Based on demands raised by State Governments, Central Ministries, Members of Parliament, other public representatives & Railways’ own requirement, the proposals for new line projects are considered. They are taken up on the basis of remunerativeness, last mile connectivity, missing links and alternate routes,  augmentation of congested/saturated lines, socio-economic considerations etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects, overall availability of funds and competing demands which covers connectivity in backward & rural areas also. Since new lines generally straddle over more than one State, details of ongoing projects are maintained Zone-wise.

            Since 2014 till date, 23 New Line Projects have been commissioned covering a total length of 2165.49 Km. These projects have provided connectivity to large area including rural India. Details of these New Line Projects is given as under:-

SN	Rly	State	Year	Name of Project	Length (in km)
1	ECR	JHA	2018-19	Giridih Koderma	111
2	ECR	JHA	2018-19	Tori-Shivpur (Deposit work)	88.8
3	NER	BIH	2018-19	Maharajganj-Masrakh	35.49
4	NFR	ASS	2018-19	Bogibeel Bridge with linked line	92
5	NFR	WB	2018-19	Haldibari International border	3
6	SCR	AP	2018-19	Nandyal-Yerraguntla	126
7	SCR	KAR	2017-18	Bidar-Gulbarga	110.4
8	SCR	AP/TEL	2017-18	Jaggayyapeta-Mellacheruvu-Janpahad	48
9	NCR	UP	2016-17	Etawah-Mainpuri	58
10	NR	HAR	2016-17	Jind-Sonepat	80
11	SCR	AP	2016-17	Nanded-Yaraguntla	126
12	SCR	TEL	2016-17	Peddapalli-Karimnagar-Nizamabad	178
13	SWR	KAR	2016-17	Hassan-Bangalore	167
14	ECR	BIH	2015-16	Patna Bridge	28
15	ECR	BIH	2015-16	Munger Bridge	15
16	NR	UP	2015-16	Etawah-Mainpuri	58
17	NER	UP	2015-16	Rampur-Lalkuan ROB	2
18	NFR	ASS	2015-16	Kumarghat-Agartala	109
19	NR	HAR	2015-16	Jind-Sonepat	89
20	ECoR	ODI	2015-16	Daitari-Banspani	155
21	NWR	RAJ	2014-15	Bangurgram-Ras (27.8 km)	27.8
22	NCR	UP	2014-15	Agra-Etawah	110
23	NCR	UP, MP	2014-15	Guna-Gwalior-Bhind-Etawah (348 Km)	348
TOTAL					2165.49

 

 

Rly- Railway	BIH- Bihar
ECR- East Central Railway	HAR-  Haryana
ECoR- East Coast Railway	JHA-  Jharkhand
NR- Northern Railway	KAR- Karnataka
NER- North Eastern Railway	WB-West Bengal
NCR- North Central Railway	MP-Madhya Pradesh
NFR- Northeast Frontier Railway	ODI-Odisha
NWR- North Western Railway	RAJ-  Rajasthan
SCR- South Central Railway	TEL-Telangana
SWR- South Western Railway	UP-  Uttar Pradesh
AP- Andhra Pradesh	ASS- Assam

 

As on 01.04.2019, Indian Railways have taken up 189 New Line Projects across the country through rail network. These Projects are in different stages of planning/ execution/approval.

 

Passenger train services are provided on newly connected sections after receiving sanctions from Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), subject to operational feasibility. Accordingly, 259 train services have been introduced on the new lines

commissioned, since 2014, on the Indian Railways Network.

This information was given by the Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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