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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4354
TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026
RAILWAY CROSSINGS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
†4354. SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) the details of railway crossings on National Highways in the country,
State/UT and district- wise;
(b) the details of unmanned and manned railway crossings on National
Highways in the country particularly in Gujarat; and
(c) the time by which unmanned railway crossings are likely to be
converted into manned railway crossings?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a) to (c): As on 01.04.2025, 359 Manned Level Crossings (MLCs) exist on
National Highways in the country. This includes 07 Nos. MLCs in Gujarat.
Further, all Unmanned level crossings (UMLCs) on Broad Gauge (BG) lines
in the country have been eliminated in 2019.
Level Crossings (LCs) are eliminated either by providing Road over
Bridges/ Road under Bridges (ROBs/ RUBs) in lieu of LCs or through direct
closure (for low traffic LCs) or by diversion of road traffic to nearby
ROB/RUB/LC depending upon the site conditions.
Sanctioning of works of Road over Bridge (ROB)/Road under Bridge
(RUB) in lieu of Level crossings (LCs) is a continuous and dynamic process
of Indian Railway. Such works are prioritised and taken up on the basis of
§its impact on safety in train operations, mobility of trains & impact for road
users and feasibility etc.
No. of ROBs/ RUBs constructed on Indian Railways during the period
2004-14 vis a vis 2014-26 (Upto Jan’26) is as under:
Period ROBs/ RUBs constructed
2004-14 4,148 Nos.
2014-26 (Upto 14,024 Nos. ( including 1,196 Nos. of ROBs/ RUBs in
Jan’26) Gujarat )
As on 01.02.2026, 4,802 Nos. ROBs/ RUBs are sanctioned at cost of ₹
1,14,196 Cr on Indian Railways including 384 Nos. Road Over Bridge
(ROB)/Road Under Bridge (RUB) at a cost of ₹ 8,555 Cr in Gujarat which are
at various stages of planning and execution.
As per the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Ministry of
Railway and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways/National Highway
Authority of India (MoRTH/NHAI) dt. 10.11.2014, MoRTH/NHAI has to
replace all LCs on National Highways by ROBs/RUBs on single entity basis
at their cost.
Completion of any ROB/RUB work depends on various factors like, fixing
of approach alignment, approval of General Arrangement Drawing (GAD),
land acquisition, removal of encroachment, shifting of infringing utilities,
statutory clearances from various authorities, law and order situation in
the area of project / work sites, number of working months in a year for
particular project / work sites due to climatic conditions etc. All these
factors affect the completion time of the projects / works.
Further, Railways have taken following measures to expedite the
progress of work:i. Joint survey with concerned State Govt./Road Owning Authority is
done before finalizing the General Arrangement Drawing (GAD) to
ensure smooth execution.
ii. Periodic meetings of Railway & State Government officials are done
to resolve various issues related to ROB/RUB works.
iii. Standardization of superstructure drawings for various combinations
of span, skewness and width of road on Railway portion has been
done to avoid delays during the design approval. This has been issued
in the form of compendium, which can be directly adopted for Road
Over Bridge across Railway lines for expeditious planning.
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