Parliament Question: Railway Connectivity for Shravasti

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 60 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2026 RAILWAY CONNECTIVITY FOR SHRAVASTI †*60. SHRI RAM SHIROMANI VERMA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware that Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh being an Aspirational district and having historical religious and international significance as a Buddhist tourism destination, still remains unconnected to the railway network;

(b) whether the Government has approved any new railway project to connect Shravasti to the railway network and if so, the present status of the said project along with the fund sanctioned/spent, total estimated cost, the percentage of work completed so far including expected timeline for the completion and commencement of rail services;

(c) whether the Government proposes to introduce trains increasing the number thereof and providing stoppage of major trains for the convenience of passengers from Balrampur, Tulsipur, Kauwapur, Gainsari and the Shravasti region; and

(d) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. ***** §STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.60 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2026 IN LOK SABHA

(a) to (d): Bahraich-Khalilabad new line project (240 Km) passing through Shravasti district has been sanctioned at a cost of ₹4,940 crore. An expenditure of ₹1,525 crore has been incurred upto March 2026 and an outlay of ₹686 crore has been provided for this project for the year 2026-27.

The project has been notified as “Special Railway Project” for acquisition of land through State Government. Major section-wise progress is as

under:

Section Status of works Khalilabad-Bansi Land acquisition: 246.81 Ha. out of 254.44 Ha. (54 Km) land acquired and balance acquisition taken up.

Earth Work: 37.03L Cum. out of 61.71L Cum. earth work completed and further work taken up.

Major bridge: Work taken up in all 26 major bridges.

RUB: 27 out of 56 RUBs completed and work taken up in balance.

ROB: Work taken up in all 4 ROBs.

Station building: Work taken up in all 7 station buildings.

Bansi-Ikauna Land acquisition: 48.02 Ha. out of 568.22 Ha. (120 Km) land acquired and balance acquisition taken up.

Ikauna-Bahraich Land acquisition: 274.17 Ha. out of 329.60 Ha. (66 Km) land acquired and balance acquisition taken up.

Page 1 of 7Uttar 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 2026-27 ₹20,012 crore (More than 18 times)

Track construction:

The details of constructing new tracks falling fully/partly in the State of

Uttar Pradesh are as under:

Period New Track Average Commissioning of new Commissioned tracks 2009-14 996 Km 199 Km per year 2014-26 5,499 Km 458 Km per year (More than 2 times)

Projects sanctioned:

As on 01.04.2026, 49 projects (09 New Line, 01 Gauge Conversion and 39 Doubling) of 3,691 Km length, costing ₹62,417 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh are sanctioned. The summary is as under:- Category No of Total Length Exp Projects Length Commissioned upto Mar'26

(Km) (Km) (₹ in Cr.) New Line 09 1,200 365 11,885 Gauge Conversion 01 11 0 27 Doubling/ 39 2,480 985 21,631 Multitracking Total 49 3,691 1,350 33,543 Page 2 of 7Recently completed projects:

Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the

State of Uttar Pradesh are as under:

SN. Project Cost (₹ in Cr.) 1 Meerut-Muzaffarnagar Doubling (55 Km) 430 2 Bahraich-Nepal Ganj Gauge Conversion 342 (56 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 863 (260 Km) 6 Gonda-Bahraich Gauge Conversion (60 Km) 318 7 Barabanki-Akbarpur Doubling (161 Km) 1,700 8 Kaptanganj- Chhapra Gauge Conversion 819 (234 Km) 9 Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur Gauge Conversion 589 (83 Km) 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 14 Etawah-Mainpuri New Line (58 Km) 313 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 21 Domingarh-Kusumhi 3rd Line and Gorakhpur- 508 Nakaha Jungle Doubling (21 Km) 22 Malhaur-Daliganj Doubling (13 Km) 183 23 Ruma Chakeri-Chandari 3rd Line (13 Km) 177 24 Bareilly-Tanakpur Gauge Conversion (102 Km) 313 25 Rosa- Burhwal Doubling (181 Km) 2,094 26 Jaunpur- Akbarpur Doubling (77 Km) 676 27 Ramna-Singrauli Doubling (160 Km) 2,436 28 Janghai-Phaphamau Doubling (47 Km) 414 29 Varanasi-Prayagraj Doubling (120 Km) 2,018 30 Karaila Road-Shaktinagar Doubling (32 Km) 763 Page 3 of 731 Deoband-Roorkee New Line (27 Km) 1,289 32 Agra-Etawah New Line(110 Km) 427 33 Phephna-Indara, Mau-Shahganj Doubling 1,778 (150 Km) 34 Janghai-Pratapgarh-Amethi Doubling (87 km) 1,429 35 Burhwal-Gonda 3rd Line (62 Km) 1,308

