these  new  lines  including  expected  completion dates;
- (c) whether any projects are aimed specifically at improving connectivity to districts like Gopalganj;
- (d)  the  details  of  the  estimated  cost  and  sources  of  funding  for  these projects; and
- (e)  the  manner  in  which  these  projects  contribute  to  regional  economic development and passenger convenience?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

## (a)  to  (e)  :  Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  and  safety  works, falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                       |
|----------|------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,132 Cr./year              |
| 2025-26  | ₹10,066 Cr. (Nearly 9 times) |

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

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 318 Km                   | 63.6 Km/year                          |
| 2014-25  | 1,899 Km                 | 172.6 Km/year (More than 2.5 times)   |

As on 01.04.2025, 52 projects (31 New Lines, 01 Gauge Conversions and 20 Doubling),  of  a  total  length  of  4,663  km,  costing  ₹86,107  crore,  falling fully/partly in Bihar, are sanctioned, out of which 1,014 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹29,353 crore has been incurred upto March' 2025. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No of sanctioned Projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (in Km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (in Km)   | Total Exp upto Mar'25 (₹ in Cr)   |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                          31 | 2,691                           | 516                                       | 16,814                            |
| Gauge Conversion         |                           1 | 69                              | 52                                        | 544                               |
| Doubling/Multi- tracking |                          20 | 1,904                           | 446                                       | 11,995                            |
| Total                    |                          52 | 4,663                           | 1,014                                     | 29,353                            |

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

|   SN. | Project                       |   Length (Km) | Cost (In Crores of Rs)   |
|-------|-------------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
|     1 | Patna rail cum road Bridge    |            28 | 3,210                    |
|     2 | Munger rail cum road Bridge   |            15 | 3,040                    |
|     3 | Kosi Bridge                   |            22 | 863                      |
|     4 | Daniawan-Biharsharif New Line |            38 | 354                      |

|   5 | Chandan-Banka New Line                                                |   40 | 496   |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-------|
|   6 | Rampurhat-Mandarhill New Line                                         |  130 | 908   |
|   7 | Maharajganj-Masrakh New Line                                          |   35 | 412   |
|   8 | Rajgir-Tilaiya & Natesar-lslampur New Line                            |   67 | 726   |
|   9 | Mansi-Saharsa-Purnia Gauge Conversion                                 |  141 | 752   |
|  10 | Jaynagar-Narkatiaganj Gauge Conversion                                |  260 | 967   |
|  11 | Kaptanganj-Chhapra Gauge Conversion                                   |  234 | 819   |
|  12 | Sakri-Nirmali & Saharasa-Forbesganj Gauge Conversion                  |  206 | 2,113 |
|  13 | Mansi-Saharsa, Saharsa-Purnia & Banmakhi- Bihariganj Gauge Conversion |  169 | 752   |
|  14 | Sahibganj-Pirpainti Doubling                                          |   23 | 129   |
|  15 | Maheshkunt-Thanabihpur Doubling                                       |   32 | 115   |
|  16 | Hajipur-Ramdayalu Nagar Doubling                                      |   48 | 367   |
|  17 | Pirpainti-Bhagalpur Doubling                                          |   51 | 493   |
|  18 | Bakhtiyarpur-Barh Doubling                                            |   19 | 237   |
|  19 | Kiul-Gaya Doubling                                                    |  124 | 2,462 |
|  20 | Hajipur-Bachwara Doubling                                             |   72 | 930   |
|  21 | Darbhanga bypass                                                      |    9 | 253   |
|  22 | Araria-Galgalia (Thakurganj) New Line                                 |  110 | 2,132 |
|  23 | Saraigarh Byepass Line                                                |    5 | 79    |
|  24 | Chhapra-Chhapra Kacheri 3rd Line                                      |    3 | 33    |

Some  of  the  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Bihar  which  have

## been taken up are as under:

|   SN. | Project                           |   Length (Km) | Cost (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|-------|-----------------------------------|---------------|---------------------|
|     1 | Sakri-Hasanpur new line           |            76 | 735                 |
|     2 | Khagaria-Kusheshwarsthan New line |            42 | 1,511               |
|     3 | Fatuha-lslampur new line          |           167 | 2,882               |
|     4 | Koderma-Tilaiya new line          |            65 | 1,980               |
|     5 | Hajipur-Sagauli new line          |           151 | 2,702               |

