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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2885
TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2026
RAILWAY LINES IN MAHARASHTRA/MADHYA PRADESH AND NORTHEAST
FRONTIER RAILWAY ZONE
†2885. SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:
SHRI RAJU BISTA:
SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE:
SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM:
DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) the project-wise current status of works related to the laying of new
railway lines doubling of new railway lines, gauge conversion, doubling
and electrification in various States, particularly Maharashtra, Madhya
Pradesh and Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) zone during the last
three years and the current year, State and Project-wise;
(b) the details of the funds allocated and expenditure incurred for the said
works so far along with their estimated cost;
(c) the details of the physical progress of the projects;
(d) whether the Government has set any target for the completion of the
above-mentioned railway projects;
(e) if so, the details of the targets set for the said States and zone including
the various steps taken by the Government in this regard till now; and
(f) the station-wise progress and financial allocation for stations selected
under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS) within the NFR Zone?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a) to (f): Capacity enhancement of railway network has been taken up by
Indian Railways in a big way during last 12 years. The details of
commissioning/laying of new track across Indian Railways is given below:-
§ Page 1 of 25New track
Period Average commissioning of new tracks
Commissioned
2009-14 7,599 Km 4.2 Km/day
2014-26 36,429 Km 8.32 Km/day (nearly 2 times)
Projects Sanctioned:
As on 01.04.2026, across Indian Railways, 514 Railway infrastructure
projects (169 New Line, 29 Gauge Conversion and 316 Doubling) of total
length 40,000 Km, costing approx. Rs. 8.31 lakh crore are sanctioned. The
summary is as under:-
Category No of Total Length Total Exp
Projects Length Commissioned upto Mar'26
NL/GC/DL till Mar'26 (Rs. in
(km) (Km) Crore)
New lines 169 16,634 3,361 1,57,572
Gauge conversion 29 3987 3,045 24,227
Doubling 316 19,379 6,177 1,23,454
TOTAL 514 40,000 12,583 3,05,253
Zone-wise/year-wise details of all Railway projects are made available in
public domain on Indian Railway’s website.
Madhya Pradesh
Railway Budget:
Budget allocation in the recent years has increased significantly. Budget
allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in
the State of Madhya Pradesh is as under:
Period Outlay
2009-14 ₹632 crore/year
2026-27 ₹15,188 crore (nearly 24 times)
Page 2 of 25Track Construction:
The details of constructing new track falling fully/partly in the State of
Madhya Pradesh is as under:
Period New Track Average Commissioning of new tracks
Commissioned
2009-14 145 Km 29 Km/year
2014-26 2,893 Km 241.1 Km/year (More than 8 times)
Projects Sanctioned:
As on 01.04.2026, 32 projects (10 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 20
Doubling), of total length of 5,584 Km, costing ₹1,26,939 crore falling
fully/partly in Madhya Pradesh are sanctioned. The summary is as under:
Category No. of Total Length Expenditure
projects Length Commissioned upto March-26
(in Km) Upto March- 26 (₹ in Cr.)
