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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4164
TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026
DIRECT RAIL CONNECTIVITY FOR BHIND RAILWAY STATION
†4164. SMT. SANDHYA RAY:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government proposes to lay a new rail line or start any new
express/superfast train to provide direct train connectivity to Bhind
district of Madhya Pradesh with the national capital of Delhi and the
State capital at Bhopal and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether any proposal to start a direct train service from Bhind to Delhi
and Bhopal or to extend any existing train is under consideration of the
Government and if so, the details thereof;
(c) the specific plans formulated to strengthen train connectivity for Datia,
the city of Pitambara Peeth, Ratangarh Mata Temple and other major
Shaktipeeths keeping in view the growing religious tourism at the said
sites;
(d) whether the Government proposes to develop Datia railway station as a
centre of religious tourism and expand passenger facilities therein; and
(e) if so, the present status and likely timeline for the completion of the
said proposed projects?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a) to (e) Bhind station, located on the Gwalior-Etawah section, is
presently served by 07 pairs of train services which are listed below:
SN Train no. and name
1 11903/11904 Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi - Etawah Express
2 19811/19812 Kota - Etawah Express
§3 20961/20962 Udhna - Banaras Express
4 21125/21126 Ratlam - Bhind Express
5 64633/64634 Gwalior - Etawah MEMU
6 64641/64642 Gwalior - Etawah MEMU
7 64643/64644 Gwalior - Bhind MEMU
These include 05 pairs of train services catering to the needs of Bhind-
Etawah sector. Etawah is further connected to Delhi by 21 pairs of trains.
Bhind-Gwalior sector is served by 07 pairs of train services while Gwalior-
Bhopal sector is served by 55 pairs of train services. The lists of trains
serving these sectors are as under:
Trains serving Bhind-Etawah sector:
SN Train no. and name
1 20961/20962 Udhna-Banaras Express
2 64641/64642 Gwalior-Etawah MEMU
3 19811/19812 Kota-Etawah Express
4 64633/64634 Gwalior-Etawah MEMU
5 11903/11904 Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi-Etawah Express
Trains serving Etawah-Delhi sector:
SN Train no. and name
1 15565/15566 Lalitgram-New Delhi Express
2 12381/12382 Howrah-New Delhi Express
3 12303/12304 Howrah-New Delhi Express
4 12225/12223 Azamgarh-Delhi Express
5 20801/20802 Islampur-New Delhi Express
6 12033/12034 Kanpur Central-New Delhi Shatabdi Express
7 15557/15558 Darbhanga-Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express
8 12419/12420 Lucknow-New Delhi Express
9 14151/14152 Kanpur Central-Anand Vihar (T) Express
10 15483/15484 Alipur Duar-Delhi Express
11 18309/18310 Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express
12 18101/18102 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Express
13 12311/12312 Howrah-Kalka Express
14 15133/15134 Chhapra-Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express15 12505/12506 Kamakhya-Anand Vihar (T) Express
16 12875/12876 Puri-Anand Vihar (T) Express
17 12003/12004 Lucknow Ljn-New Delhi Shatabdi Express
18 15707/15708 Katihar-Amritsar Express
19 14217/14218 Prayagraj Sangam-Chandigarh Express
20 14117/14118 Prayagraj-Bhiwani Express
21 15733/15734 Balurghat-Bathinda Express
Trains serving Bhind-Gwalior sector:
SN Train no. and name
1 20961/20962 20961/Udhna - Banaras Express
2 11903/11904 11903/Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi - Etawah Express
3 64633/64634 Gwalior - Etawah MEMU
4 64641/64642 Gwalior - Etawah MEMU
5 21125/21126 Ratlam - Bhind Express
6 19811/19812 Kota - Etawah Express
7 64633/64634 Gwalior - Etawah MEMU
Trains serving Gwalior-Bhopal sector:
SN Train no. and name
1 11058/11057 Amritsar-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Express
2 11078/11077 Jammu Tawi-Pune Express
3 11086/11085 Gwalior -Smvt Bengaluru Express
4 12002/12001 New Delhi-Rani Kamalapati Shatabdi Express
5 12138/12137 Firozpur Cant-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Express
6 12148/12147 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Kolhapur Express
