Lok Sabha Question No. 3093 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-11
Subject: New  Railway Terminal in Maharashtra
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3093

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2026

## NEW RAILWAY TERMINAL IN MAHARASHTRA

†3093. SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  there  is  any  proposal  to  construct  a  new  terminal  station  in Maharashtra and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  any  special system  has  been  put in place at Railway Board/DRM level for monitoring and supervision of the projects; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND

ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a)  to  (c):  Network  expansion  has  been  taken  up  in  a  big  way  on  Indian Railways  including  the  rail  network  situated  in  Maharashtra.  Budget allocation has increased significantly during last 10 years. 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 Commissioned   | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 292 Km                   | 58.4 Km/year                          |
| 2014-25  | 2,292 Km                 | 208.4 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, including remote and tribal areas, are sanctioned. The summary is as under:-

| Category                |   No. of sanctioned Projects | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissioned Upto Mar'25 (Km)   | Exp. upto Mar'25 (₹ in Cr.)   |
|-------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| New Line                |                           11 | 1,355                  | 234                                    | 10,504                        |
| Gauge Conversion        |                           02 | 609                    | 334                                    | 4,286                         |
| Doubling/ Multitracking |                           25 | 3,134                  | 1,792                                  | 24,617                        |
| Total                   |                           38 | 5,098                  | 2,360                                  | 39,407                        |

To  improve  passenger  handling  capacity  of  the  stations  in  Maharashtra, additional coaching terminals have been planned. The details are as under:

|   SN | Project                                                                                | Status       |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|    1 | Coaching Terminal at Jogeshwari                                                        | Sanctioned   |
|    2 | Coaching Terminal at Vasai Road                                                        | Sanctioned   |
|    3 | Terminal Station at Gadchiroli in under construction Wadsa-Gadchiroli New Line         | Sanctioned   |
|    4 | Terminal Station at Shani signapur in under construction Rahuri-Shanisignapur New Line | Sanctioned   |
|    5 | Coaching Terminal at Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar                                        | Sanctioned   |
|    6 | Coaching Terminal at Parel                                                             | DPR prepared |
|    7 | Additional coaching Terminal at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus                                | DPR Prepared |

To  improve  the  efficiency  of  rail  freight  handling  at  the  terminals,  Indian Railway has adopted two-pronged  approach:  encouraging  development  of modern rail freight terminals under Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal (GCT) policy and augmenting/upgrading the infrastructure at railway owned goods sheds. Upto 05.03.2026, 128 GCTs have been commissioned and In Principle Approvals for 288 GCTs have been issued across Indian Railways. In Maharashtra, 09 GCTs(Mukutban, Patas, Dinegaon, New Pandhar Pavani, Kalmeshwar  (KSWR),  Sindi  (SNI),  Nardana,  Moorsa,  New  Makardhokda)

have been commissioned and In Principle Approvals for 22 GCTs have been issued.

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

|   SN | Project                                     | Cost (₹ in crore)   |
|------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|    1 | Pune-Miraj-Londa Doubling (467 Km)          | 4,670               |
|    2 | Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km)   | 2,005               |
|    3 | Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km) | 1,512               |
|    4 | Panvel-Pen Doubling (35 Km)                 | 263                 |
|    5 | Pen-Roha Doubling (40 Km)                   | 330                 |
|    6 | Udhna-Jalgaon Doubling (307 Km)             | 2,448               |
|    7 | Mudkhed-Parbhani Doubling (81 Km)           | 673                 |
|    8 | Bhusawal-Jalgaon 3rd Line (24 Km)           | 325                 |
|    9 | Jalgaon-Bhusawal 4th Line (24 Km)           | 261                 |
|   10 | Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 Km)            | 3,182               |

To further improve the Railway Infrastructure in the state of Maharashtra, following works have been taken up:-

|   S.No. | Name of the project                                            | Cost (₹ In crore)   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar)-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   |
|   16 | Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad New Line (95 Km) | 2,933   |
|   17 | Panvel-Chowk Double Line (17 Km)            | 491     |
|   18 | Wardha-Balharshah 4th Line (135 Km)         | 2,226   |
|   19 | Itarsi-Nagpur 4th Line (297 Km)             | 5,010   |
|   20 | Wardha-Bhusawal 3rd & 4th Line (314 Km)     | 9,197   |
|   21 | Asangaon-Kasara 4th Line (35 Km)            | 794     |
|   22 | Badlapur-Karjat 3rd & 4th Line (32 Km)      | 1,324   |
|   23 | Gondia-Dongargarh 4th Line (84 Km)          | 2,223   |
|   24 | Gondia-Balharshah Doubling (240 Km)         | 4,819   |

Construction  works  on  the  flagship  High  speed  bullet  train  project  have gathered momentum in Maharashtra. Now 100% land acquisition has been completed. Works of bridges, aqueducts etc. have been taken up.

Western  DFC  also  passes  through  Maharashtra.  About  178  route  Km  of western DFC is situated in Maharashtra which is about 12% of overall route length  of  western  DFC.  76  Km  of  this  project  from  New  Gholvad  to  New Vaitarna  in  Maharashtra  has  already  been  commissioned.  Balance  works have been taken up. Connectivity of WDFC to JNPT will boost the capacity to handle cargo and container traffic from port to Delhi NCR.

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 8,615 Km falling fully/ partly in the State of Maharashtra, have been sanctioned.

After preparation of Detailed Project Report (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 cannot be fixed.

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.

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

Indian Railways has a well established mechanism to monitor implementation  of  projects  including  their  reviews,  inspection,  check  for quality  of  works  and  audits.  Works  are  carried  out  adhering  to  the standards  and  specifications  laid  down  in  various  codes  and  manuals. Progress  review/Inspections  etc  are  carried  out  from  time  to  time  at various levels including DRMs, CAO/Cs, GMs , Railway Board Officers  etc. and necessary action is taken accordingly.

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