(Km)
New Lines 10 1,936 621 19,435
Gauge 02 809 457 7,771
Conversion
Doubling / 20 2,839 1,037 18,876
Multitracking
Total 32 5,584 2,115 46,082
Recently completed projects:
Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the
State of Madhya Pradesh are as under:
S.No. Project Cost
(₹ in Crores)
1 Anuppur-Katni 3rd line (166 Km) 2,311
2 Pendra Road-Anuppur 3rd line (50 Km) 394
3 Bhopal-Bina 3rd line (145 km) 1,075
Page 3 of 25S.No. Project Cost
(₹ in Crores)
4 Bina-Kota Doubling (283 km) 2,477
5 Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km) 2,005
6 Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km) 1,512
7 Chhindwara-Mandla Fort Gauge Conversion (182 1,268
Km)
8 Itarsi-Budhni 3rd line (25 Km) 286
9 Barkhera-Bhopal 3rd line (41 km) 473
10 Nimach-Chittaurgarh Doubling (56 Km) 560
11 Budhni-Barkhera 3rd line (27 Km) 1,703
12 Indore-Dewas-Ujjain Doubling (79 Km) 757
13 Guna- Etawah New Line (348 Km) 683
14 Ramna-Singrauli doubling (160 Km) 2,436
15 Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling(32 Km) 763
16 Katni-Bina 3rd line (260 Km) 3,138
17 Nimach-Ratlam Doubling (133 Km) 1,475
Ongoing projects:
Some of the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh
which have been taken up are as under:
S.No. Project Cost
(₹ in Crores)
1 Katni- Grade separator / Bypass (35 Km) 2,300
2 Katni- Singrauli Doubling (257 Km) 4,377
3 Lalitpur- Khajuraho New Line (541 Km) 8,914
4 Ramganjmandi-Bhopal New Line (277 Km) 5,073
5 Indore-Budni New Line (198 Km) 7,474
6 Nimach-Badi Sadri New Line (48 Km) 896
Page 4 of 25S.No. Project Cost
(₹ in Crores)
7 Gwalior-Sheopurkalan Gauge Conversion (284 Km) 3,947
8 Itarsi- Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km) 2,607
9 Jhansi-Bina 3rd line (153 Km) 2,002
10 Mathura-Jhansi 3rd line (274 Km) 5,961
11 Jhansi- Manikpur & Khirar-Bhimsen Doubling (431 4,330
Km)
12 Satna-Rewa Doubling (50 Km) 616
13 Manmad - Indore New Line (360 Km) 18,529
14 Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km) 3,285
15 Dahod-Indore New Line (205 Km) 9,746
16 Chhota Udepur-Dhar New Line (147 Km) 1,994
17 Ratlam-Nagda 3rd and 4th line (41 Km) 964
18 Vadodara-Ratlam 3rd and 4th line (259 Km) 8,885
19 Ratlam-Akola Gauge Conversion (525 Km) 18,811
20 Bina-Itarsi 4th Line (237 km) 4,329
21 Itarsi-Nagpur 4th Line (297 Km) 5,010
22 Gondia-Jabalpur Doubling (231 Km) 5,236
23 Nagda-Mathura 3rd & 4th line (568 Km) 16403
Maharashtra
Railway Budget:
Budget allocation during the last five years has increased significantly.
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
2026-27 ₹23,926 crore (More than 20 times)
Page 5 of 25Track Construction:
The details of constructing new track falling fully/partly in the State of
Maharashtra during 2009-14 and 2014-26 is as under:
Period New track Average commissioning of new
Commissioned tracks
2009-14 292 Km 58.4 Km/year
2014-26 2,585 Km 215.4 Km/year (Nearly 4 times)
Projects sanctioned:
As on 01.04.2026, 52 projects (13 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 37
Doubling), of a total length of 5,956 km, costing ₹1,42,635 crore, falling
fully/partly in Maharashtra are sanctioned. The summary is as under:-
Category No. of Total Length Exp.
sanctioned Length Commissioned upto Mar'26
Projects (in Km) Upto Mar'26 (₹ in Cr.)
