Ministry of Railways
Laying of New Railway Lines
Posted On:
10 AUG 2018 3:38PM by PIB Delhi
2574 Km of New Lines have been commissioned from 2014 till 30.06.2018 i.e. in 4 years and 3 months. State-wise details of New Lines commissioned during this period are as under:-
|
State
|
Construction of New Line ( in km)
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
221
|
|
Bihar
|
229
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
34
|
|
Gujarat
|
33
|
|
Haryana
|
160
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
25
|
|
Jharkhand
|
439
|
|
Karnataka
|
240
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
235
|
|
Maharashtra
|
39
|
|
NE Region
|
178
|
|
Odihsa
|
118
|
|
Punjab
|
16
|
|
Rajasthan
|
73
|
|
Telangana
|
186
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
262
|
|
West Bengal
|
86
|
|
Total
|
2574
|
As on date, 180 New Line projects costing 
356120.17 Crore for 19644.8 km are in different stages of planning /approval / execution.
This information was given by the Minister of State of Railways, Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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