Delhi: Gujarat is overseeing 42 railway infrastructure projects in various stages of planning, approval, or construction as of April 1, 2024. These include 6 new line (NL) projects and 14 doubling (DL) projects. The 6 new line projects cover a total length of 537 km and cost ₹7,810 crore. So far, 105 km of new lines have been commissioned, and ₹3,332 crore has been spent up to March 2024. The 14 doubling projects span 776 km and have an estimated cost of ₹9,260 crore. Until now, 50 km of...Read More

Delhi: The budget for railway infrastructure projects in Gujarat has seen a substantial rise. For 2024-25, the allocation has reached ₹8,743 crore, marking a 14.84-fold increase compared to the average annual budget from 2009-14. The funds are driving progress on 42 railway infrastructure projects across Gujarat. These projects span 2,947 km and have a combined cost of ₹30,826 crore. The 6 new line projects cover 537 km and cost ₹7,810 crore. The 22 gauge conversion projects span 1,6...Read More

New Delhi: There has been a substantial increase in fund allocation and commensurate commissioning of Railway projects in Gujarat over the last 10 years. Indian Railway’s annual budget outlay for projects falling fully/partly in Gujarat has risen more than 14 times to Rs 8,332 crore in 2023-24 from Rs 589 crore per year in 2009-14 period. Average length of projects commissioned for Gujarat are up 1.41 times to 186 km per year in 2014-23 period as against 132 km per year in 2009-14 period. This...Read More

New Delhi: The Indian Railway will be running Aastha Special Trains for round trips to destinations of socio-cultural importance. In a circular, the Railway Board stated: The Ministry of Railways has decided to run Aastha special trains with a round-trip ticketing facility from different parts of the country to destinations of socio-cultural importance and return on the following terms and conditions: 1. A single ticket shall be issued for both the onward and return journey. Basic fare sha...Read More

Surat: Assuming everything progresses as planned, the country's first Multi-Modal Transport Hub (MMTH) project is likely to be completed by December 2026. Distinguished as the sole venture of its kind nationwide, this project is designed to seamlessly integrate railway, interstate bus, metro, and city bus services. Moreover, it will provide direct connectivity to bullet trains and airports. Introduced in 2016, the project faced delays, hindering its start. Yet, with a Rs 878 crore investment, t...Read More

New Delhi: The Indian Railways is currently undertaking the electrification of its entire broad gauge route, with 60,451 route kilometers of the total broad gauge lines electrified as of November 1st this year. However, approximately 59% of this route was electrified during the last nine years of the Modi government. According to government data, from the pre-independence year of 1925 until 2014, only 21,801 route kilometers of broad gauge lines were electrified in the country. This figure ha...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Indian Railways is actively pursuing the goal of achieving 100% electrification of its entire broad gauge network across India. In Gujarat, 3,445 route kilometers of electrification out of total of 5,017 km have been achieved as of November 2023. Over 77% (i.e., 2,660 route kilometers) of track in Gujarat have been electrified in only the past 9 years since the Narendra Modi government came into power at the center. According to government data, only 785 route kilometers were...Read More

New Delhi: Ministry of Railways on 22nd July 2022 informed in Rajya sabha that the acquisition of about 90% of the land out of a total of 1396 Hectares of land required for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project is complete. In a reply to the question by Rajya Sabha MP, Shri Brij Lal the Railways informed that the "Foundation for 86 Km and pier for 75 Km in Gujarat has been completed." Out of the total 352 Km length of the project located in Gujarat and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Civi...Read More