Indian Railways To Spend Over 35k Cr On Doubling in FY22-23 To Raise Capacity, Remove Bottlenecks

In an effort to remove bottlenecks plaguing freight and passenger traffic, Indian Railways will spend over 35,000 crores on quadrupling, Tripling and Doubling of lines, bypass and flyover projects in the financial year 2022-23.

Approximately 14,500 kilometres of Indian Railways’ route, where doubling, tripling or quadrupling of railway lines is underway, will benefit from the investment. Much of this investment will be to finance capacity enhancement projects on congested or freight-heavy routes.

Freight Heavy Zones Get High Allocations

Heavy allocations have been made for bottleneck removal and capacity enhancement work on ECoR, SCR, SER, CR and SECR. These zones carry a significant amount of coal and other mineral traffic in the country. They will receive more than 18,500 crores of the allocated funds under the Doubling head.

A significant portion of investment in these zones is to add a third or fourth line to further increase capacity for hauling mineral traffic.

In addition to increasing the number of lines, a number of bypasses and rail flyovers have also been allocated significant sums as a means of reducing bottlenecks.

Capacity Expansion on Passenger Routes

The government has ensured line doubling projects in the North East do not slow down. 1,570 crores have been allocated for key projects like New Bongaigaon- Agthori (Via Rangiya) and
New Bongaigaon-Goalpara – Guwahati doubling.

Doubling or tripling projects on several other routes with high traffic growth have received substantial funds for 2022-23. These include the Pune-Miraj-Londa doubling project, the Mathura-Jhansi 3rd Line,
Roza-Sitapur Cantt – Burhwal doubling, Mughalsarai-Allahabad 3rd Line, Rajpura – Bhatinda doubling, Barabanki – Akbarpur doubling, Jaunpur – Tanda doubling and Bina -Katni 3rd line works.

Highest Ever Investment

In the Union Budget for Financial Year 2022-23 released on 1st of February 2022, Indian Railways will receive 2.45 lakh crores for various infrastructure upgrade works. This includes investments in the Dedicated Freight Corridor, National High-Speed Rail Corporation and works being undertaken in collaboration with various state governments.

This figure includes Kolkata Metro but not investments in the National Capital Region Transport Corporation and various other metro systems coming up across the country through the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The government will invest approximately 25,000 crores through the MoHUA run urban transportation projects.

List of Key Indian Railways Line Doubling, Tripling or Quadrupling Projects Receiving Substantial Funds for 2022-23