(Km)
New Line 13 1,399 266 13,065
Gauge Conversion 02 609 334 5,013
Doubling/ 37 3,948 998 16,704
Multitracking
Total 52 5,956 1,598 34,782
Recently completed projects:
Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in
Maharashtra are as under:
S.No. Project Cost
(₹ in crore)
1 Pune-Miraj-Londa Doubling (467 Km) 6,463
2 Hotgi-Kudgi-Gadag Doubling (284 Km) 2,459
Page 6 of 25S.No. Project Cost
(₹ in crore)
3 Manmad-Jalgaon 3rd Line (160 Km) 1,677
4 Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km) 2,005
5 Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 1,512
Km)
6 Panvel-Pen Doubling (35 Km) 263
7 Pen-Roha Doubling (40 Km) 330
8 Udhna-Jalgaon Doubling (307 Km) 2,448
9 Mudkhed-Parbhani Doubling (81 Km) 673
10 Bhusawal-Jalgaon 3rd Line (24 Km) 325
11 Jalgaon-Bhusawal 4th Line (24 Km) 261
12 Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 Km) 3,182
13 Daund-Manmad Doubling (236 Km) 3,426
Ongoing Projects:
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-Parli Vaijnath New Line (261 Km) 5,800
2 Baramati-Lonand New Line (64 Km) 1,844
3 Wardha-Nanded New Line (284 Km) 5,248
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 Wardha-Nagpur 3rd Line (76 Km) 917
8 Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd Line (132 Km) 1,755
9 Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd Line (280 Km) 2,607
Page 7 of 25S.No. Name of the project Cost
(₹ In crore)
10 Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd Line (228 Km) 3,545
11 Wardha-Nagpur 4th Line (79 Km) 1,215
12 Jalgaon-Manmad 4th Line (160 Km) 2,574
13 Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km) 3,285
14 Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad New Line (84 Km) 3,296
15 Panvel-Chowk Double Line (17 Km) 491
16 Wardha-Balharshah 4th Line (135 Km) 2,226
17 Itarsi-Nagpur 4th Line (297 Km) 5,010
18 Wardha-Bhusawal 3rd & 4th Line (314 Km) 9,197
19 Gondia-Dongargarh 4th Line (84 Km) 2,223
20 Gondia-Balharshah Doubling (240 Km) 4,819
21 Kalyan-Kasara 3rd Line (68 Km) 1,433
22 Naigaon-Juichendra Double Chord Line (5 Km) 176
23 Nilje-Kopar Double Chord Line (5 Km) 338
24 Badlapur-Karjat 3rd & 4th Line (32 Km) 1,324
25 Asangaon-Kasara 4th Line (35 Km) 794
26 Kasara-Manmad 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km) 10,154
27 Gondia-Jabalpur Doubling (231 Km) 5,236
28 Chalisgaon Rail Over Rail Flyover (11 Km) 264
29 Chord line between Chikhli and Somtane (4 Km) 172
Capacity Augmentation works for Mumbai Suburban area
Presently, about 120 Mail/Express trains and 3200 sub urban trains are
handled daily in Mumbai area.
To increase train handling capacity at various stations in Mumbai area,
following works have been completed/taken up/planned at various stations:
Page 8 of 25SN Location Details
1 Bandra Terminus 3 Pit Lines have been completed
2 Mumbai Central Platform extension for 24 LHB coaches
3 Jogeshwari 5additional Platforms, 2 pit lines
4 Dadar 1 additional platform
5 Panvel-Kalamboli 5 platforms , 4 pit lines and 2 sick lines
6 Kalyan 6 platforms and 4 pit lines
7 LTT 4 platforms and 2 pit lines
8 Parel 6 platforms, 5 pit lines, 6 stabling lines
9 Vasai - Virar Area Vasai road: 6 Platforms, 3 pit lines and 5
stabling lines
Naigaon- 30 stabling Lines
Virar- 2 stabling Lines
10 Dahanu Area Dahanu: 5 stabling Lines
New Vangaon: 30 stabling Lines
In addition to above, Platform extension work at 34 stations to
accommodate 15 car EMUs have been taken up.
New projects for increasing capacity:
To improve the connectivity and capacity of rail network in Mumbai
suburban areas, Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-I costing ₹ 4,502
Cr., MUTP-II costing ₹ 8,087 Cr., MUTP-III costing ₹10,947 Cr. & MUTP-IIIA
costing ₹ 33,690 Cr. have been sanctioned. Status of works within Mumbai
Suburban Area including MUTP projects is as under:
Cost
Name of the
SN (Rs. in Status of work
project
crore)
1 Virar-Dahanu Road 3,578 Entire 39 Ha. Land acquired.
Page 9 of 25Cost
Name of the
SN (Rs. in Status of work
project
crore)
3rd & 4th line Entire 3 lac cum. earthwork
(64 km) completed.
