IR FY27 Budget : Several New Projects Added To New Line, Doubling / Multi-tracking /gauge Conversion

Indian Railways (IR) has identified several new projects for construction of new lines/doubling/gauge conversion and multi-tracking to its existing list in the budget document for 2026-27. The zone-wise list of such projects are as follows:

Central Railway (CR)

Rahuri–Shani Shignapur New Line (21.84 km)
Pachora–Jamner with extension upto Malkapur (narrow gauge to broad gauge conversion listed under New Lines) (84 km)
Miraj Chord line (1.73 Km)
Additional Hotgi Byepass line (5.85 Km)
Doubling between Puntamba-Sainagar Shirdi (16.50 km)
Multitracking of Panvel-Chouk section (17.28 km) Panvel Chord Lines between Panvel-Somtane and Panvel-Chikhli (7.54 Km)

East Coast Railway (ECoR)

(Note: These appear in the 2026-27 list but were missing from the 2025-26 excerpt, despite carrying a 2023-24 PB tag)

Mahanadi Coal Railway Limited Inner Corridor phase-I Doubling (10.93 km)
Flyover at Khurda Road for trains from Puri end to connect the DN grid at Khurda Road (17.41 km)
Flyover at Titlagarh (8.11 km)

East Central Railway (ECR)

(Note: These appear in the 2026-27 list but were missing from the 2025-26 excerpt, despite carrying a 2023-24 PB tag)

Ara bypass line – Jagjivan halt to existing Ara-Sasaram line through link cabin (3.06 km)
Multi tracking of Son Nagar-Andal (374.53 rkm)
Y-connection between Kuju – Ranchi Road station (7.27 km)
ROR at Sasaram connecting GC to Ara-Sasaram Line (8.95 Km)
Nawadah–Pawapuri New Line (25.10 km)

Eastern Railway (ER)

Murarai-Barharwa 3rd line (48.90 Km)
Dankuni-Baltikuri 3rd & 4th line (17.26 Km)
3rd line between Ranaghat-Krishnanagar City (26 Km)
4th line between Pakur & Gumani stations (18.48 Km)
Bhagalpur-Jamalpur 3rd line (53 Km)
Ranaghat – Bangaon doubling (32.93 Km)
Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurhat doubling (177 Km)

North Eastern Railway (NER)

Doubling between Katra & Ayodhya Dham stations (9.65 km)
4th line between Burhwal-Gonda Kacheri (55.75 Km)

Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR)

Banarhat (India) to Samtse (Bhutan) (19.55 km)
Kokrajhar (India) to Gelephu (Bhutan) (69.05 km)
Aluabari Road – Thakurganj Doubling (19.95 km)
Furkating-New Tinsukia Doubling (194 km)
Aluabari Road – New Jalpaiguri 3rd & 4th line (57 km)

Northern Railway (NR)

New rail line works across Indian Railways (Umbrella work 2026-27)

Chord Line between Alal-Himmatana (12.52 km)
Bypass line at Ayodhya (1.50 km)
Bypass / chord line at Ayodhya Cantt (between Salarpur-Masodha) (6 km)
Y-connection at Garhi Harsaru to avoid reversal at Garhi Harsaru (2.5 km)
3rd line between Dilkusha- Malhaur (8.20 km)
Chord line between Bishanpura Haryana-Jind City (5.21 km)
3rd line between Delhi Kishanganj- Shakurbasti (7.24 km)

Semaphore signals at Pokaran Picture Courtesy-Vivek Pillay

North Western Railway (NWR)

New line between Ramdevra and Pokhran via Bhairav Gufa–Kailash Tekri (13.38 km)
Churu Bypass Line (4.85 km)
Doubling between Lalgarh & Bikaner East Cabin (11.08 Km)
Doubling from Umra to Debari stations (24.78 Km)

South Central Railway (SCR)

Rail over rail at Pagdipalli (8.54 km) connecting Bibi Nagar and Bommaipalli stations
Doubling between Motumari – Vishnupuram (88.81 km) and Rail over Rail (RoR) at Motumari (10.877 Km)
Bypass line between Nashkal (Pindial) – Hasanparti Road (24.55 km)
3rd line between Gudur-Renigunta stations (83.17 km)
Tirupati-Pakala-Katpadi Doubling (104.39 Km)
Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) – Parbhani Doubling (177 Km)

South East Central Railway (SECR)

Doubling between Urkura – Raipur Store Depot (3.0 KM)
Chord line between Ex-Gurda to Robertson to avoid Kharsia for loaded trains going towards Raigarh from CERL (6.42 KM)
4th line between Sarona- Bhilai (17.30 km)
4th line between Durg- Rajnandgaon (31.0 km)
4th line between DLBS (Durg link block cabin)-Durg (3 km)
Gondia – Balharshah (Chanda Fort) Doubling (240 Km)
4th Line between Dadhapara- Bilaspur (3.48 Km)
Dagori to Nipania 4th line (6.86 Km)
Gondia-Dongargarh 4th line
Rowghat–Jagdalpur (140 km)