Ministry of Railways

Laying of New Railway Lines



Indian Railways is laying New Lines every year. Targets and progress in the last five years is as under:

S.N Item 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 1 Target (km) 300 300 500 400 402 2 Achievement(km) 360 380 813 953 354.4 (Feb’ 18)

State-wise achievements are as under.

SN States Progress of Completion of New Line (km). 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 (till Feb 2018) 1 Andhra Pradesh 18.5 - 45 136 21 2 Assam & North Eastern Region - 41.75 44 56 23.5 3 Bihar 23 38 91.46 63.9 11 4 Chhattisgarh - - 17 - - 5 Delhi - - - - - 6 Goa - - - - - 7 Gujarat - - 11 - 22 8 Haryana - - 80 80 - 9 Himachal Pradesh - - - - - 10 Jammu & Kashmir - 25 - - - 11 Jharkhand 81 178.25 85.15 115.5 58 12 Karnataka 65 - - 138 102.4 13 Kerala 7 - - - - 14 Madhya Pradesh 45 18 112 123 - 15 Maharashtra - - - 39 - 16 Odisha 16.65 32.5 10 13 62.08 17 Punjab - - - - - 18 Rajasthan 48.9 28.5 9 35.42 19 Telangana 17.5 - 61 124.6 19 20 Tamil Nadu - - - - - 21 Uttar Pradesh 28 18 168 58 - 22 Uttarakhand - - - - - 23 West Bengal 9.45 - 79.39 6 -

Railway is surpassing targets of completion of New Lines projects for last four years (2013-14 to 2016-17).

This information was made available in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.

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