13 out of 16 major bridges completed.
53 out of 68 minor bridges completed.
All 4 RUBs completed.
60 out of 181 Station/Service buildings
completed.
31 km out of 128 km track laying
completed.
2 Borivali-Virar 5th & 2,184 16 Ha. out of 17 Ha. Land acquired.
6th line(26 km) Forest clearance obtained from
MoEFCC.
Permission for Mangroves felling
obtained from Hon’ble High Court.
3.3 lac cum. earthwork out of 6.7 lac
cum. completed.
5 out of 23 FOB Extn. completed.
2 out of 12 minor Bridges completed.
Work in progress in 3 majorbridges.
Work in progress in Station buildings
and other items.
3 Naigaon- 176 Land acquisition has been taken up.
Juichandra double
chord line
(6 km)
4 Extension of 826 Land acquisition has been taken up.
Harbour line from
Page 10 of 25Cost
Name of the
SN (Rs. in Status of work
project
crore)
Goregaon-Borivali
(7 km)
5 Mumbai Central- 919 Phase-I (Borivali-Khar Road, 17 km):
Borivali 6th line Commissioned.
(30 km) Phase-II (Khar Road - Mumbai
Central): Land acquisition has been
taken up.
6 4th line Asangaon- 794 Design & drawings have been taken
Kasara up.
(34.97 km)
7 Kalyan-Asangaon 1,759 8 out of 92 minor bridges completed.
4th line Land Acquisition of 17 Ha out of 28
(32 km) Ha completed.
Work in progress in 7 major bridges.
8 Kalyan-Kasara 3rd 1,433 Land acquisition of 48 Ha. out of 54
Line (68 km) Ha. completed.
4 out of 9 major bridges completed.
All 5 Station buildings completed.
23 km out of 68 km track laying
completed.
9 Kalyan-Badlapur 1,510 1 out of 2 major bridges completed.
3rd & 4th line (14 2 out of 4 ROBs completed.
km) 30 out of 40 minor bridges completed.
10 3rd and 4th line 1,324 Design & drawings have been taken
Badlapur - Karjat up.
(32.46 km)
11 Panvel-Karjat 2,782 All 3 tunnels (3 km) completed.
Page 11 of 25Cost
Name of the
SN (Rs. in Status of work
project
crore)
Suburban Corridor 5 ROBs, 16 RUBs completed.
(29.6 km) 9 major bridges, 35 minor bridges
completed.
67 km out of 70 km track laying
completed.
12 Airoli-Kalwa 476 Phase-I (Halt station at Digha):
(elevated) Commissioned.
Suburban Corridor Phase-II (Airoli-Kalwa elevated track,
link (3.3 km) 3.3 km): Land acquisition and R&R
has been taken up.
13 Nilje-Kopar double 338 Land acquisition has been taken up.
chord line 6 out of 15 minor bridges completed.
(5 km) 0.85 lac cum. earthwork out of 1 lac
cum. completed
14 CSMT-Kurla 5th & 891 Phase-I (Kurla-Parel, 10.1 km):
6th line 1 out of 12 minor bridges completed.
(17.5 km) 2 out of 4 station buildings
completed.
Rebuilding of Sion ROB is in progress.
Phase-II (Parel-CSMT, 7.4 km):
Land acquisition has been taken up.
New generation trains:
To enhance passenger carrying capacity, 238 rakes of 12 cars each with
doors have been sanctioned under MUTP-III & IIIA at a cost of ₹19,293
crore. The process for procurement of these rakes has been taken up.
Page 12 of 25Bullet Train project:
Presently, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project (508
km) is under execution. The Project is passing through the States of
Gujarat, Maharashtra and Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli with 12
stations planned at Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Billimora, Surat,
Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati.
