Indian Railways zones in Haryana: 1=Northern Railway (Ambala-Yamunanagar-Kalka), 11=North Western Railway (Loharu-Hisar-Fatehabad-Sirsa), and 13=North Central Railway (Delhi and the rest of Haryana)
Overview
Headquarters	New Delhi railway station
Dates of operation	1952 (1952)–present
Technical
Track gauge	Mixed
Other
Website	www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in

Rail transport in the state of Haryana, India, is conducted by five rail divisions in three zones: the North Western Railway zone (the Bikaner and Jaipur railway divisions), Northern Railway zone (the Delhi and Ambala railway divisions), and North Central Railway zone (the Agra railway division). The Diamond Quadrilateral high-speed rail network, ^[1] Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, ^[2] and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor ^[3] pass through Haryana.

History

19th century

On 3 March 3 1859, the Allahabad- Kanpur line ( North India's first passenger railway line) opened; it is now part of the Northern Railway zone. ^[4] Tracks passing through Haryana were completed in 1864, when a broad gauge track from Calcutta to Delhi was laid. ^[5] In 1866, trains started running on the East Indian Railway Company's Howrah-Delhi line. ^[6] In 1870, the Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed its 483-kilometre (300 mi) long Amritsar- Ambala- Jagadhri- Saharanpur- Ghaziabad line connecting Multan (in present-day Pakistan) with Delhi. ^[7] The Sarai Rohilla railway station was built in 1872, when the metre gauge railway line from Delhi to Jaipur and Ajmer was laid. It was a small station just outside Delhi, which was then a walled city. All metre-gauge trains between Delhi and Rewari, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat passed through Sarai Rohilla. Metre-gauge track from Delhi to Rewari and Ajmer was laid in 1873 by the Rajputana State Railway. ^[5]

In 1884, the Rajputana-Malwa Railway extended the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide (metre-gauge) Delhi-Rewari section of its Delhi–Fazilka line to Bathinda. ^{[8] [9][ unreliable source?]} It became the Delhi-Bathinda-Samasatta line, and was opened by the Southern Punjab Railway Company in 1897. ^[10] The line passed through the Muktasar and Fazilka tehsils and connected Samma Satta (in present-day Pakistan) directly to Karachi. ^{[11] [12]} The Bathinda-Rewari metre-gauge line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide broad gauge in 1994. ^[13]

The Delhi-Panipat-Ambala-Kalka line was opened in 1891. ^[14] The 610 mm (2 ft)-wide narrow gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway, built by the Delhi-Panipat-Ambala-Kalka Railway Company, opened in 1903. ^[15] In 1905, the line became 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)-wide narrow gauge.

20th century

In 1900, the Jodhpur–Bikaner line was merged with the Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway. Part of this railway is in present-day Pakistan, with connections to Hyderabad in Sindh. In 1901–1902, the line was extended to Bathinda to connect it with the metre-gauge section of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway and the metre gauge of the North Western Railway Delhi–Fazilka line via Hanumangarh. ^{[16] [17]} On the Indian border, it was later converted to broad gauge. ^[18] Mahatma Gandhi was arrested at the Palwal station on his way to Punjab for an April 1919 non-cooperation movement meeting, and a six-foot commemorative statue of Gandhi was installed in October 2013. ^{[19] [20] [21]}

In 1926, the New Delhi railway station opened to serve the new imperial capital. Before the capital was founded in 1911, the Old Delhi Railway Station served the city. The Agra-Delhi railway line ran through Lutyens' Delhi, known for its India Gate war memorial and the Rajpath, but was moved to the Yamuna river and opened in 1924 to make way for the new capital. The Minto (Shivaji) and Hardinge (Tilak) rail bridges were built for the rerouting.

The East Indian Railway Company, who oversaw railways in the region, sanctioned the construction of a single-story building with one platform between Ajmeri Gate and Paharganj in 1926; this was later known as New Delhi railway station. Government plans to have the station built inside the Central Park of Connaught Place were rejected by the rail company as impractical. ^[22]

Work continued after the station opened, and the New Delhi Capital works project to construct 4.79 miles (7.71 km) of new lines was completed in 1927 and 1928. The viceroy and royal retinue entered the city through the new station during the 1931 New Delhi inauguration. New structures were added to the station, and the original building became the parcel office. ^{[23] [24]}

On 5 November 1951, the Jodhpur–Bikaner line was merged with the Western Railway. ^[25] Construction began to convert its metre gauge to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge and build a link to Phulera, ^[26] and it was the Jodhpur–Merta City–Bikaner– Bathinda line by 2008. ^[27] On April 14, 1952, the Northern Railway zone was created with the merger of the Jodhpur State, Bikaner State and Eastern Punjab Railways and three East Indian Railway divisions northwest of Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh.

