GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 911
TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2026
NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS ACROSS INDIA
†911. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the number of new railway projects approved in the
country so far, Statewise;
(b) the details of the total estimated cost of these projects;
(c) whether...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 911 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2026 NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS ACROSS INDIA †911. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the number of new railway projects approved in the country so far, Statewise;
(b) the details of the total estimated cost of these projects;
(c) whether priority has been given to aspirational districts and border areas and if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the details of the time line fixed for completion of these projects? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a) to (d): Railway projects are surveyed/sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway wise and not State-wise as the Railway projects may span across State boundaries. Railway projects are sanctioned on the basis of remunerativeness, traffic projections, last mile connectivity, missing links and alternate routes, augmentation of congested/saturated lines, demands raised by State Governments, ..P/2-:2:- Central Ministries, Members of Parliament, other public representatives, Railway’s own operational requirement, socio- economic considerations etc. including connection to aspirational districts and border areas depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.
As on 01.04.2025, across Indian Railways, 431 Railway infrastructure projects (154 New Line, 33 Gauge Conversion and 244 Doubling) of total length 35,966 Km, costing approx. 6.75 lakh crore are sanctioned including aspirational districts and border areas, out of which, 12,769 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of approx. 2.91 lakh crore has been incurred upto March, 2025. The
summary is as under:- Length Total Length Total Exp No of Commissioned Category NL/GC/DL upto Mar'25 Projects till Mar'25
(km) ( in Crore)
(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 ..P/3-:3:- Zone-wise/year-wise details of all Railway projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railway’s website.
The details of commissioning/laying of new track across Indian
Railways is given below:- New track Period Average commissioning of new tracks Commissioned 2009-14 7,599 Km 4.2 Km/day 2014-25 34,428 Km 8.57 Km/day ( more than 2 times) 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. ******