Entire land (1389.5 Ha.) for the MAHSR project has been acquired. All
Statutory Clearances have been obtained. All 1651 utilities have been
shifted. The delay in land acquisition in the State of Maharashtra has
impacted the project till 2021. The land acquisition picked up in 2022 in
Maharashtra.
The progress of various major items so far is as under:
Item Progress
Piers 452 kms.
Girder 356 kms.
Track Bed 209 kms.
OHE Masts 190 kms.
The progress of stations is given below:-
S. No. Station Status
Foundation works completed, Platform slab & roof
1 Sabarmati structural works and finishing works are in
progress
2 Ahmedabad Structural works completed and finishing works
3 Anand/Nadiad have been taken up.
Page 13 of 25S. No. Station Status
Foundation work completed, structural works and
4 Vadodara
finishing works have been taken up.
5 Bharuch
6 Surat Structural works completed and finishing works
7 Bilimora have been taken up.
8 Vapi
9 Boisar Foundation works have been taken up and in an
10 Virar advanced stage. Structural works have been taken
11 Thane up.
BKC This is an underground station. Foundation works
12
(Mumbai) almost completed and Base Slab has been taken up.
The progress on the River Bridges is as under:-
S. No. River Name Status
Sabarmati River Sub-Structure work completed,
1
(480m) Superstructure work has been taken up.
Meshwa River
2
(120m)
Vatrak River
3 Bridge construction completed.
(280m)
Mohar (Shedhi)
4
River (160m)
11 out of 12 wells completed; 5 spans
5 Mahi River (720m)
launched
Vishwamitri River
6
(80m)
Bridge construction completed.
Dhadhar River
7
(120m)
Narmada River 21 out of 25 wells completed; 4 spans
8
(1366m) launched
9 Kim River (120m) Bridge construction completed.
10 Tapi River (720m) Foundation work has been taken up, 10 out
Page 14 of 25S. No. River Name Status
of 12 wells completed
Mindhola River
11
(240m)
Purna River
12
(360m)
Ambika River
13
(200m)
Venganiya River
14
(200m)
Kaveri River
15
(120m)
Kharera River Bridge construction completed.
16
(120m)
Auranga River
17
(320m)
18 Par River (320m)
Kolak River
19
(160m)
Daman Ganga
20
River (360m)
Darotha River
21
(80m)
Jagani River
22 Foundation works have been completed
(360m)
Vaitarna River 12 Pile Cap and 11 Pier (out of 58)
23
(2320m) completed.
Ulhas River Temporary Access Bridge (TAB) completed
24
Branch (120m) to start the foundation work.
Geo-technical Investigation (GTI) has been
Desai Khadi River
25 completed and Design work has been taken
Bridge (400m)
up.
The work of the under-sea tunnel (approximately 21 km) has commenced,
out of which 4.8 km of tunnel between Ghansoli and Shilphata in
Maharashtra has been completed.
Page 15 of 25On the Surat–Vapi section (97 km) entire civil works including river bridge
construction, have been completed and 87% of the track bed has been
laid.
However, Bullet train project is a very complex and technology intensive
project. Exact timelines for the completion of the entire project can be
reasonably ascertained after the completion of all associated works of
Civil Structures, Track, Electrical, Signaling & Telecommunication and
supply of Trainsets.
Further, to strengthen national transport infrastructure, provide a fillip to
regional connectivity, economic growth, tourism, investment and
employment generation, and encourage modal shift from road and air
transport to rail, the Government has announced the development of the
following seven new High-Speed Rail (HSR) corridors in the Union Budget
2026-27:-
(i) Mumbai–Pune
(ii) Pune–Hyderabad
(iii) Hyderabad–Bengaluru
(iv) Hyderabad–Chennai
(v) Chennai–Bengaluru
(vi) Delhi–Varanasi
(vii) Varanasi–Siliguri
Being highly capital intensive, the decision to sanction any HSR
Corridor/Project depends on many factors such as outcome of DPR, techno-
economic feasibility studies and availability of resources such as financing
options etc.