7 12156/12155 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Rani Kamalapati Express
8 12162/12161 Agra Cantt -Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express
9 12191/12192 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Jabalpur Express
10 12198/12197 Gwalior -Bhopal Express
11 12270/12269 Hazrat Nizamuddin- Mgr Chennai Central Duronto
Express
12 12406/12405 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Bhusaval Express
13 12410/12409 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Raigarh Express
14 12422/12421 Amritsar-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express
15 12434/12433 Hazrat Nizamuddin- MGR Chennai Central RajdhaniExpress
16 12440/12439 Shri Ganganagar-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express
17 12442/12441 New Delhi-Bilaspur Rajdhani Express
18 12486/12485 Shri Ganganagar-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express
19 12612/12611 Hazrat Nizamuddin- MGR Chennai Central Garib Rath
20 12616/12615 New Delhi- Mgr Chennai Central Express
21 12618/12617 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Express
22 12622/12621 New Delhi- Mgr Chennai Central Express
23 12626/12625 New Delhi-Thiruvananthapuram Central Express
24 12628/12627 New Delhi-KSR Bengaluru Express
25 12644/12643 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram Central
Express
26 12646/12645 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Express
27 12648/12647 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Coimbatore Express
28 12650/12649 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Yesvantpur Express
29 12708/12707 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Tirupati Express
30 12716/12715 Amritsar-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express
31 12722/12721 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Hyderabad Express
32 12724/12723 New Delhi-Hyderabad Express
33 12752/12751 Jammu Tawi-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express
34 12780/12779 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Vasco Da Gama Express
35 12782/12781 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Mysore Express
36 12804/12803 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Visakhapatnam Express
37 12808/12807 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Visakhapatnam Express
38 12920/12919 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Dr. Ambedkar Nagar
Express
39 14314/14313 Bareilly-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express
40 14320/14319 Bareilly-Indore Express
41 14622/14621 Firozpur Cant-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express
42 16032/16031 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra- Mgr Chennai Central
Express
43 16318/16317 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Kanniyakumari Express
44 16788/16787 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Tirunelveli Express
45 18238/18237 Amritsar-Bilaspur Express46 20172/20171 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Rani Kamalapati Vande Bharat
Express
47 20424/20423 Firozpur Cant-Seoni Express
48 20494/20493 Chandigarh-Madurai Express
49 20658/20657 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Sss Hubballi Express
50 20806/20805 New Delhi-Visakhapatnam Express
51 22126/22125 Amritsar-Nagpur Express
52 22222/22221 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)
Rajdhani Express
53 22456/22455 Kalka-Sainagar Shirdi Express
54 22692/22691 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Ksr Bengaluru Rajdhani Express
55 22710/22709 Amb Andaura-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express
Bhind is an existing station on Indian Railway Network and well connected
with Delhi and Bhopal. Further, to improve connectivity in the region,
survey of Mahoba to Bhind new line via Orai and Rath (217 km) has been
sanctioned for preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR).
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 cannot be fixed.
Datia
To improve connectivity and to cater to needs of passengers of Datia
station, stoppage of 12409/12410 Raigarh-Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana
Express (w.e.f. 10.06.2025) and 22469/22470 Khajuraho-Hazrat Nizamuddin
Vande Bharat Express (w.e.f. 13.05.2025) have been provided at Datia.
