Parliament Question: Financial Health of Railways

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 475 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026 FINANCIAL HEALTH OF RAILWAYS *475. SMT. BHARTI PARDHI: SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether Indian Railways has shown improvement in its financial health during the last ten years including transition from deficit to surplus revenue accounts and if so, the details thereof; (b) the details of the key factors and reforms that have contributed to enhancement of revenue, cost management and overall financial sustainability particularly in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh; (c) the details of the role of dynamic pricing, freight rationalisation, asset monetisation and service innovations in strengthening financial outcomes; (d) whether productivity improvements, network expansion and operational efficiency measures have been mainstreamed across divisions and if so, the details thereof; and (e) whether these financial improvements support future investments, modernisation and service quality enhancements across the rail network, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW) (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. ***** §STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.475 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026 IN LOK SABHA (a) to (e) Indian Railway is generating modest surplus. In 2024-25, Indian Railway generated a surplus of Rs. 2,660 cr. after meeting all the operational expenditure including pension despite the fact that subsidy is given on the passenger services. Indian Railways strives to provide affordable services to all strata of the society and gave subsidy of Rs. 60,239 cr. on passenger tickets in 2024-25. This amounts to concession of 43% on an average, to every person, travelling on Railways. In other words, if the cost of providing service is Rs. 100, then the price of ticket is Rs. 57 only. This subsidy is continuing for all passengers. To increase freight traffic, enhance revenue, productivity and overall financial sustainability, the following measures have been taken by Indian Railways: The capital expenditure (Capex) on infrastructure in railways has received tremendous boost since 2014 and Gross Budgetary Support has increased from Rs. 29,055 cr. in 2013-14 to Rs. 2,78,030 cr. in 2026-27 i.e. increase of about 10 times. The fast pace of infrastructure augmentation by IR has been a result of substantial increase in allocation of funds and various steps being taken by the Government. Capacity enhancement of Railway network has been taken up by Indian Railways in a big way during last 11 years. Following are the details of commissioning/laying of new track across Indian Railways: - Page 1 of 40New track Average commissioning of new Period Commissioned tracks 2009-14 7,599 Km 4.2 Km/day 8.6 Km/day (more than 2 2014-25 34,428 Km times) As on 01.04.2025, across Indian Railways, 431 Railway infrastructure projects including port-connectivity (154 New Line, 33 Gauge Conversion and 244 Doubling) of total length 35,966 Km, costing approx. Rs. 6.75 lakh crore are sanctioned. The summary is as under:- Total Length Total Exp. up No of Length Commissioned Category to Mar'25 Projects NL/GC/DL till Mar'25 ( in cr.) (Km) (Km) New Lines 154 16,142 3,036 1,45,318 Gauge 33 4,180 2,997 22,753 Conversion Doubling / 244 15,644 6,736 1,22,858 Multitracking Total 431 35,966 12,769 2,90,929 Close monitoring of the progress of projects at various levels, regular follow up with State Governments and relevant authorities for expeditious land acquisition, forestry and wildlife clearances and resolving other issues pertaining to the projects has helped in completion of various projects in all zones. Page 2 of 40Further, following measures have also been taken to increase capacity and hence revenue:  Removing bottlenecks in operations by yard remodelling, construction of bypass/ chord lines, rail flyovers etc.  The construction of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) from Ludhiana to Sonnagar (1337 Km) and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal (JNPT) to Dadri (1506 Km) has been taken up. Out of total 2843 Kms, 2741 route Kms (96.4%) has been commissioned and operational.  Indian Railways has taken up electrification of Railway lines in a mission mode. So far, about 99.4% of Broad Gauge (BG) network has been electrified. A comparison of electrification before and after 2014 is as follows: Period Route Kilometre Before 2014 21,801 2014-25 46,900  Procurement of Wagons and Locomotives: To increase freight carrying capacity, large numbers of IR wagons have been procured and locomotives have been manufactured. During 2014 to 2025, about 2 lakh wagons have been procured and more than 10,000 locomotives have been added for increasing freight loading and mobility.  Industry participation in investment in General Purpose Wagons, Special Purpose/High-Capacity wagons and Automobile carrier wagons for cement, oil, steel, fly-ash, automobile etc. So far, around 250 rakes of special purpose wagons, 385 rakes of general-purpose wagons and 51 rakes of automobile wagons have been inducted.  Policy on Bulk Cement Handling Terminals: A dedicated policy has been issued to promote bulk movement of cement through rail by Page 3 of 40facilitating development of specialized terminals and deployment of suitable wagons. This is expected to improve logistics efficiency, reduce handling costs, and enhance rail share in cement transportation.  For asset monetisation, the Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal (GCT) Policy has been launched to promote private participation in development of cargo terminals. So far, 128 GCTs have been commissioned and further in-principle approvals (IPAs) for 292 more locations have been given.  