Zone	Work	Project	Length (km)	Sanctioned Amount in Budget 2022-23 (Includes allocation under all heads) (in crores)
SCR	Doubling	Vijayawada – Gudivada / Machilipatnam-Bhimavaram / Narsapur–Nidadavolu doubling and electrification	221	1,681
CR	Doubling	Pune-Miraj-Londa 2nd Line	467	1,566
ECR	Tripling	Dhanbad-Patratu-Sonnagar	291	1,085
NFR	Doubling	New Bongaigaon- Agthori (Via Rangiya)	143	1,000
SCR	Tripling	Vijayawada – Gudur 3rd line	288	1,000
ECOR	Tripling	Vizianagaram-Sambalpur(Titlagarh) – 3rd line	246.6	961
SCR	Doubling	Guntur-Guntakal	401	803
NCR	Tripling	Mathura-Jhansi 3rd Line	273.8	800
SER	Tripling	Narayangarh – Bhadrak – 3rd line	155	800
SECR	Quadrupling	Jharsuguda – Bilaspur – 4th line	206	717
SECR	Tripling	Rajnandgaon-Nagpur – 3rd line	228	641
CR	Tripling	Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd Line	280	615
SECR	Tripling	Anuppur – Katni – 3rd line	165.5	605
NER	Doubling	Roza-Sitapur Cantt – Burhwal	180.7	605
CR	Doubling	Daund Manmad 2nd Line	247.5	600
NCR	Tripling	Mughalsarai-Allahabad 3rd Line	150	600
SCR	Tripling	Kazipet-Vijayawada 3rd Line	220	592
NR	Doubling	Rajpura – Bhatinda	173	588
SCR	Tripling	Balharshah-Kazipet 3rd Line	201	550
NR	Doubling	Barabanki – Akbarpur	161	529
ECOR	Quadrupling	Budhapank-Salegaon via Rajatgarh – 3rd & 4th line	85	510
NFR	Doubling	New Bongaigaon-GoalparaGuwahati	176	500
SER	Tripling	Kharagpur-Adityapur 3rd line	132	500
SWR	Doubling	Hospet-Hubli-Londa-Tinaighat-Vasco da Gama	352	500
SECR	Doubling	Raipur-Titlagarh (203 km), incl new line Mandir Hasaud-Naya Raipur(20 km) and new material modification for conversion of Raipur (Kendri)-Dhamtari & Abhanpur-Rajim branch	290	475
SER	Doubling	Maniyachi – Nagercoil	102	425
ECOR	Quadrupling	Jarapaada-Budhapank with flyover at Talcher Road – 3rd & 4th line	47	417
NR	Doubling	Jaunpur – Tanda	77.2	412
WCR	Tripling	Bina -Katni 3rd line	279	410
SCR	Bypass	Vijayawada, Kazipet, Renigunta, Wadi, Gooty	52	407
NCR	Doubling	Bhimsen-Jhansi	206	400
NCR	Doubling	Jhansi – Khairar – Manikpur & Khairar – Bhimsen	411	400
SER	Doubling	Bondamunda – Ranchi doubling	158	400
WR	Doubling	Palanpur-Samakhiali	274	400
WCR	Doubling	Katni-Singrauli	279	400
SR	Doubling	Thiruvananthapuram-Kanniyakumari	86.5	394
WCR	Doubling	Kota-Bina	288	390
ECOR	Doubling	Koraput-Singapur Road	164.5	363
ECOR	Tripling	Bhadrak-Nergundi	80	351
NR	Doubling	Janghai-Phaphamau	47	350
ECOR	Doubling	Kottavalasa-Koraput	189	349
NER	Tripling	Burhwal – Gonda – 3rd line	61.7	341
ECR	Doubling	Muzaffarpur-Sagauli	100.6	340
NCR	Tripling	Jhansi-Bina 3rd Line	152.5	320
CR	Tripling	Wardha-Balharshah 3rd Line	132	305
NER	Doubling	Bhatni – Aunrihar with electrification	125	300
SER	Doubling	Madurai – Maniyachi – Tuticorin	160	300
WCR	Bypass	Katni grade separator viaduct	35	300
WCR	Tripling	Budhni-Barkhera 3rd line	19.4	300
NWR	Doubling	Phulera- Degana	108.75	279
NER	Doubling	Phephna-Indara, Mau-Shahganj (excl Indara-Mau)	150	260
ECR	Doubling	Ramna-Singrauli	160	250
NFR	Doubling	Digaru-Hojai (Completing Doubling between Guwahati – Lumding)	102	250
WR	Doubling	Surendranagar-Rajkot	116	250
NWR	Doubling	Degana –Rai ka Bag	145	249
ECOR	Doubling	Jagdalpur-Koraput	110	248
ECOR	Doubling	Kirandul-Jagdalpur	150	228
CR	Quadrupling	Nagpur-Sewagram 3rd and 4th Line	76	217
SWR	Doubling	Hubli – Chikjajur	190	210
CR	Tripling	Jalgaon-Manmad 3rd Line	160	205
SWR	Doubling	Hotgi-Kudgi-Gadag	284	200
WR	Doubling	Indore – Dewas – Ujjain	79.2	200
ECOR	Doubling	Sambalpur-Talcher	174	172
ECOR	Tripling	Khurda Barang 3rd Line	35	164
CR	Tripling	Kalyan-Kasara 3rd Line	67	160
WR	Doubling	Rajkot-Kanalus	112	160
NCR	Bypass	Sainthia, Sitarampur, Mughalsarai, Allahabad & Etawah – Bypass	35	150
NER	Doubling	Varanasi – Madhosingh – Allahabad	120	150
NR	Quadrupling	Anand Vihar-Tilak Bridge – 3rd & 4th line	9.7	150
SCR	Doubling	Secunderabad-Mahbubnagar	85	150
ECR	Doubling	Sagauli-Valmikinagar	109.7	140
SWR	Doubling	Baiyyappanahalli-Hosur	48	140
ECOR	Doubling	Banspani-Daitari-Tomka-Jakhapura	180	130
SECR	Doubling	Khodri-Anuppur, with flyover at Bilaspur	61.6	129
NFR	Doubling	New Mainaguri – Gumanihat	51.6	120
SER	Tripling	Rourkela-Jharsuguda – 3rd line	101	120
SWR	Doubling	Yeshvanthpur-Channasandra	21.7	115
NR	Doubling	Utretia-Rae Bareli	65.6	110
WCR	Doubling	Satna -Rewa	50	101
NR	Doubling	Janghai – Pratapgarh – Amethi	87	100
NR	Doubling	Ludhiana-Mullanpur	21	100
SCR	Doubling	Gooty-Dharmavaram	91	100
SER	Doubling	Talgaria-Bokaro-N/Cabin Doubling	38	100
SWR	Quadrupling	Bangalore-Whitefield-Bangalore City-Krishnarajapuram	23	100
WR	Doubling	Anand-Godhra	79	100
WR	Doubling	Nimach – Chittorgarh	55	100
WCR	Bypass	Powarkheda – Jujharpur – Single line flyover in up direction	15.9	88
NR	Quadrupling	Barabanki-Malhaur 3rd and 4th Line	19	75
WR	Doubling	Viramgram-Samakhiali	182.3	75
WR	Quadrupling	Vatva – Ahmedabad – Sabarmati – 4th line	18	73
WR	Doubling	Mehsana-Palanpur	65	72
CR	Quadrupling	Bhusawal-Jalgaon 4th Line	24.4	55
SECR	Tripling	Champa-Jharsuguda – 3rd line	165	55
SR	Quadrupling	Chennai Beach to Chennai Egmore 4th line	–	54
SWR	Doubling	Yalahanka-Penukonda	120.5	54
WR	Doubling	Nimach – Ratlam	133	50

Correction: Two entries in the table for Thiruvananthapuram-Kanniyakumari and Chennai Beach to Chennai Egmore were inadvertently listed under SER instead of SR. The error is regretted.