Ongoing projects:

Some of the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh which

have been taken up are as under:

SN. Project Cost (₹ in Cr.) 1 Barabanki-Burhwal 3rd Line (27 Km) 426 2 Burhwal- Gonda Kacheri 4th line (56 Km) 796 3 Bahraich- Khalilabad New Line (240 Km) 4,940 4 Katra-Ayodhya Dham Doubling (10 Km) 466 5 Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya-Prayagraj 3rd Line 2,649 (150 Km) 6 Billi-Chunar Doubling (102 Km) 1,424 7 Chhapra-Ballia Doubling (65 Km) 1,046 8 Etah-Kasganj New Line ( 29 Km) 389 9 Gorakhpur-Valmikinagar Doubling (96 Km) 1,121 10 Varanasi-Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya 3rd and 4th 2,464 Line (15 Km) 11 Jhansi- Manikpur & Khairar-Bhimsen Doubling 4,330 (431 Km) 12 Sahjanwa-Dohrighat New Line (81 Km) 1,320 13 Prayagraj (Iradatganj)-Manikpur 3rd Line (84 Km) 1,508 14 Bhatni-Aunrihar Doubling (117 Km) 2,529 15 Mathura-Jhansi 3rd line (274 Km) 5,961 16 Agra Fort-Bandikui Doubling (150 Km) 988 17 Barabanki-Malhaur 3rd & 4th Line (33 Km) 450 18 Phaphamau-Unchahar Doubling (72 Km) 899 19 Aunrihar-Varanasi City 3rd Line (31 Km) 497 20 Ghaziabad-Sitapur 3rd & 4th line (403 Km) 14,926 21 Nagda-Mathura 3rd & 4th line (568 Km) 16,403 22 Burhwal-Sitapur City 3rd & 4th line (103 Km) 2,276 Page 4 of 7Completion 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.

Train Services:

Indian Railways (IR) constantly endeavours to improve connectivity and facilitate travelling passengers and to this end the following have been undertaken during 2025-26 and 2026-27 (upto June, 2026) which inter alia caters to the needs of passengers of Balrampur, Tulsipur, Kauwapur and

Gainsari:

1. Introduction of 55061/55062 Nakaha Jungle-Aishbagh Passenger w.e.f. 26.05.2026 with stoppages at Balrampur, Tulsipur, Kauwapur and Gainsari.

2. Introduction of 14663/14664 New Jalpaiguri-Amritsar Amrit Bharat Express w.e.f. 14.05.2026 with stoppage at Balrampur.

In addition, it has been decided to introduce 14045/14046 Gorakhpur-Delhi Amrit Bharat Express with stoppage at Balrampur and to extend 13507/13508 Asansol-Gorakhpur Express upto Balrampur with stoppage at Tulsipur.

At present, Balrampur which is a major station located in Shravasti District is served by 26 train services providing connectivity inter alia to destinations like Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Amritsar, etc.