Development of cargo related facilities on Railway land: Long-term leasing (25 years, extendable up to 50 years) of spare railway land has been permitted for development of logistics infrastructure such as warehouses, processing units, and aggregation facilities through a competitive bidding process. This enables better asset utilisation and generates non-fare revenue. The guidelines have been framed under schedule ‘3’ of GCT Policy.  Rail Parcel App: An app-based platform for Railways’ parcel logistics has been launched by South Central Railway on 25.02.2026, on pilot project basis at 17 locations across 7 cities viz. Hyderabad, Vishakhapatnam, Vijaywada, Guntur, Rajahmundry, Bengaluru & Chennai, for a period of 01 year from the date of implementation. The app enables a seamless, end-to-end service by delivery partners through online booking and digital payments at the convenience of the customers obviating the need of bringing the parcels physically to the Railway premises and the associated paper work. It is further planned to introduce the App on pan-India basis shortly.  Door-to-Door services - CONCOR, a PSU under Ministry of Railways is also providing Door-to-Door parcel services by utilizing the JPP-RCS over Delhi-Kolkata and Mumbai-Kolkata sectors. CONCOR is also Page 4 of 40providing Door-to-Door logistics under a pilot project at Sonik Goods shed.  Ensuring increased availability of rakes/wagons against demand.  Use of Information Technology in freight operations to improve monitoring and utilization of assets.  Induction of higher horse power locomotives.  Improvement in maintenance practices of wagons and locomotives resulting in increased availability of loco and rolling stock for traffic use.  Improvement in track and signalling standards to carry higher volume of traffic.  Training of staff and officers to adopt the new technology and management practices.  Commercial development of vacant railway land by RLDA. As a result of all these measures, Railways achieved a loading of 1617 MT in 2024-25 thus becoming 2nd largest freight carrier railway in the world. Madhya Pradesh 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 Madhya Pradesh is as under: Period Outlay 2009-14 ₹632 crore/year 2025-26 ₹14,745 crore (More than 23 times) Track construction: Page 5 of 40The 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: New Track Average Commissioning of new Period Commissioned tracks 2009-14 145 Km 29 Km/year 2014-25 2651 Km 241 Km/year (More than 8 times) Projects sanctioned: 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 ₹89,542 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh are sanctioned. The summary is as under: Category No. of Total Length Total Exp. Up to projects Length Commissioned Mar'25 (in Km) (in Km) (₹ in Cr) New Lines 8 1,914 544 15,069 Gauge 2 809 430 6,766 Conversion Doubling / 14 2,017 1,118 19,566 Multitracking Total 24 4,740 2,093 41,401 Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railway’s website. Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh are as under: Page 6 of 40S.No. Name of Project Cost (₹ in Crores) 1. Anuppur-Katni 3rd line (165 Km) 2,311 2. Pendra Road-Anuppur 3rd line (50 Km) 394 3. Khodri-Anuppur Doubling with flyover at Bilaspur (72 792 Km) 4. Bhopal-Bina 3rd line (145 km) 1,075 5. Bina-Kota Doubling (283 km) 2,477 6. Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion including 2,005 Balaghat-Katangi (300 Km) 7. Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km) 1,512 8. Chhindwara-Mandla Fort Gauge Conversion (182 Km) 1,268 9. GhatPindari-Balkheda Doubling (6 Km) 29 10. Guna-Ruthiyai Doubling (20 Km) 175 11. Jukhei Chord line, Bye Passing the Katni Yard (2 Km) 12 12. Sontalai-Bagratawa Doubling (7 Km) 110 13. Itarsi-Budhni 3rd line (25 Km) 286 14. Teegaon-ChichondaGhat Section 3rd line (17 Km) 176 15. Barkhera-Bhopal 3rd line (41 km) 473 16. Nagda-Ujjain Doubling of Gambhir Bridge (2 Km) 28 17. Nimach-Chittaurgarh Doubling (56 Km) 560 18. Budhni-Barkhera 3rd line (27 Km) 1,703 19. Indore-Dewas-Ujjain Doubling (79 Km) 757 20. Powerkheda-Jujharpur Rail flyover (16 Km) 443 21. Guna- Etawah New Line (348 Km) 683 22. Ramna-Singrauli doubling (160 Km) 2,436 23. Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling(32 Km) 763 24. Malkhedi-Mahadeokhedi Doubling (12 Km) 59 Page 7 of 40Some of the 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. Shahdol-Singhpur 4th Line (6 Km) (passing through 54 Shahdol constituency) 2. Katni- Grade separator / Bypass (35 Km) 2,300 3. Katni- Singrauli Doubling (257 Km) 4,377 4. Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli & Mahoba- 8,914 Khajuraho New Line (541 Km) 5. Ramganjmandi-Bhopal New Line (277 Km) 5,073 6. Indore-Budni New Line (198 Km) 7,474 7. Nimach-Badi Sadri New Line (48 Km) 495 8. Gwalior-Sheopurkalan Gauge Conversion with 2,913 extension to Kota (284 Km) 9. Itarsi- Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km) 2,450 10. Jhansi-Bina 3rd line (153 Km) 2,002 11. Mathura-Jhansi 3rd line (274 Km) 5,924 12. Jhansi-Kairar-Manikpur & Khirar-Bhimsen 4,330 Doubling (431 Km) 13. Satna-Rewa Doubling (50 Km) 590 14. Ruthiyai Bye Pass line (3 Km) 54 15. Guna Bye Pass line (2 Km) 179 16. Ujjain Fly Over (2 Km) 100 17. Manmad - Indore New Line (360 Km) 18,529 18. Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km) 3,285 19. Dahod-Indore New Line (205 Km) 9,746 20. Nimach-Ratlam Doubling (133 Km) 1,096 21. ChhotaUdepur-Dhar New Line (147 Km) 1,794 Page 8 of 40S. No Project Cost (₹ in Crores) 22. Ratlam-Nagda 3rd and 4th line (41 Km) 964 23. Vadodara-Ratlam 3rd and 4th line (259 Km) 8,387 24. Ratlam-Khandwa Gauge Conversion (299 Km) 7,265 25. Bina-Itarsi 4th Line (237 km) 4,329 26. Itarsi-Nagpur 4th Line (297 Km) 5,010 Maharashtra Railway Budget: 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) Track construction: The details of constructing 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 208.4 Km/year (More than 3 times) Projects sanctioned: 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:- Page 9 of 40Category No. of sanctioned Total Length Exp. Projects Length Commissioned up to Mar'25 (in Km) up to Mar'25 (Km) (₹ in Cr.) New Line 11 1,355 234 10,504 Gauge 02 609 334 4,286 Conversion Doubling/ 25 3,134 1,792 24,617 Multitracking Total 38 5,098 2,360 39,407 Zone-wise/year-wise details of all Railway projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railway’s website. Recently completed projects: 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 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 Ongoing projects: Page 10 of 40To 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 4,957 Line (261 Km) 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 Increasing train handling capacity in Mumbai area: Presently, about 120 originating Mail/Express trains and about 3,200 sub urban trains are handled daily in Mumbai area. To increase train handling Page 11 of 40capacity at various stations in Mumbai area, following works have been completed/taken up/planned at various stations: SN Location Details 1 Bandra Terminus 3 Pit Lines have been completed 2 Mumbai Central Platform extension for 24 LHB coaches 3 Jogeshwari 2 additional platforms 4 Dadar 1 additional platform 5 Vasai road 6 platforms, 3 pit lines and 5 stabling lines 6 Panvel-Kalamboli 5 platforms , 4 pit lines and 2 sick lines 7 Kalyan 6 platforms and 4 pit lines 8 LTT 4 platforms and 2 pit lines 9 Parel 6 platforms, 5 pit lines, 6 stabling lines 10 Virar 25 stabling lines 11 Dahanu road 11 stabling lines 12 Mira road 25 stabling lines In addition to above, Platform extension work at 34 stations to accommodate 15 car EMUs have been taken up. New projects for increasing capacity: To improve the capacity of rail network in Mumbai suburban area, Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-II costing ₹8,087 crore, MUTP-III costing ₹10,947 crore and MUTP-IIIA costing ₹33,690 crore have been sanctioned. These projects include following works in Mumbai Suburban Area: Page 12 of 40SN Name of Project Cost (in Cr.) 1 CSMT-Kurla 5th & 6th Line (MUTP-II) (17.5 km) 891 2 Mumbai Central-Borivali 6th Line (MUTP-II) (30 km) 919 Extension of Harbour Line from Goregaon-Borivali 3 826 (MUTP-IIIA) (7 km) 4 Borivali-Virar 5th & 6th Line (MUTP-IIIA) (26 km) 2,184 5 Virar-Dahanu Road 3rd & 4th Line (MUTP-III) (64 km) 3,587 6 Panvel-Karjat Suburban Corridor (MUTP-III) (29.6 km) 2,782 Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) Suburban Corridor link 7 476 (MUTP-III) (3.3 km) 8 Kalyan-Asangaon 4thLine (MUTP-IIIA) (32 km) 1,759 9 Kalyan-Badlapur 3rd& 4th line (MUTP-IIIA) (14 km) 1,510 10 Kalyan-Kasara 3rd Line (67 km) 793 11 Naigaon-Juichandra double chord Line (6 km) 176 12 Nilaje-Kopar double chord Line (5 km) 338 13 Kalyan Yard remodeling work 866 New generation trains: To enhance passenger carrying capacity, 238 rakes of 12 cars each with doors have been sanctioned under MUTP-III & IIIA at a cost of ₹19,293 crore. The process for procurement of these rakes has been taken up. Capacity Augmentation works for Pune Area: Presently, about 33 originating Mail/Express trains are handled daily in Pune area. To increase train handling capacity at various stations in Pune area, following works have been completed/taken up/planned at various stations: SN Location Details 1 Pune Junction 6 additional Platforms and Extension of 5 Platforms. 2 Hadapsar Extension of 3 Platforms to handle full length trains. Page 13 of 403 Khadki Raising and Extension of PF-3/4 and extension of running lines completed in July’2025. 4 Alandi New Coaching Terminal with 9 additional Platforms, 8 pit lines and 8 stabling lines 5 Phursungi 5 Stabling Lines at Phursungi In addition to above, following capacity additional works have been undertaken in Pune Area to increase the train handling capacity: SN Name of Project 1 3rd Line between Hadapsar and Ghorpuri Yard 2 New Block station at Manjari Bhadrukin Pune-Daund Section and Ramtekdi in Pune-Sasvad section 3 Bidirectional Signalling in Pune Sasvad Road Section Bullet Train project: Presently, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project (508 km) is under execution. The Project is passing through the States of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli with 12 stations planned at Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Billimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati. Entire land (1,389.5 Ha.) for MAHSR project has been acquired. All Statutory Clearances have been obtained. All 1651 utilities have been shifted. The delay in land acquisition in the State of Maharashtra has impacted the project till 2021. The land acquisition picked up in 2022 in Maharashtra. The progress of various major items so far is as under: Item Progress Piers 430 kms. Girder 341 kms. Track Bed 174 kms. OHE Masts 153 kms. Page 14 of 40The progress of stations is given below: - S. No. Station Status 1 Sabarmati Foundation works completed, Platform slab & roof structural works and finishing works are in progress 2 Ahmedabad Structural works completed and finishing 3 Anand/Nadiad works have been taken up. 4 Vadodara Foundation work completed, structural works and finishing works have been taken up. 5 Bharuch 6 Surat Structural works completed and finishing works have been taken up. 7 Bilimora 8 Vapi 9 Boisar Foundation works have been taken up and 10 Virar in advanced stage. Structural works have 11 Thane been taken up. 12 BKC (Mumbai) This is an underground station. Foundation works almost completed and Base Slab has been taken up. The progress on the River Bridges is as under: - S. No. River Name Status 1 Sabarmati River (480m) Sub-Structure work completed, Superstructure work has been taken up. 2 Meshwa River (120m) 3 Vatrak River (280m) Bridge construction completed. 