India rolls out ₹6.75 lakh crore rail infrastructure push: 431 projects spanning nearly 36,000 km
NEW DELHI : Indian Railways is currently implementing 431 railway infrastructure projects across the country at an estimated cost of around Rs 6.75 lakh crore, reflecting the scale of the Centre’s ongoing push to expand and modernise the national rail network.
These projects span new lines, gauge conversion, and doubling or multi-tracking works, covering a total sanctioned length of 35,966 kilometres.
The projects include 154 new line works, 33 gauge conversion projects, and 244 doubling or multi-tracking projects across Indian Railways.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (17 December), Railways Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “Railways is giving thrust on Infrastructure creation and capacity augmentation in a big way. As on 01.04.2025, across Indian Railways, 431 Railway infrastructure projects (154 New Line, 33 Gauge Conversion and 244 Doubling) of total length 35,966 Km, costing approx. 6.75 lakh crore are sanctioned.”
Out of the total sanctioned length, about 12,769 kilometres have been commissioned up to March 2025, and the expenditure incurred on these projects so far stands at nearly Rs 2.91 lakh crore, as per official data shared by the Ministry of Railways .
The minister also highlighted a sharp increase in the pace of track commissioning over the past decade.
Between 2009 and 2014, Indian Railways commissioned 7,599 kilometres of new tracks, averaging 4.2 kilometres per day. This rose to 34,428 kilometres during 2014–25, with an average commissioning rate of about 8.57 kilometres per day, more than double the earlier pace .
The minister noted that completion timelines for railway projects depend on multiple factors, including land acquisition by state governments, forest and statutory clearances, shifting of utilities, geological conditions, and law and order situations at project sites.
These factors collectively influence both the cost and duration of project execution.