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India's Mega Rail Infrastructure Push

Sector: Rail • Location: India

Source: Swarajyamag

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Under Construction

Indian Railways is implementing 431 railway infrastructure projects across India, including new lines, gauge conversion, and doubling or multi-tracking works, covering a total sanctioned length of 35,966 km. The projects include 154 new line works, 33 gauge conversion projects, and 244 doubling or multi-tracking projects, with an estimated cost of Rs 6.75 lakh crore. As of March 2025, about 12,769

Status
Under Construction
Sector
Rail, Mass Transit, Government
Location
India
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Swarajyamag

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The project “India's Mega Rail Infrastructure Push” is an infrastructure initiative in the Rail sector, located in India. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Swarajyamag.

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Indian Railways is implementing 431 railway infrastructure projects across India, including new lines, gauge conversion, and doubling or multi-tracking works, covering a total sanctioned length of 35,966 km. The projects include 154 new line works, 33 gauge conversion projects, and 244 doubling or multi-tracking projects, with an estimated cost of Rs 6.75 lakh crore. As of March 2025, about 12,769 km have been commissioned, with expenditure of Rs 2.91 lakh crore.

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India

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Rail, Mass Transit, Government

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2025-12-20

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