4 Mohar (Shedhi) River (160m) 5 Mahi River (720m) 11 out of 12 wells completed; 5 spans launched 6 Vishwamitri River (80m) Bridge construction completed. Page 15 of 407 Dhadhar River (120m) 8 Narmada River (1366m) 21 out of 25 wells completed; 4 spans launched 9 Kim River (120m) Bridge construction completed. 10 Tapi River (720m) Foundation work has been taken up, 10 out of 12 wells completed 11 Mindhola River (240m) 12 Purna River (360m) 13 Ambika River (200m) 14 Venganiya River (200m) 15 Kaveri River (120m) Bridge construction completed. 16 Kharera River (120m) 17 Auranga River (320m) 18 Par River (320m) 19 Kolak River (160m) 20 Daman Ganga River (360m) 21 Darotha River (80m) 22 Jagani River (360m) Foundation works have been completed 23 Vaitarna River (2320m) 12 Pile Cap and 11 Pier (out of 58) completed. 24 Ulhas River Branch Temporary Access Bridge (TAB) (120m) completed to start the foundation work. 25 Desai Khadi River Geo-technical Investigation (GTI) has Bridge (400m) been completed and design work has been taken up. The work of the under-sea tunnel (approximately 21 km) has commenced, out of which 4.8 km of tunnel between Ghansoli and Shilphata in Maharashtra has been completed. Dedicated freight corridor: 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 Page 16 of 40have been taken up. Connectivity of WDFC to JNPT will boost the capacity to handle cargo and container traffic from port to Delhi NCR. Uttar Pradesh Railway Budget: Budget allocation for infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh is as under: Period Outlay 2009-14 ₹1,109 crore/year 2025-26 ₹19,858 crore (Nearly 18 times) Track construction: The details of constructing new tracks falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under: New Track Period Average Commissioning of new tracks Commissioned 2009-14 996 Km 199 Km/year 2014-25 5272 Km 479 Km per year (More than 2 times) Projects sanctioned: As on 01.04.2025, 49 projects (10 New Line, 02 Gauge Conversion and 37 Doubling) of 3,807 Km length, costing ₹62,360 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh are sanctioned. The summary is as under: - Category No of Projects Total Length Exp. Length Commissioned up to Mar'25 (km) (km) ( in Cr.) Page 17 of 40New Line 10 1,227 340 10,517 Gauge Conversion 02 67 - 281 Doubling/Multitracking 37 2,513 983 19,813 Total 49 3,807 1,323 30,611 Zone-wise/year-wise details of all Railway projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railway’s website. Recently completed projects: Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh are as under: S. Cost Project No. ( in Cr.) 1 Etawah-Mainpuri New Line (58 Km) 313 Bahraich-Nanpara-Nepal Ganj Gauge Conversion (56 2 342 Km) 3 Ballia-Ghazipur city Doubling (65 Km) 650 4 Ghazipur city-Tarighat New Line (17 Km) 1,766 5 Gonda-Gorakhpur Loop Gauge Conversion (260 Km) 863 6 Gonda-Bahraich Gauge Conversion (60 Km) 318 7 Barabanki-Akbarpur Doubling (161 Km) 1,700 Kaptanganj-Thawe-Chhapra Gauge Conversion (234 8 819 Km) 9 Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur Gauge Conversion (83 Km) 589 10 Indara-Dohrighat Gauge Conversion (34 Km) 213 11 Lucknow-Pilibhit Gauge Conversion (263 Km) 1,634 12 Bhadoi-Janghai Doubling (31 Km) 168 13 Lahota-Bhadoi Doubling (39 Km) 184 Page 18 of 40S. Cost Project No. ( in Cr.) 14 Meerut-Muzaffarnagar Doubling (55 Km) 430 15 Phaphamau-Prayagraj Doubling (14 Km) 212 16 Muzaffarnagar–Tapri Doubling (52 Km) 525 17 Utretia-Raibareilly Doubling (66 Km) 662 18 Raibareilly-Amethi Doubling (60 Km) 668 19 Alamnagar-Utretia Doubling (20 Km) 358 20 Bhimsen—Jhansi Doubling (206 Km) 2,620 Domingarh-Gorakhpur-Kusumhi - 3rd Line and 21 508 Gorakhpur-Nakaha Jungle Doubling (21 Km) 22 Malhaur-Daliganj Doubling (13 Km) 183 23 RumaChakeri- Chandari 3rd Line (13 Km) 177 24 Bareilly-Pilibhit-Tanakpur Gauge Conversion (102 Km) 313 25 Rosa-SitapurCantt-Burhwal Doubling (181 Km) 2,094 26 Jaunpur- Akbarpur (Tanda) Doubling (77 Km) 676 27 Ramna- Renukut-Singrauli Doubling (160 Km) 2,436 28 Janghai- Phaphamau Doubling (47 Km) 414 29 Varanasi-Madhosingh-Prayagraj Doubling (120 Km) 2,018 30 Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling (32 Km) 763 31 Deoband (Muzzafarnagar)-Roorkee (27 Km) 1,289 32 Agra-Etawah New Line(110 Km) 427 33 Phephna-Indara, Mau-Shahganj Doubling (150 Km) 1,778 Ongoing projects: Some of the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh which have been taken up are as under: Page 19 of 40SN. Project Cost ( in Cr.) 1 Barabanki-Burhwal 3rd Line (27 Km) 426 2 Burhwal- GondaKacheri 4th line (56 Km) 796 3 Burhwal-Gonda 3rd Line (62 Km) 1,118 4 Bahraich- Khalilabad New Line (240 Km) 4,940 5 Katra-AyodhyaDham Doubling (10 Km) 466 6 Pt. DeenDayalUpadhyaya- Prayagraj 3rd Line (150 Km) 2,649 7 Billi-Chunar Doubling (102 Km) 1,424 8 Chhapra-Ballia Doubling (65 km) 1,046 9 Unchhar-Amethi New Line (66 Km) 1,229 10 Etah-Kasganj New Line ( 29 Km) 389 11 Gorakhpur- Valmikinagar Doubling (96 Km) 1,121 12 Varanasi-Pt. DeenDayalUpadhyaya 3rd and 4th Line (15 2,464 Km) 13 Jhansi-Khairar-Manikpur&Khairar-Bhimsen Doubling 4,330 (431 Km) 14 Sahjanwa-Dohrighat New Line (81 Km) 1,320 15 Kuberpur-Yamuna Bridge 3rd line (10 Km) 170 16 Prayagraj (Iradatganj)-Manikpur 3rd Line (84 km) 1,508 17 Dilkusha-Malhaur 3rd Line (8 km) 164 18 Bypass/Chord line at AyodhyaCantt. (between Salarpur- 97 Masodha) (6 Km) 19 Didarganj - Shahganj - Bilwai Chord line (6 km) 137 20 Varanasi Shivpur 3rd line (6 Km) 76 21 Jaunpur Jn.