Overview
- A 13.46 km Rajpura bypass line sanctioned at Rs 411.96 crore will connect New Shambhu DFC to Kauli, allowing trains to avoid the saturated Rajpura Yard on the Ambala–Jalandhar corridor that is projected to top 165% utilisation by 2030–31.
- Electronic interlocking worth Rs 421.41 crore was approved at 34 Northern Railway stations on Kavach routes, including 21 in Delhi Division (Rs 292.24 crore) and 13 in Ambala Division (Rs 129.17 crore).
- In Jharkhand, Barbenda–Damrughutu doubling and Damrughutu–Bokaro Steel City 3rd and 4th lines, estimated at Rs 815.32 crore, target a corridor running at 108% utilisation with 90–150 minute detentions and forecast to reach 132% by 2028–29.
- Kerala received Rs 324.16 crore for Alappuzha–Ambalapuzha doubling to enable nine additional passenger trains each way and add 2.88 MTPA of freight capacity, plus Rs 163.57 crore for the Palakkad Town–Parli bypass to remove engine reversals and cut detentions by up to two hours for freight.
- Tamil Nadu’s Irugur–Podanur doubling (10.77 km) at Rs 277.42 crore will add capacity on the Chennai–Thiruvananthapuram corridor, enabling 15 additional daily passenger services and boosting freight by 3.12 MTPA.