Page 5 of 7Similarly, Tulsipur, Kauwapur and Gainsari stations are served by 22 train services, 08 train services and 08 train services respectively. Lists of trains

serving these stations are as under:

Trains Serving Balrampur station:

SN Train No. and Name 1 14663 New Jalpaiguri-Amritsar Amrit Bharat Express 2 14664 Amritsar-New Jalpaiguri Amrit Bharat Express 3 11079 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Gorakhpur Express 4 11080 Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 5 12571 Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar (T) Express 6 12572 Anand Vihar (T)-Gorakhpur Express 7 15009 Gorakhpur-Izzatnagar Express 8 15010 Izzatnagar-Gorakhpur Express 9 15065 Gorakhpur-Panvel Express 10 15066 Panvel-Gorakhpur Express 11 15067 Gorakhpur-Bandra (T) Express 12 15068 Bandra (T)-Gorakhpur Express 13 15069 Gorakhpur-Aishbagh Express 14 15070 Aishbagh-Gorakhpur Express 15 15081 Gorakhpur-Gomti Nagar Express 16 15082 Gomti Nagar-Gorakhpur Express 17 15705 Katihar-Delhi Express 18 15706 Delhi Jn.-Katihar Express 19 22199 Gwalior-Balrampur Express 20 22200 Balrampur-Gwalior Express 21 22921 Bandra (T)-Gorakhpur Express 22 22922 Gorakhpur-Bandra (T) Express 23 55061 Nakaha Jungle-Aishbagh Passenger 24 55062 Aishbagh-Nakaha Jungle Passenger 25 75107 Nakaha Jungle-Gonda DEMU 26 75108 Gonda-Nakaha Jungle DEMU

Trains serving Tulsipur station:

SN Train No. and Name 1 11079 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Gorakhpur Express 2 11080 Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 3 12571 Gorakhpur -Anand Vihar (T) Express 4 12572 Anand Vihar (T)-Gorakhpur Express 5 15009 Gorakhpur-Izzatnagar Express 6 15010 Izzatnagar-Gorakhpur Express 7 15065 Gorakhpur-Panvel Express Page 6 of 78 15066 Panvel-Gorakhpur Express 9 15067 Gorakhpur-Bandra (T) Express 10 15068 Bandra (T)-Gorakhpur Express 11 15069 Gorakhpur-Aishbagh Express 12 15070 Aishbagh-Gorakhpur Express 13 15081 Gorakhpur-Gomti Nagar Express 14 15082 Gomti Nagar-Gorakhpur Express 15 15705 Katihar-Delhi Express 16 15706 Delhi-Katihar Express 17 22921 Bandra (T)-Gorakhpur Express 18 22922 Gorakhpur-Bandra (T) Express 19 75107 Nakaha Jungle-Gonda DEMU 20 75108 Gonda-Nakaha Jungle DEMU 21 55061 Nakaha Jungle-Aishbagh Passenger 22 55062 Aishbagh-Nakaha Jungle Passenger

Trains serving Kauwapur station:

SN Train No. and Name 1 11079 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Gorakhpur Express 2 11080 Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 3 15067 Gorakhpur-Bandra (T) Express 4 15068 Bandra (T)-Gorakhpur Express 5 55061 Nakaha Jungle-Aishbagh Passenger 6 55062 Aishbagh-Nakaha Jungle Passenger 7 75107 Nakaha Jungle-Gonda DEMU 8 75108 Gonda-Nakaha Jungle DEMU

Trains serving Gainsari station:

SN Train No. and Name 1 11079 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Gorakhpur Express 2 11080 Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 3 15067 Gorakhpur-Bandra (T) Express 4 15068 Bandra (T)-Gorakhpur Express 5 75107 Nakaha Jungle-Gonda DEMU 6 75108 Gonda-Nakaha Jungle DEMU 7 55061 Nakaha Jungle-Aishbagh Passenger 8 55062 Aishbagh-Nakaha Jungle Passenger Besides, introduction of train services/provision of stoppages, are on-going processes on Indian Railways, subject to operational feasibility, resource availability, traffic justification etc.

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