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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.
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§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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