Page 16 of 25Dedicated freight corridor:
Ministry of Railways had taken up construction of two Dedicated Freight
Corridors (DFC) viz. Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) from
Ludhiana to Sonnagar (1337 Km) and the Western Dedicated Freight
Corridor (WDFC) from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal (JNPT) to Dadri
(1506 Km) .
The work on EDFC & WDFC has been completed and commissioned. On an
average more than 443 trains are operated per day on DFCs. The fully
commissioned sections of the Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight
Corridors (EDFC & WDFC) have demonstrated robust operational
performance. Freight volumes have steadily increased, with higher average
speeds, faster turnarounds, and enhanced reliability. The corridors are
witnessing consistent growth in container, coal, and bulk cargo movement,
contributing significantly to capacity augmentation in freight
transportation.
DFC has contributed to creating additional paths on the conventional
network by diverting freight traffic to EDFC and WDFC. As a result,
Railways have been able to run additional goods and coaching services
over its network.
The DFCs have enabled faster transit times, higher throughput, and double-
stack container operations (especially on the Western DFC). These
improvements have contributed to lowering overall logistics costs,
improving supply chain efficiency, and enhancing competitiveness of Indian
industries.
Page 17 of 25A new Dedicated Freight Corridor connecting Dankuni in East to Surat in
West, has been announced in the Union Budget 2026. The work of
preparation/updation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for this corridor has
been taken up.
Projects sanctioned in Northeast Frontier Railway:
As on 01.04.2026, 27 projects (14 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 11
Doubling), of total length of 2,183 Km, costing ₹76,631 crore falling in
Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) are sanctioned. The summary is as
under:-
Category No. of Total Length Length Exp upto March
projects (in km) Commissioned 2026
(Km) (Rs. in cr.)
NL 14 781 207 36747
GC 2 734 655 2066
DL 11 669 165 4566
TOTAL 27 2184 1027 43379
Recently completed projects:
Details of some of the recently completed projects falling in Northeast
Frontier Railway are as under:
Sl. Name of Project Cost
No. (₹ in
Crores)
1 Araria-Galgalia (Thakurganj) New Line(111 km) 4415
2 Bhairabi-Sairang New Line (51 km) 8601
3 New Bongaigaon-Agthori via Rangiya Doubling (143 km) 2048
4 Agartala-Akhaura New Line (5 km) 865
5 Digaru – Hojai Doubling (102 km) 1873
Page 18 of 25Sl. Name of Project Cost
No. (₹ in
Crores)
6 Ambari Falakata-New Maynaguri Doubling (38 km) 843
7 New Mainaguri- Gumanihat Doubling (52 km) 1167
8 Agartala–Sabroom New Line (112 km) 3170
9 Haldibari International border New Line (3 km) 90
10 Lumding -Hojai Doubling (45 km) 410
11 Bogibeel Bridge with linked line (92 km) 5820
12 New Coochbehar-Gumanihat Doubling (29 km) 330
13 New Coochbehar-Samuktala Road Doubling (29 km) 445
14 Katakhal-Bhairabi Gauge Conversion (84 km) 348
15 Kumarghat-Agartala Gauge Conversion (109 km) 1242
16 Lumding-Badarpur-Silchar & Badarpur-Kumarghat Gauge 6500
Conversion (412 km)
17 New Mal Jn. – Changrabandha Gauge Conversion (62 316
km)
18 Rangiya-Murkongselek Gauge Conversion (510 km) 3019
Ongoing projects:
Some of the major projects falling in Northeast Frontier Railway which
have been taken up are as under:
S.N Name of Project Cost
(₹ in
Crores)
1 Jiribam-Imphal New Line (111 km) 21886
2 Dimapur-Kohima New Line (82 km) 6663
3 Sivok-Rangpo New Line (44 km) 11775
4 Balurghat-Hilli New Line (30 km) 1181
5 Murkongselek-Pasighat New Line (27 km) 1249
Page 19 of 25S.N Name of Project Cost
(₹ in
Crores)
6 Banarhat (India) to Samtse (Bhutan) New Line (20 km) 577
7 Kokrajhar (ndia) to Gelephu (Blhutan) New Line (69 km) 3456
New Bongaigaon- Goalpara-Guwahati (Kamakhaya) 4984
8 Doubling (176 km)
9 Saraighat Bridge Doubling (7 km) 1474
10 Lumding-Furkating Doubling (140 km) 2124
Katihar- Kumedpur and Katihar- Mukuria Doubling (65 943
11 km)
12 Aluabari Road- Thakurganj Doubling (20 Km) 327
13 Aluabari Road-New Jalpaiguri 3rd & 4th Line (57 km) 1630
14 Furkating-New Tinsukia Doubling (194 Km) 3634
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 projects.