- Zafarabad Doubling (6 Km) 177 22 Bhatni - Aurnihar Doubling (117 km) 2,529 23 Mathura-Jhansi 3rd line (274 km) 5,924 24 Agra Fort and Bandikui Doubling (150 km) 988 Page 20 of 40SN. Project Cost ( in Cr.) 25 Janghai-Pratapgarh- Amethi Doubling (87 km) 1,197 26 Barabanki-Malhaur - 3rd & 4th Line (33 km) 407 27 Phaphamau-Unchahar Doubling (72 km) 971 28 Aunrihar - Varanasi City 3rd Line (31 Km) 76 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. Amrit Bharat Stations: 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 Page 21 of 40 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 city centre at the station in the long term. So far, 1338 stations have been identified for development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. Out of these, 80 stations are located in Madhya Pradesh, 132 stations are located in Maharashtra and 157 stations are located in Uttar Pradesh. The names of stations identified for development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are as following: No. of State Names of Stations Stations Madhya 80 Akodia, Amla, Anuppur, Ashoknagar, Pradesh Balaghat, Banapura, Bargawan, Beohari, Berchha, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Bijuri, Bina, BiyavraRajgarh, Chhindwara, Dabra, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Gadarwara, Ganjbasoda, Ghoradongri, Guna, Gwalior, Page 22 of 40No. of State Names of Stations Stations Harda, Harpalpur, Indore Jn, Itarsi Jn, Jabalpur, Junnor Deo, Kareli, Katni Jn, KatniMurwara, 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 (Hoshangabad), 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 Maharashtra 132 Ahmednagar, Ajni (Nagpur), Akalkot Road, Akola, Akurdi, Amalner, Amgaon, Amravati, Andheri, Badnera, Balharshah, Bandra Terminus, Baramati, Belapur, Bhandara Road, Bhokar, Bhusawal, Borivali, Byculla, Chalisgaon, Chanda Fort, Chandrapur, Charni Road, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Chinchpokli, Chinchwad, Dadar (CR), Dadar (WR), Dahisar, Daund, Dehu Road, Devlali, Page 23 of 40No. of State Names of Stations Stations Dhamangaon, Dharangaon, Dharashiv, Dharmabad, Dhule, Diva, Dudhani, Gangakher , Godhani, Gondia, Grant Road, Hadapsar, Hatkanangale, Hazur Sahib Nanded, Himayatnagar, Hinganghat, Hingoli Deccan, Igatpuri, Jalgaon, Jalna, Jeur, Jogeshwari, Kalyan Jn, Kamptee, Kandivali, Kanjur Marg, Karad, Katol, Kedgaon, Kinwat, Kopargaon, Kurduwadi Jn, Kurla Jn, Lasalgaon, Latur, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Lonand Jn, Lonavla, Lower Parel, Malad, Malkapur, Manmad Jn, Manwath Road, Marine Lines, Matunga, Miraj Jn, Mudkhed Jn, Mumbai Central, Mumbra, Murtizapur Jn, Nagarsol, Nagpur Jn, Nandgaon, Nandura, Nandurbar, Narkher Jn, Nashik Road, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction, Pachora Jn, Palghar, Pandharpur, Panvel Jn, Parbhani Jn, Parel, Parli Vaijnath, Partur, Phaltan, Prabhadevi, Pulgaon Jn, Pune Jn, Purna Jn, Raver, Rotegaon, Sainagar Shirdi, Sandhurst Road, Sangli, Satara, Savda, Selu, Sewagram, Shahad, Shegaon, Shivaji Nagar Pune, Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur, Solapur, Talegaon, Thakurli, Thane, Titvala, Tumsar Page 24 of 40No. of State Names of Stations Stations Road, Umri, Uruli, Vadala Road, Vidyavihar, Vikhroli, Wadsa, Wardha, Washim, Wathar Uttar Pradesh 157 Achnera, Agra Cantt., Agra Fort, Aishbagh Jn, Akbarpur Jn, Aligarh, Amethi, Amroha, Anand Nagar Jn., Aonla, Ayodhya Dham Junction, Azamgarh, Babatpur, Bachhrawan, Badaun, Badshahnagar, Badshahpur, Baheri, Bahraich, Balamau Jn., Ballia, Balrampur, Banaras, Banda, Barabanki Jn, Bareilly, Bareilly City, Barhni, Basti, Belthara Road, Bhadohi, Bharatkund, Bhatni, Bhuteshwar, Bijnor, Bulandsahar, ChandauliMajhwar, Chandausi, Chilbila, Chitrakutdhamkarwi, Chopan, Chunar Jn., Daliganj, Darshannagar, Deoria Sadar, Dhampur, Dildarnagar, Etawah Jn., Farrukhabad, Fatehabad, Fatehpur, Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Gajraula, Garhmuktesar, Gauriganj, Ghatampur, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur City, Gola Gokarnath, Gomtinagar, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Govardhan, Govindpuri, Gursahaiganj, Haidergarh, Hapur, Hardoi, Hathras City, Idgah Agra Jn, Izzatnagar, Janghai Jn, Jaunpur City, Jaunpur Jn, Kannauj, Kanpur Anwarganj, Kanpur Bridge Left Bank, Page 25 of 40No. of State Names of Stations Stations Kanpur Central, Kaptanganj Jn, Kasganj Jn, Kashi, Khalilabad, Khorason road, Khurja Jn., Kosi Kalan, Kunda Harnamganj, Lakhimpur, Lalganj, Lalitpur Jn, Lambhua, Lohta, Lucknow (Charbagh) NR, Lucknow city, Lucknow Jn. (NER), Maa Belha Devi Pratapgarh Junction, Maghar, Maharaja Bijli Pasi, Mahoba Jn, Mailani Jn, Mainpuri Jn, Malhaur, Manak Nagar, Manikpur Jn, Mariahu, Mathura Jn, Mau Jn, Meerut City Jn, Mirzapur, Modinagar, Mohanlalganj, Moradabad Jn, Muzaffarnagar, Nagina, Najibabad Jn, Orai, Panki Dham, Phaphamau Jn, Phulpur, Pilibhit Jn, Pokhrayan, Prayag Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn, Rae Bareli Jn, Raja Ki Mandi, Ramghat Halt, Rampur Jn, Renukoot, Saharanpur Jn., Salempur, Seohara, Shahganj Jn, Shahjahanpur, Shamli, Shikohabad Jn., Shivpur, Siddharth nagar, Sitapur Jn., Sonbhadra, Sri Krishna Nagar, Sultanpur Jn, Suraimanpur, Swaminarayan Chappia, Takia, Tulsipur, Tundla Jn., Ujhani, Unchahar, Unnao Jn, Utraitia Jn, Varanasi Cantt., Varanasi City, Vindhyachal, Virangana Lakshmibai Page 26 of 40No. of State Names of Stations Stations Jhansi, Vyasnagar, Zafarabad Completed Stations Development works at railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have been taken up at a good pace and the works have been completed at following stations of these states: State No. of Name of stations stations Madhya 15 Beohari, Bhind, Chhindwara, Harpalpur, Junnor Pradesh Deo, Katni South, MCS Chhatarpur, Nainpur Jn, Narmadapuram, Orchha, Sanchi, Seoni, Shajapur, Shridham, Vidisha Maharashtra 17 Amgaon, Baramati, Chanda Fort, Chinchpokli, Devlali, Dhule, Kedgaon, Lasalgaon, Lonand Jn, Matunga, Murtizapur Jn, Nandura, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction, Parel, Savda, Shahad, Vadala Road Uttar 23 Ayodhya Dham Junction, Balrampur, Bareilly Pradesh City, Bijnor, Fatehabad, Fatehpur, Gola Gokarnath, Gomtinagar, Govardhan, Govindpuri, Hathras City, Idgah Agra Jn, Izzatnagar, Khalilabad, Mailani Jn, Panki Dham, Pokhrayan, Page 27 of 40Ramghat Halt, Saharanpur Jn., Siddharth Nagar, Suraimanpur, Swaminarayan Chappia, Ujhani The activities for development at other stations have also been taken up at good pace and progress of some of the stations of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh is as given below: Madhya Pradesh  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.  