|   6 | Araria-Supaul new line                                                |   96 | 1,925   |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|------|---------|
|   7 | Kursela-Bihariganj new line                                           |   58 | 194     |
|   8 | Bikramshila-Katareah new line                                         |   26 | 2,171   |
|   9 | Jhajha-Batia new line                                                 |   20 | 588     |
|  10 | Pirpainti-Jassidih new line                                           |   97 | 2,611   |
|  11 | Chhitauni-Tumkuhi Road new line                                       |   59 | 1,731   |
|  12 | Jalalgarh-Kishanganj new line                                         |   51 | 360     |
|  13 | Jogbani-Biratnagar (Nepal) new line                                   |   19 | 402     |
|  14 | Darbhanga-Kusheshwarasthan new line                                   |   70 | 367     |
|  15 | Motihari-Sitamarhi new line                                           |   77 | 1,007   |
|  16 | Sitamarhi-Nirmali new line                                            |  189 | 2,833   |
|  17 | Nawada-Laxmipur new line                                              |  137 | 3,121   |
|  18 | Ara-Bhabua Road new line                                              |  150 | 2,397   |
|  19 | Gaya-Daltonganj new line                                              |  137 | 2,861   |
|  20 | Muzaffarpur-Darbhanga new line                                        |   69 | 282     |
|  21 | Muzaffarpur-Janakpur Road new line                                    |   67 | 228     |
|  22 | Dehri on Sone-Banjari new line                                        |   35 | 111     |
|  23 | Chhapra-Muzzafarpur new line                                          |   78 | 1,894   |
|  24 | Bihta-Aurangabad new line                                             |  120 | 2,995   |
|  25 | Gaya-Chatra and Gaya-Natesar new line                                 |  135 | 4,543   |
|  26 | Deogarh-Sultanganj new line incl.Banka-Barahat and Banka-Bhitiah Road |  154 | 665     |
|  27 | Sultanganj-Katuria new line                                           |   77 | 291     |
|  28 | Bariarpur-Mananpur new line                                           |   68 | 251     |
|  29 | Hathua-Bhatni new line                                                |   80 | 318     |
|  30 | Aurangabad Terminal-Anugrah Narayan Road new line                     |   13 | 441     |
|  31 | Nawadah-Pawapuri New line                                             |   25 | 492     |
|  32 | Jaynagar-Bijalpura Gauge conversion                                   |   69 | 790     |
|  33 | Dhanbad-Sonnagar 3rd line                                             |  291 | 7,906   |
|  34 | Samastipur-Darbhanga Doubling                                         |   38 | 826     |
|  35 | Rampur Dumra-Tal-Rajendra Pul- Additional bridge and Doubling         |   14 | 2,535   |
|  36 | Sagauli-Valmikinagar Doubling                                         |  110 | 1,456   |
|  37 | Gaya Bye pass for Manpur                                              |    2 | 30      |

|   38 | Muzaffarpur-Sugauli Doubling                                                                                                   |   101 | 1,586   |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|---------|
|   39 | Barauni-Bachwara 3rd & 4th line                                                                                                |    32 | 486     |
|   40 | Sonenagar bye pass(Chiralapothu to Bagha Bishunpur)                                                                            |    10 | 224     |
|   41 | Narkatiaganj-Darbhanga & Sitamarhi- Muzaffarpur Doubling                                                                       |   256 | 4,080   |
|   42 | Chhapra-Ballia Patch Doubling                                                                                                  |    65 | 1,046   |
|   43 | Gorakhpur-Valmikinagar Doubling                                                                                                |    96 | 1,121   |
|   44 | Katihar-Kumedpur and Katihar-Mukuria Doubling                                                                                  |    65 | 943     |
|   45 | Bhadaura Station and Karma Station Surface Triangle Line                                                                       |    11 | 200     |
|   46 | ROR at Sasaram connecting GC to Ara- Sasaram Line                                                                              |     9 | 470     |
|   47 | Ara Bye pass Line to be connected from Jagjivan Halt to existing ARA- Sasaram line through link cabin (Y- Connectivity at Ara) |     3 | 119     |
|   48 | Son Nagar-Andal Multitracking                                                                                                  |   749 | 12,334  |
|   49 | Bulb line at Nabinagar (Ankorha)                                                                                               |    17 | 612     |
|   50 | Punarakh- Barh-Bhaktiyarpur New 4th line & balance 3rd line                                                                    |    28 | 422     |
|   51 | Sanjaygram to Dhachna By Pass line                                                                                             |     2 | 34      |
|   52 | Aluabari Road-Thakurganj Doubling                                                                                              |    20 | 327     |
|   53 | Aluabari Road-New Jalpaiguri 3rd & 4th Line                                                                                    |    57 | 1,630   |
|   54 | Bhagalpur-Jamalpur 3rd Line                                                                                                    |    53 | 1,156   |
|   55 | Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurh at Doubling                                                                                            |   177 | 3,169   |
|   56 | Bakhtiyarpur-Rajgir-Tilaiya Doubling                                                                                           |   104 | 2,192   |
|   57 | Bakthiyarpur-Fatuha 3rd and 4th line                                                                                           |    24 | 931     |

During  last  three  years  (i.e.  2022-2023,  2023-24,  2024-25  and  current financial year 2025-26), total 92 Nos. of Surveys (16 New Line, 76 Doubling) falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Bihar  having  a  total  length  of  4,530  Km have been sanctioned.

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

Gopalganj is  already  an  existing  station  on  Hathua-Thawe-Masrakh  section and is well connected to rest of Indian Railway network.

Sanction of any railway project depend 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 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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