Various steps taken by the Government for effective and speedy
implementation of rail projects include:
Page 20 of 25 Substantial increase in allocation of funds.
Delegation of powers at field level.
Close monitoring of progress of project at various levels.
Regular follow up with State Governments and concerned authorities
for expeditious land acquisition, forestry and Wildlife clearances and
for resolving other issues pertaining to projects.
Railway Electrification:
Electrification of railway network on Indian Railways has been taken up in
mission mode. So far, about 99.6% of Broad Gauge (BG) network has been
electrified. The electrification in remaining network has been taken up.
Electrification carried out during 2014-26 and before 2014 is as under:
Period Route Kilometer
Before 2014 (about 60 years) 21,801
2014-26 48,072
In Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, entire existing BG network has been
electrified. About 98.7% of existing lines in Northeast Frontier Railway
(NFR) has been electrified. Further, all new line / multi-tracking projects are
being sanctioned and constructed with electrification.
Station Redevelopment:
Ministry of Railways has launched Amrit Bharat Station Scheme for
redevelopment of stations with a long-term approach.
Page 21 of 25The scheme involves preparation of master plans and their implementation
in phases to improve the stations of Indian Railways. The master planning,
keeping in view the necessity of each station, includes:
Improvement of access to station and circulating areas
Integration of station with both sides of city
Improvement of station building
Improvement of waiting halls, toilets, sitting arrangement, water
booths
Provision of wider foot over bridge/subway to commensurate with
passenger traffic
Provision of lifts/escalators/ramps
Improvement of platform surface/ provision of platform shelter
Provision of kiosks for local products through schemes like ‘One
Station One Product’
Parking development
Amenities for Divyangjans
Better passenger information systems
Provision of air concourse, executive lounges, Multimodal integration,
landscaping, etc.
The scheme also envisages sustainable and environment friendly solutions
etc. as per necessity, phasing and feasibility and creation of city centre at
the station in the long term.
