Parliament Question: Railway Lines in Bihar

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3112 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2026 RAILWAY LINES IN BIHAR

3112. DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the new railway lines that have been sanctioned or are under construction in Bihar;

(b) the current status of these new lines including expected completion dates;

(c) whether any projects are aimed specifically at improving connectivity to districts like Gopalganj;

(d) the details of the estimated cost and sources of funding for these projects; and

(e) the manner in which these projects contribute to regional economic development and passenger convenience? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (e) : Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar is as under:

Period Outlay ₹1,132 Cr./year 2009-14 ₹10,066 Cr. (Nearly 9 times) 2025-26 §The details of commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under :- New Track Average Commissioning of new Period Commissioned tracks 318 Km 63.6 Km/year 2009-14 1,899 Km 172.6 Km/year (More than 2.5 times) 2014-25 As on 01.04.2025, 52 projects (31 New Lines, 01 Gauge Conversions and 20 Doubling), of a total length of 4,663 km, costing ₹86,107 crore, falling fully/partly in Bihar, are sanctioned, out of which 1,014 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹29,353 crore has been incurred upto March’ 2025. The summary is as under:- Length Total Exp No of Total Length Commissioned upto Category sanctioned NL/GC/DL till Mar'25 Mar'25 Projects (in Km) (in Km) (₹ in Cr) New Lines 31 2,691 516 16,814 Gauge Conversion 1 69 52 544 Doubling/Multi- 20 1,904 446 11,995 tracking Total 52 4,663 1,014 29,353 Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in Bihar

are as under:- SN. Project Length Cost

(Km) (In Crores of Rs) 1 Patna rail cum road Bridge 28 3,210 2 Munger rail cum road Bridge 15 3,040 3 Kosi Bridge 22 863 4 Daniawan-Biharsharif New Line 38 3545 Chandan-Banka New Line 40 496 6 Rampurhat-Mandarhill New Line 130 908 7 Maharajganj-Masrakh New Line 35 412 8 Rajgir-Tilaiya & Natesar-lslampur New Line 67 726 9 Mansi-Saharsa-Purnia Gauge Conversion 141 752 10 Jaynagar-Narkatiaganj Gauge Conversion 260 967 11 Kaptanganj-Chhapra Gauge Conversion 234 819 12 Sakri-Nirmali & Saharasa-Forbesganj 206 2,113 Gauge Conversion 13 Mansi-Saharsa, Saharsa-Purnia & 169 752 Banmakhi- Bihariganj Gauge Conversion 14 Sahibganj-Pirpainti Doubling 23 129 15 Maheshkunt-Thanabihpur Doubling 32 115 16 Hajipur-Ramdayalu Nagar Doubling 48 367 17 Pirpainti-Bhagalpur Doubling 51 493 18 Bakhtiyarpur-Barh Doubling 19 237 19 Kiul-Gaya Doubling 124 2,462 20 Hajipur-Bachwara Doubling 72 930 21 Darbhanga bypass 9 253 22 Araria-Galgalia (Thakurganj) New Line 110 2,132 23 Saraigarh Byepass Line 5 79 24 Chhapra-Chhapra Kacheri 3rd Line 3 33 Some of the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar which have

been taken up are as under:

SN. Project Length Cost

(Km) (Rs. in Cr.) 1 Sakri-Hasanpur new line 76 735 2 Khagaria-Kusheshwarsthan New line 42 1,511 3 Fatuha-lslampur new line 167 2,882 4 Koderma-Tilaiya new line 65 1,980 5 Hajipur-Sagauli new line 151 2,7026 Araria-Supaul new line 96 1,925 7 Kursela-Bihariganj new line 58 194 8 Bikramshila-Katareah new line 26 2,171 9 Jhajha-Batia new line 20 588 10 Pirpainti-Jassidih new line 97 2,611 11 Chhitauni-Tumkuhi Road new line 59 1,731 12 Jalalgarh-Kishanganj new line 51 360 13 Jogbani-Biratnagar (Nepal) new line 19 402 14 Darbhanga-Kusheshwarasthan new line 70 367 15 Motihari-Sitamarhi new line 77 1,007 16 Sitamarhi-Nirmali new line 189 2,833 17 Nawada-Laxmipur new line 137 3,121 18 Ara-Bhabua Road new line 150 2,397 19 Gaya-Daltonganj new line 137 2,861 20 Muzaffarpur-Darbhanga new line 69 282 21 Muzaffarpur-Janakpur Road new line 67 228 22 Dehri on Sone-Banjari new line 35 111 Chhapra-Muzzafarpur new line 23 78 1,894 24 Bihta-Aurangabad new line 120 2,995 25 Gaya-Chatra and Gaya-Natesar new line 135 4,543 26 Deogarh-Sultanganj new line 154 665 incl.Banka-Barahat and Banka-Bhitiah Road 27 Sultanganj-Katuria new line 77 291 28 Bariarpur-Mananpur new line 68 251 29 Hathua-Bhatni new line 80 318 30 Aurangabad Terminal-Anugrah Narayan 13 441 Road new line 31 Nawadah-Pawapuri New line 25 492 32 Jaynagar-Bijalpura Gauge conversion 69 790 33 Dhanbad-Sonnagar 3rd line 291 7,906 34 Samastipur-Darbhanga Doubling 38 826 35 Rampur Dumra-Tal-Rajendra Pul- 14 2,535 Additional bridge and Doubling 36 Sagauli-Valmikinagar Doubling 110 1,456 37 Gaya Bye pass for Manpur 2 3038 Muzaffarpur-Sugauli Doubling 101 1,586 39 Barauni-Bachwara 3rd & 4th line 32 486 40 Sonenagar bye pass(Chiralapothu to 10 224 Bagha Bishunpur) 41 Narkatiaganj-Darbhanga & Sitamarhi- 256 4,080 Muzaffarpur Doubling 42 Chhapra-Ballia Patch Doubling 65 1,046 43 Gorakhpur-Valmikinagar Doubling 96 1,121 44 Katihar-Kumedpur and Katihar-Mukuria 65 943 Doubling 45 Bhadaura Station and Karma Station 11 200 Surface Triangle Line 46 ROR at Sasaram connecting GC to Ara- 9 470 Sasaram Line 47 Ara Bye pass Line to be connected 3 119 from Jagjivan Halt to existing ARA- Sasaram line through link cabin (Y- Connectivity at Ara) 48 Son Nagar-Andal Multitracking 749 12,334 49 Bulb line at Nabinagar (Ankorha) 17 612 50 Punarakh- Barh-Bhaktiyarpur New 4th 28 422 line & balance 3rd line 51 Sanjaygram to Dhachna By Pass line 2 34 52 Aluabari Road-Thakurganj Doubling 20 327 53 Aluabari Road-New Jalpaiguri 3rd & 4th 57 1,630 Line 54 Bhagalpur-Jamalpur 3rd Line 53 1,156 55 Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurh at Doubling 177 3,169 56 Bakhtiyarpur-Rajgir-Tilaiya Doubling 104 2,192 57 Bakthiyarpur-Fatuha 3rd and 4th line 24 931 During last three years (i.e. 2022-2023, 2023-24, 2024-25 and current financial year 2025-26), total 92 Nos. of Surveys (16 New Line, 76 Doubling) falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar having a total length of 4,530 Km have been sanctioned.Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railway’s website.

Gopalganj is already an existing station on Hathua-Thawe-Masrakh section and is well connected to rest of Indian Railway network.

Sanction of any railway project depend 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 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. *****