In 1976-77, the Ghaziabad-Nizamuddin-New Delhi-Delhi line was electrified. ^[28] On 1 July 1987, the Ambala railway division was created when 639 km of tracks were transferred from the Delhi Division and 348 km were transferred from the Firozpur Division; it became operational on 15 August 1988. Sixty-two percent of the division is in Punjab, with the rest in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chandigarh. The division has 141 stations, including the World Heritage Site Kalka Shimla Railway. ^[29]

Electrification continued during the 1990s, and the Sabjimandi-Karnal sector was electrified between 1992 and 1995. ^[30] The Ambala-Chandigarh sector was electrified in 1998 and 1999 ^[31] and was followed by Chandigarh-Kalka, electrified in 1999 and 2000. ^[31]

Before December 1994, the Delhi-Rewari line had double metre-gauge tracks; that year, one track was converted to broad gauge as part of the Ajmer-Delhi line conversion. ^[32] Both tracks between the Sarai Rohilla and Delhi railway stations were converted to broad gauge within a few years, and metre-gauge trains stopped operating from the Delhi station. ^[33]

21st century

The North Western Railway zone was created on 1 October 2002, ^[34] followed by the North Central Railway zone on 1 April 2003. The second metre-gauge track from Sarai Rohilla to Rewari was converted to broad gauge by September 2006, and metre-gauge trains stopped operating between the stations; the converted track opened for public use in October 2007. ^{[33] [35]} Broad-gauge conversions were adjusted for the Bikaner–Rewari line between 2008 and 2011, ^[13] and for the metre-gauge Hisar-Sadulpur section in 2009. ^{[13] [36]}

A 104-km survey for the Panipat–Meerut line was part of the 2010–11 rail budget. The project, costing ₹948 crore, was approved in the 2017-18 budget. ^[37] New lines were built and opened in 2013. The Chandigarh–Sahnewal line (also known as the Ludhiana-Chandigarh rail link) was inaugurated, ^[38] the broad-gauge, electrified Rewari–Rohtak line was built, ^[39] and the foundation stone for the shifting of a section of the Rohtak-Gohana-Panipat line was laid. ^[40]

A re-survey of the Yamunanagar–Chandigarh line, costing ₹25 crore, was part of the 2016–17 rail budget. The total cost of the project was ₹875 crore. ^[37] In the 2017-18 rail budget, Indian Railways approved the Panipat-Jind line and Panipat-Rohtak line electrification plans costing ₹980 core. A Panipat-Shamli-Baghpat-Meerut line was approved for ₹2,200 crore.

By December 2017, 6,095 GPS-enabled Fog Pilot Assistance System railway-signaling devices had been installed in the Northern, North Central, North Eastern and North Western Railway zones. The devices ended the practice of putting firecrackers on train tracks to alert train drivers to reduce speed; the location of signals, level-crossing gates and other such markers is known in advance. ^[41] The Rewari Railway Heritage Museum, built in 1893, is India's only surviving steam locomotive shed.

Network

Haryana Space Applications Centre, Hisar (HARSAC) has produced the state's railway map, and its lines are included in the rail "pink book". ^{[42] [43] [44]}

Divisions and workshops

Haryana has five divisions in three rail zones, and each division has its own workshops.

• North Western Railway zone
  • The Bikaner railway division manages the network in western and southern Haryana, covering the Bhatinda-Dabwali-Hanumangarh, Rewari-Bhiwani-Hisar-Bathinda, Hisar-Sadulpur and Rewari-Kanina-Loharu-Sadulpur lines. ^{[45] [13]} A-category stations are Bhiwani and Hisar; Sirsa is a B-category station; D-category stations are Ellenabad, Mandi Dabwali, Bhattu, Mandi Adampur, Hansi, Loharu, Charkhi Dadri, Kanina, Mahendragagh and Kosli, and Satrod is an E-category station. ^[46] There are sidings at Sirsa for FCI, and at Jharli for the thermal power plant. ^[47] Railway health units are at Sirsa and Hisar (one doctor at each), and the Railway Divisional Hospital is at Lalgarh (on the outskirts of Bikaner). ^[48]
  • Jaipur railway division of North Western Railway zone manages rail network in south-west Haryana covering Rewari-Reengas-Jaipur line, Delhi-Alwar-Jaipur line and Loharu-Sikar line. ^[49]
• Northern Railway zone
  • Delhi railway division of Northern Railway zone manages rail network in north, east, and central Haryana covering Delhi-Panipat-Ambala line, Delhi-Rohtak-Tohana line, Rewari–Rohtak line, Jind-Sonepat line and Delhi-Rewari line. ^{[50] [51] [52] [53] [54]}
  • Ambala railway division of Northern Railway zone manages small part of rail network in north-east Haryana covering Ambala-Yamunanagar line, Ambala-Kurukshetra line and UNESCO World Heritage Kalka–Shimla Railway. ^[29] There are 2 Workshops in this division which falls within Haryana: Carriage & Wagon Workshop, Jagadhari and Carriage & Wagon Workshop, Kalka for narrow gauge ^[55]
• North Central Railway zone
  • Agra railway division of North Central Railway zone manages another very small part of network in south-east Haryana covering Palwal- Mathura line only. ^{[56] [57]}