So far, 1340 stations have been identified for development under Amrit
Bharat Station Scheme, out of which 92 stations are located in Northeast
Frontier Railway (NFR). The names of stations identified for development
under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Northeast Frontier Railway are as
following:
Page 22 of 25State No. of Names of Stations
Stations
Northeast 92 Agartala, Alipur duar Jn., Aluabari Road,
Frontier Amguri, Arariya Court, Arunachal, Balurghat,
Railway Barsoi Jn, Bhaluka Road, Binnaguri,
Chaparmukh, Dalgaon, Dalkhola, Dharmanagar,
Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dhupguri, Dibrugarh, Dimapur,
Dinhata, Diphu, Duliajan, Fakiragram Jn.,
Falakata, Gauripur, Gohpur, Golaghat, Gosai
gaon hat, Guwahati, Haibargaon, Haldibari,
Harishchandrapur, Harmuti, Hasimara, Hojai,
Imphal, Jagi Road, Jalpaiguri, Jalpaiguri Road,
Jorhat Town, Kaliyaganj, Kamakhya Jn,
Kamakhyaguri, Katihar Jn, Kishanganj,
Kokrajhar, Kumarghat, Kumedpur Jn, Labha,
Lanka, Ledo, Lumding Jn, Majbat, Makum Jn,
Malda Court, Margherita, Mariani Jn, Mendi
Pathar, Murkongselek, Naharkatiya,
Naharlagun (Itanagar), Nalbari, Namrup,
Narangi, New Alipurduar, New Bongaigaon Jn,
New Cooch Behar, New Haflong, New
Jalpaiguri Jn, New Karimganj Jn, New Mal Jn,
New Tinsukia Jn, North Lakhimpur, Pathshala,
Rangapara North Jn, Rangiya Jn, Rangpo,
Sairang (Aizawl), Salmari, Samsi, Sarupathar,
Sibsagar Town, Silapathar, Silchar, Siliguri Jn.,
Simaluguri, Tangla, Thakurganj, Tinsukia,
Udaipur, Udalguri, Viswanath Chariali
Completed Stations of Northeast Frontier Railway:
Development works at railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
have been taken up at a good pace. Details of stations completed in
Northeast Frontier Railway are as under:
Page 23 of 25No. of
State Name of Stations
Stations
Northeast Frontier 5 Haibargaon, Haldibari, Jalpaiguri Road,
Railway Kamakhyaguri, Majbat
The activities for development at other stations have also been taken up at
good pace and progress of some of the stations is as given below:
Dharmanagar station: The works of improvement of platform shelter,
improvement of platform surface, approach road, boundary wall and
installation of Integrated Passenger Information System at platform no.
1 & 2 have been completed. The works of new station building, 12 m
wide foot over bridge, improvement of waiting hall, improvement of
circulating area and amenities for Divyangjan have been taken up.
Dhubri station: The works of new station building, entrance porch, new
high level platform no. 2 & 3, improvement of existing station building,
circulating area, platform shelter, toilet, boundary wall, 12 m wide foot
over bridge and installation of Coach Indication Board have been
completed. The work of lift has been taken up.
Kumarghat station: The works of improvement of approach road,
boundary wall and installation of Integrated Passenger Information
System at platform no. 2 have been completed. The works for 12 m wide
foot over bridge, lifts, new waiting hall, platform shelter and
improvement of circulating area have been taken up.
Narangi station: The works of new station building blocks, entrance
porch, new waiting hall, improvement of existing station building,
improvement of circulating area, entry/exit gate and boundary wall have
Page 24 of 25been completed. The works of extension of platform no. 1, lifts, 12 m
wide foot over bridge and amenities for Divyangjan have been taken up.
Simaluguri station: The work of improvement of waiting hall has been
completed. The works of entry/exit gate, improvement of circulating
area, 12 m wide foot over bridge, tactile tiles for Divyangjan and Pay &
Use toilet have been taken up.
Viswanath Chariali station: The works of new station building, entrance
porch, improvement of circulating area, approach road, toilet block,
platform shelter, extension of platform no. 1, installation of Coach
Indication Board and Train Indication Board have been completed. The
work of lift has been taken up.
Further, development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of
stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and ongoing process and works
in this regard are undertaken as per requirement, subject to inter-se
priority and availability of funds. Development / redevelopment /
upgradation / modernisation of a station is carried out based on category
of station/condition/traffic handled etc.
Development / upgradation / modernisation of stations including under
Amrit Bharat Station Scheme is generally funded under Plan Head-53
‘Customer Amenities’. The details of allocation and expenditure under Plan
Head-53 are maintained Zonal Railway-wise and not station-wise or state-
wise. For Northeast Frontier Railway, an allocation of 431 crore has been
made for the financial year 2026-27, out of which an expenditure (up to
June, 2026) of ₹ 179 crore has been incurred so far.
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