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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
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)
§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 Total Length Exp.
sanctioned Length Commissioned upto Mar'25
Projects (in Km) Upto Mar'25 (₹ in Cr.)
(Km)
New Line 11 1,355 234 10,504
Gauge Conversion 02 609 334 4,286
Doubling/ 25 3,134 1,792 24,617
Multitracking
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 Sanctioned
Wadsa-Gadchiroli New Line
4 Terminal Station at Shani signapur in under Sanctioned
construction Rahuri-Shanisignapur New Line
5 Coaching Terminal at Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar Sanctioned
6 Coaching Terminal at Parel DPR prepared
7 Additional coaching Terminal at Lokmanya Tilak DPR
Terminus 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 4,957
New 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) 69810 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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