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. Maharashtra Page 28 of 40 Palghar station: The works of new platform shelter at platform no. 2/3, platform surfacing, new coping blocks and tactile tile work at platform no. 4 have been completed. The works of utility shifting and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.  Diva station: The works of improvement of station building, circulating area and parking on East side, new entry gate, platform raising and flooring of platform no. 5/6 and 7/8, platform shelter at platform no. 7/8, new toilet block, sewage treatment plant on West side, improvement of Foot Over Bridge at Kalyan end and Mumbai end have been completed. The works of new 6 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.  Mumbra station: The works for improvement of platform surface, seating arrangement, new toilet block, improvement of booking office, circulating area, sewage treatment plant and flooring of Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The work of escalator has been taken up.  Titwala station: The works for station building, entrance gate, platform surfacing, improvement of ticket booking office, toilet block, sewage treatment plant and improvement of two wheeler parking and approach road on East and West side have been completed. The work of new 6 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up. Uttar Pradesh  Mainpuri Junction station: The works of new station building, porch, Public Reservation System counter, waiting hall, circulating area, parking, approach road, lighting, Public Address System, signages and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The work of Divyangjan facilities has been taken up.  Ghaziabad station: The structural works of station building at main entry side and second entry side, foundation work of new Foot Over Page 29 of 40Bridge-B at Tundla end, roof plaza, extension work of existing Foot Over Bridge-A, finishing work of electrical substation at main entry side and second entry side, Magistrate building, Government Railway Police and Railway Protection Force buildings have been taken up.  Rampur Junction station: The works of new station building, platform shelter, platform surfacing, booking office, waiting hall and toilet have been completed. The works of circulating area and Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.  Shahjahanpur station: The works of platform shelter and platform surfacing at platform no. 1 and 2/3 have been completed. The works of improvement of station building, new station building at second entry, circulating area and 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. Development / upgradation / modernisation of stations including under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme is 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 Page 30 of 40Western 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. Maharashtra is covered under the jurisdiction of four railway zones, namely, Central Railway, South Central Railway, South East Central Railway and Western Railway. For these zones, an allocation of ₹ 3,834 crore has been made for the financial year 2025-26, out of which an expenditure (up to February, 2026) of ₹ 3,886 crore has been incurred so far. Uttar Pradesh is covered under the jurisdiction of five railway zones, namely East Central Railway, North Central Railway, Northern Railway, North Eastern Railway and West Central Railway. For these zones, an allocation of ₹ 3,794 crore has been made for the financial year 2025–26, out of which an expenditure (up to February, 2026) of ₹ 3,694 crore has been incurred so far. Indian Railways (IR) is focussed on providing affordable, good quality services to all sections of society. With a view to improve travel experience of the passengers, Indian Railways have introduced indigenously designed and manufactured Vande Bharat (Sleeper & Chair Car), Amrit Bharat, Namo Bharat Rapid Rail services with modern coaches, advanced safety features and passenger amenities. Vande Bharat services (Chair Car): Indian Railways, with a view to improve travel experience of the passengers, have introduced indigenously designed and manufactured Vande Bharat trains with modern coaches, advanced safety features and passenger amenities. These Vande Bharat Chair Car Trains have following features: ● Jerk Free Semi-Permanent couplers. Page 31 of 40● Fitted with KAVACH ● Centrally controlled Automatic Plug Doors and Fully Sealed wider gangways. ● Emergency Alarm Push buttons and Talk Back Units on all Coaches. ● Improved fire safety – Aerosol based fire detection and suppression system in electrical cabinets and lavatories. ● Higher acceleration with design/operating speed of 180/160 KMPH. ● Driver-Guard communication with voice recording facility & Crash hardened memory. ● Air conditioning units provided with indigenously developed UV-C lamp based disinfection system for deactivating 99% harmful bacteria from conditioned air to improve the hygiene standards inside the passenger area. ● Better Ride Comfort. ● CCTVs in all Coaches. ● For