Accordingly, at present, Datia is served by 48 train services which are
providing connectivity inter alia to major stations like Shri Mata Vaishno
Devi Katra, Kolkata, Varanasi, Brahmapur, Ujjain etc. The list of trains
serving Datia station is listed below:
SN Train no. and name
1 12409 Raigarh-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express
2 12920 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Express3 11058 Amritsar-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Express
4 22196 Bandra (T)-Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Express
5 12189 Jabalpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express
6 12722 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Hyderabad Express
7 12192 Jabalpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express
8 18477 Puri-Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express
9 11801 Gwalior-Prayagraj Express
10 11108 Banaras-Gwalior Express
11 11807 Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi-Agra Cantt Express
12 20807 Visakhapatnam-Amritsar Express
13 20976 Agra Cantt-Howrah Express
14 12176 Gwalior-Howrah Express
15 12178 Mathura-Howrah Express
16 11904 Etawah-Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Express
17 22470 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Khajuraho Vande Bharat Express
18 11902 Agra Cantt-Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Express
19 12138 Firozpur Cant-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Express
20 18238 Amritsar-Bilaspur Express
21 18237 Korba-Amritsar Express
22 11123 Gwalior-Barauni Express
23 12280 New Delhi-Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Express
24 19666 Udaipur City-Khajuraho Express
25 20808 Amritsar-Visakhapatnam Express
26 19665 Khajuraho-Udaipur City Express
27 11077 Pune-Jammu Tawi Express
28 12137 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)-Firozpur Cant Express
29 12279 Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi-New Delhi Express
30 20975 Howrah-Agra Cantt Express
31 12177 Howrah-Mathura Express
32 12175 Howrah-Gwalior Express
33 11901 Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi-Agra Cantt Express
34 22195 Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi-Bandra (T) Express
35 11078 Jammu Tawi-Pune Express
36 11903 Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi-Etawah Express37 11802 Prayagraj-Gwalior Express
38 18478 Yog Nagari Rishikesh-Puri Express
39 11124 Barauni-Gwalior Express
40 22469 Khajuraho-Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express
41 12190 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Jabalpur Express
42 11808 Agra Cantt-Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Express
43 12410 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Raigarh Express
44 12191 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Jabalpur Express
45 11057 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)-Amritsar Express
46 12721 Hyderabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express
47 12919 Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express
48 11107 Gwalior-Banaras Express
Besides, introduction of train services on any route/section,which is an on-
going process, depends on various factors which include:
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.
Amrit Bharat Stations:
Datia station, located in Madhya Pradesh has been identified for
development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. Development works at
Datia station have been taken up at good pace. The works of improvement
of station building, platform surface, circulating area and approach road at
second entry, main entrance gate and Divyangjan facilities have been
completed. The works of lift and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken
up.
Further, development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of
stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and ongoing process and works
in this regard are undertaken as per requirement, subject to inter-se
priority and availability of funds. Development / redevelopment /
upgradation / modernisation of a station is carried out based on category of
station/condition/traffic handled etc.Ministry of Railways has launched Amrit Bharat Station Scheme for
redevelopment of stations with a long-term approach.
The scheme involves preparation of master plans and their implementation
in phases to improve the stations. The master planning includes:
Improvement of access to station and circulating areas
Integration of station with both sides of city
Improvement of station building
Improvement of waiting halls, toilets, sitting arrangement, water booths
Provision of wider foot over bridge/air concourse commensurate with
passenger traffic
Provision of lift/escalators/ramp
Improvement /Provision of platform surface and cover over platforms
Provision of kiosks for local products through schemes like ‘One Station
One Product’
Parking areas, Multimodal integration
Amenities for Divyangjans
Better passenger information systems
Provision of executive lounges, nominated spaces for business
meetings, landscaping, etc. keeping in view the necessity at each
station
The scheme also envisages sustainable and environment friendly solutions,
provision of ballastless tracks etc. as per necessity, phasing and feasibility
and creation of a city centre at the station in the long term. Development /
upgradation of railway stations has a positive impact on tourism in the
surrounding areas.
