Number of New Trains and Construction of Railway Track By State-wise Last 4 Year

Number of New Trains and Construction of Railway Track By State-wise Last 4 Year

Introduction of New Trains and Construction of Railway Track From 2014 to 2018

During the last four years i.e. from 2014-15 to 2017-18, Indian Railways has introduced 374 Mail/Express trains (excluding Premium Express rechristened as Suvidha Express).

State-wise commissioning of New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling including the State of Jammu and Kashmir in the last four years are as under:-

State	New Line (km)	Gauge Conversion  (km)	Doubling (km)
Assam and other NE States	178	1324	0
Andhra Pradesh	221	0	51
Bihar	229	304	165
Chhattisgarh	34	0	257
Gujarat	33	30	244
Haryana	160	0	132
Jammu & Kashmir	25	0	7
Jharkhand	436	0	162
Karnataka	240	0	252
Kerala	0	29	42
Madhya Pradesh	235	270	179
Maharashtra	39	0	288
Odisha	118	0	315
Punjab	0	0	106
Rajasthan	73	634	161
Telangana	186	0	25
Tamil Nadu	0	290	441
Uttar Pradesh	262	288	289
Uttarakhand	0	36	0
West Bengal	86	191	461

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.

Source: PIB