Divyangjan passengers special lavatory in the driving coaches on each end. ● Coach condition monitoring System (CCMS) display with remote monitoring. As on 18.03.2026, the following 162 Vande Bharat train services (Chair Car) are being operated on the Indian Railways network, as under:- SN Train No. and Name 1 22435/22436 New Delhi - Varanasi Vande Bharat Express 2 22439/22440 Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra - New Delhi Vande Bharat Express 3 20901/20902 Gandhinagar Capital - Mumbai Central Vande Bharat Express 4 22447/22448 Amb Andura - New Delhi Vande Bharat Express Page 32 of 405 20607/20608 Mysuru - MGR Chennai Central Vande Bharat Express 6 20825/20826 Nagpur - Bilaspur Vande Bharat Express 7 22301/22302 New Jalpaiguri - Howrah Vande Bharat Express 8 20833/20834 Secunderabad - Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express 9 22223/22224 Sainagar Shirdi - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Vande Bharat Express 10 22225/22226 Solapur - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Vande Bharat Express 11 20171/20172 Nizamuddin - Rani Kamlapati Vande Bharat Express 12 20701/20702 Tirupati - Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express 13 20643/20644 Coimbatore - Chennai Vande Bharat Express 14 20977/20978 Chandigarh - Ajmer Vande Bharat Express 15 20633/20634 Thiruvananthapuram- Kasargod Vande Bharat Express 16 22895/22896 Puri - Howrah Vande Bharat Express 17 22457/22458 Dehradun - Anand Vihar Vande Bharat Express 18 22227/22228 Guwahati - New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express 19 20911/20912 Nagpur - Indore Vande Bharat Express 20 22229/22230 Madgaon - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Vande Bharat Express 21 22349/22350 Ranchi - Patna Vande Bharat Express 22 20661/20662 Dharwar - Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express 23 20173/20174 Rewa - Rani Kamlapati Vande Bharat Express 24 22549/22550 Gorakhpur - Prayagraj Vande Bharat Express 25 12461/12462 Sabarmati - Jodhpur Vande Bharat Express Page 33 of 4026 22925/22926 Okha - Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express 27 20665/20666 Tirunelveli - Chennai Egmore Vande Bharat Express 28 20677/20678 Narsapur - Chennai Vande Bharat Express 29 20703/20704 Yesvantpur - Kacheguda Vande Bharat Express 30 20631/20632 Thiruvananthapuram- Mangaluru Vande Bharat Express 31 26963/26964 Udaipur - Asarva Vande Bharat Express 32 22347/22348 Patna - Howrah Vande Bharat Express 33 20835/20836 Puri - Rourkela Vande Bharat Express 34 20897/20898 Ranchi - Howrah Vande Bharat Express 35 22415/22416 New Delhi - Varanasi Vande Bharat Express 36 20641/20642 Coimbatore - Bengaluru Cant Vande Bharat Express 37 20645/20646 Mangaluru - Madgaon Vande Bharat Express 38 20705/20706 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) - Nanded Vande Bharat Express 39 22477/22478 Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra - New Delhi Vande Bharat Express 40 22425/22426 Anand Vihar - Ayodhya Cantt. Vande Bharat Express 41 22487/22488 Amritsar - Delhi Vande Bharat Express 42 22962/22961 Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express 43 20707/20708 Visakhapatnam - Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express 44 20663/20664 Chennai - Mysuru Vande Bharat Express 45 22233/22234 Patna - New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express 46 22470/22469 Khajuraho - Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express Page 34 of 4047 22231/22232 Bengaluru - Kalburagi Vande Bharat Express 48 20841/20842 Visakhapatnam - Bhubaneswar Vande Bharat Express 49 22345/22346 Gomti Nagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express 50 20887/20888 Varanasi - Ranchi Vande Bharat Express 51 22545/22546 Dehradun - Lucknow Vande Bharat Express 52 22490/22489 Varanasi - Meerut City Vande Bharat Express 53 20627/20628 Nagercoil - Chennai Egmore Vande Bharat Express 54 20671/20672 Bengaluru Cantt - Madurai Vande Bharat Express 55 22500/22499 Deoghar - Varanasi Vande Bharat Express 56 22309/22310 Jamalpur - Howrah Vande Bharat Express 57 20871/20872 Rourkela - Howrah Vande Bharat Express 58 20893/20894 Patna - Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express 59 20892/20891 Tatanagar - Brahmapur Vande Bharat Express 60 22303/22304 Gaya - Howrah Vande Bharat Express 61 20669/20670 Pune - Hubballi Vande Bharat Express 62 20673/20674 Pune - Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj (T) Vande Bharat Express 63 20101/20102 Secunderabad - Nagpur Vande Bharat Express 64 20829/20830 Visakhapatnam - Durg Vande Bharat Express 65 21893/21894 Patna - Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express 66 21895/21896 Patna - Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express 67 20176/20175 Banaras - Agra Cantt. Vande Bharat Express 68 26901/26902 Veraval - Sabarmati Vande Bharat Express Page 35 of 4069 26401/26402 Srinagar - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express 70 26403/26404 Srinagar -Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express 71 26502/26501 Patliputra - Gorakhpur Vande Bharat Express 72 26751/26752 KSR Bengaluru - Belagavi Vande Bharat Express 73 26406/26405 Amritsar - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express 74 26101/26102 Pune - Ajni Vande Bharat Express 75 26302/26301 Jogbani - Danapur Vande Bharat Express 76 26481/26482 Delhi Cantt - Jodhpur Vande Bharat Express 77 26471/26472 Delhi Cantt - Bikaner Vande Bharat Express 78 26462/26461 Delhi - Firozpur Cantt. Vande Bharat Express 79 26651/26652 Ernakulam - KSR Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express 80 26506/26505 Khajuraho - Banaras Vande Bharat Express 81 26504/26503 Saharanpur - Gomtinagar Vande Bharat Express Vande Bharat Sleeper Train services: For long distance