So far, 1338 stations have been identified for development under Amrit
Bharat Station Scheme, out of which 80 stations are located in Madhya
Pradesh. The names of stations identified for development under Amrit
Bharat Station Scheme in Madhya Pradesh are as following:
State No. of Names of Amrit Stations
Amrit
Stations
Madhya 80 Akodia, Amla, Anuppur, Ashoknagar, Balaghat,
Pradesh Banapura, Bargawan, Beohari, Berchha, Betul, Bhind,
Bhopal, Bijuri, Bina, Biyavra Rajgarh, Chhindwara,
Dabra, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Gadarwara, Ganjbasoda,
Ghoradongri, Guna, Gwalior, Harda, Harpalpur, IndoreJn, Itarsi Jn, Jabalpur, Junnor Deo, Kareli, Katni Jn,
Katni Murwara, Katni South, Khachrod, Khajuraho Jn,
Khandwa, Khirkiya, Laxmi Bai Nagar, Maihar, Maksi
Jn, Mandla Fort, Mandsor, MCS Chhatarpur,
Meghnagar, Morena, Multai, Nagda Jn, Nainpur Jn,
Narmadapuram, Narsinghpur, Nepanagar, Nimuch,
Orchha, Pandhurna, Pipariya, Ratlam, Rewa, Ruthiyai,
Sanchi, Sant Hirdaram Nagar, Satna, Saugor, Sehore,
Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Shamgarh, Sheopur Kalan,
Shivpuri, Shridham, Shujalpur, Sihora Road, Singrauli,
Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Umaria, Vidisha, Vikramgarh Alot
Completed stations:
Development works at railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
in Madhya Pradesh have been taken up at a good pace. Details of stations
completed in Madhya Pradesh are as under:
State No. of Name of stations
stations
Madhya 15 Beohari, Bhind, Chhindwara, Harpalpur, Junnor Deo,
Pradesh Katni South, MCS Chhatarpur, Nainpur Jn,
Narmadapuram, Orchha, Sanchi, Seoni, Shajapur,
Shridham, Vidisha
The activities for development at other stations have also been taken up at
good pace and progress of some of the stations is as given below:
Bhind station: The works of improvement of station building, platform
surfacing, platform shelter, improvement of toilet, circulating area,
approach road, main entrance gate, Divyangjan facilities and 12 m Foot
Over Bridge have been completed. The work of lift has been taken up.
Dabra Station: The works of improvement of station building, porch,
platform shelter, circulating area and approach road, have been completed.
The work of 12 m Foot Over Bridge has been taken up.
Gwalior station: The structural works of arrival and departure
buildings at West side, concourse, mezzanine, air concourse and Foot Over
Bridge at Jhansi end have been completed. The block work of arrival and
departure building at East side, arrival passage, platform refurbishment, air
concourse, central roof and Foot Over Bridge at Agra end have been taken
up. Saugor station: The works of improvement of station building, new
entry and exit porches, platform raising and surfacing of platform no. 1,
improvement of waiting hall, new toilet block and Divyangjan facilities have
been completed. The works of circulating area, parking and 12 m Foot Over
Bridge have been taken up
Development / Upgradation of railway stations is complex in nature
involving safety of passengers & trains and requires various statutory
clearances such as fire clearance, heritage, tree cutting, airport clearance
etc. The progress also gets affected due to brownfield related challenges
such as shifting of utilities (involving water/sewage lines, optical fibre
cables, gas pipe lines, power/signal cables, etc.), infringements, operation
of trains without hindering passenger movement, speed restrictions due to
works carried out in close proximity of tracks and high voltage power lines,
etc. and these factors affect the completion time.
Development / Upgradation / Modernization of stations including Amrit
Bharat Station Scheme are generally funded under Plan Head-53 ‘Customer
Amenities’. The details of allocation and expenditure under Plan Head-53
are maintained Zonal Railway-wise and not work-wise or station-wise or
state-wise. Madhya Pradesh is covered under the jurisdiction of seven
railway zones, namely Central Railway, East Central Railway, North Central
Railway, South Central Railway, South East Central Railway, West Central
Railway and Western Railway. For these zones, an allocation of ₹ 5,801
crore has been made for the financial year 2025-26, out of which an
expenditure (up to February, 2026) of ₹ 5,681 crore has been incurred so
far.
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