travel the Sleeper variant of Vande Bharat Express has been indigenously designed and developed. Two such trains have already been manufactured. After extensive trials, these trains have been introduced on Indian Railways. The First Vande Bharat Sleeper service viz. 27575/27576 Howrah-Kamakhya Vande Bharat Sleeper Express has commenced regular operation w.e.f. 22.01.2026. The process of development of new rolling stocks like Vande Sleeper necessitates a holistic approach, combining technological innovation, strategic planning and manufacturing to ensure a safe, reliable and Page 36 of 40comfortable travel. This involves development of prototype, extensive testing and trials followed by series production. To improve travel experience of the passengers and set new benchmarks in terms of safe and comfortable journey, these train sets have been provided with modern coaches having advanced safety features and passenger amenities like: ● Jerk-Free Semi permanent couplers and Anti Climbers. ● Fitted with KAVACH. ● Higher acceleration with design/operating speed of 180/160 KMPH. ● Crashworthy Design of Car body complying with EN standards. ● Fire barrier doors at the end of each coach for compliance of Fire Safety standards. ● Aerosol based fire detection and suppression system in electrical cabinets and lavatories. ● Regenerative braking system for energy efficiency. ● Air conditioning units provided with indigenously developed UV-C lamp based disinfection system for deactivating 99% harmful bacteria from conditioned air to improve the hygiene standards inside the passenger area. ● Centrally controlled Automatic Plug Doors and Fully Sealed wider gangways. ● CCTVs in all coaches. ● Emergency talk-back unit for communication between Passenger and Train Manager/Loco Pilot in case of emergency. ● For Divyangjan passengers special lavatory in the driving coaches on each end. ● Centralized Coach Monitoring System for better condition monitoring of passenger amenities such as Air conditioning, Saloon Lighting etc. ● Ergonomically designed ladder for ease of climbing on to upper berths. Page 37 of 40As on 18.03.2026, the following 02 Vande Bharat train services (Sleeper Car) are being operated on the Indian Railways network: SN Train No. and Name 1 27575/27576 Howrah - Kamakhya Vande Bharat Sleeper Express Amrit Bharat service: To provide affordable means of transportation to the low and middle income families, Indian Railways have introduced Amrit Bharat services that are fully non-AC modern trains. The present composition of Amrit Bharat consists of 11 General Class coaches, 8 Sleeper Class coaches, 01 Pantry car and 02 Luggage cum Divyangjan coaches. High Speed and enhanced Safety standards are the hallmarks of these trains with following enhanced features and amenities: i. Better aesthetics of seat and berths with enhanced look & feel on the lines of Vande Bharat Sleeper. ii. Jerk Free Semi-Automatic Couplers. iii. Improved Crashworthiness in coaches by provision of crash tube. iv. Provision of CCTV system in all coaches. v. Improved designs of toilets. vi. Improved design of Ladder for ease of climbing on to the berth. vii. Improved LED Light fitting & Charging Sockets. viii. Provision of EP assisted braking system. ix. Aerosol based fire suppression system in toilets and electrical cubicles. x. USB Type-A and Type-C mobile charging sockets. xi. Emergency Talk Back system for two-way communication between Passenger and Guard/Train Manager. xii. Non-AC pantry with enhanced heating capacity. Page 38 of 40xiii. Fully sealed gangways with quick release mechanism for easy attachment and detachment. As on 18.03.2026, the following 60 Amrit Bharat Express services are being operated on the Indian Railways network: SN Train No. and Name 1 11015/11016 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Saharsa Amrit Bharat Express 2 13697/13698 Gaya - Delhi Amrit Bharat Express 3 15293/15294 Muzaffarpur - Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express 4 15557/15558 Darbhanga - Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express 5 15561/15562 Darbhanga - Gomtinagar Amrit Bharat Express 6 15567/15568 Bapudham Motihari - Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express 7 22361/22362 Rajendranagar (T) - New Delhi Amrit Bharat Express 8 13433/13434 SMVT Bengaluru - Malda Town Amrit Bharat Express 9 13435/13436 Malda Town - Gomtinagar Amrit Bharat Express 10 15133/15134 Chhapra - Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express 11 14047/14048 Sitamarhi - Delhi Amrit Bharat Express 12 14627/14628 Saharsa - Chheharta Amrit Bharat Express 13 19623/19624 Madar - Darbhanga Amrit Bharat Express 14 16601/16602 Erode - Jogbani Amrit Bharat Express 15 19021/19022 Udhna - Brahmapur Amrit Bharat Express 16 15671/15672 Kamakhya - Rohtak Amrit Bharat Express 17 20609/20610 New Jalpaiguri - Tiruchchirappalli Amrit Bharat Express 18 16597/16598 SMVT Bengaluru - Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express Page 39 of 4019 11031/11032 Panvel - Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express 20 16107/16108 Tambaram - Santragachi Amrit Bharat Express 21 13065/13066 Howrah - Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express 22 22587/22588 Sealdah - Banaras Amrit Bharat Express 23 20603/20604 New Jalpaiguri - Nagercoil Amrit Bharat Express 24 15949/15950 Dibrugarh - Gomti Nagar Amrit Bharat Express 25 16121/16122 Tambaram - Thiruvananthapuram Central Amrit Bharat Express 26 16329/16330 Nagercoil - Mangaluru Amrit Bharat Express 27 17041/17042 Charlapalli - Thiruvananthapuram North Amrit Bharat Express 28 16619/16620 Podanur-Dhanbad Amrit Bharat Express 29 16357/16358 Nagercoil-Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express 30 15673/15674 Charlapalli - Kamakhya Amrit Bharat Express ***** Page 40 of 40