Lines

• North Western Railway zone

• Bikaner railway division ^{[45] [13]}

• Bhatinda-Dabwali-Hanumangarh line
• Rewari-Bhiwani-Hisar-Bathinda line and Hisar-Sadulpur line
• Rewari-Kanina-Loharu-Sadulpur line
• Bhiwani-Rohtak line
• Hisar-Hansi-Rohtak line, under construction
• Hisar-Agroha line, surveyed and approved
• Hisar-Jind line, surveyed
• Hansi-Narnaund-Jind line, being surveyed

• Jaipur railway division ^[49]

• Rewari-Reengas-Jaipur line
• Delhi-Alwar-Jaipur line
• Loharu-Sikar line

• Northern Railway zone

• Ambala railway division ^[29]

• Ambala-Yamunanagar line
• Ambala-Kurukshetra line
• UNESCO World Heritage Kalka–Shimla Railway
• Chandigarh-Adi Badri-Paonta Sahib line, surveyed in 2012
• Yamunanagar-Chandigarh line, new line being resurveyed

• Delhi railway division ^{[50] [51] [52] [54]}

• Delhi-Panipat-Ambala line
• Delhi-Rohtak-Tohana line
• Narwana- Kaithal-Kurukshetra line
• Rewari–Rohtak line
• Jind-Sonepat line, via Gohana
• Jind-Panipat line, via Safidon
• Rohtak-Panipat line, via Gohana, being elevated ^[58]
• Delhi-Rewari line
• Panipat-Meerut line,survey completed

• North Central Railway zone

• Agra railway division ^{[56] [57]}

• Palwal- Mathura line only

Projects

Current

Undertaken by IR and "Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Haryana) Limited" (H-RIDE, also called Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation).

• Announced projects (planned and/or being executed, c. Jan 2018)
  Feasibility study survey was completed for the first 7 projects in 10 months from Jan 1, 2018 - Oct 31, 2018. ^[59]

• Karnal- Yamunanagar line, ^[59] additional budget was allocated in 2019-20 union railway budget. ^[60]
• Kaithal-Karnal- Meerut line
• Yamunanagar-Chandigarh via Naraingarh and Sadhaura ^[59] 91 km link sent to planning commission in 2013 ^[61]. MoU was signed in 2015 ^[62], and is included in 2018 pink book. ^[63] Additional budget was allocated in 2019-20 union railway budget. ^[60]

• Yamunanagar-Adi Badri-Paonta Sahib-Dehradun line, via Bilaspur, connecting to Chota Char Dham Railway is proposed for future implementation, yet unapproved and an un-surveyed project.

• Delhi-Sohna-Nuh-Ferozpur Zhirka-Alwar line ^[59] 104 km link sent to planning commission in 2013 ^[61] MoU was signed in 2015 ^[62] , and is included in 2018 pink book. ^[63] Additional budget was allocated in 2019-20 union railway budget. ^[60]
• Kaithal-Patiala line, survey was announced in 2016-17 budget and completed in January 2019. Pending railway board approval for inclusion in the pink book as of Jan 2019. ^[64]
• Bhiwani-Loharu line via Kairu-Jui ^[59] MoU was signed in 2015 and H-RIDE will undertake Bhiwani-Loharu section to connect it to the existing Loharu-Pilani-Jhunjhunu railway link. ^[65] Additional budget was allocated in 2019-20 union railway budget. ^[60] Note, Jaipur-Reengas-Churu line was surveyed in 2015-2016. ^[65]
• Narwana-Hisar line, 65 km, survey commenced in 2018, ^[66] direct and shortest route via Narnaund ^[59]

• Ukalana-Narwana line 29 km, previously announced connection for direct connectivity to Kurukshetra and Chandigarh ^[67]
• Hansi-Jind line 45 km via Narnaund, previously announced complementary connection ^[67] Additional budget was allocated for Jind-Hisar line in 2019-20 union railway budget. ^[60]

• Farrukhnagar-Jhajjar-Charkhi Dadri line, 72 km, ^[59] Bijwasan-Jhajjar-Charki Dadri was surveyed in 2010, ^[62] and the next stage survey commenced in 2018, ^[66] but conducted in 2015. ^[68] Additional budget was allocated in 2019-20 union railway budget. ^[60] Extend this along new Charkhi Dadri-Jui-Kairu-Isharwal-Jhunpa route.
• Jhajjar-Palwal line 95 km including Jhajjar- Farukh Nagar new 30 km link and Patli- Sohna- Manesar- Asaoti( Palwal) new 60 km link along Western Peripheral Expressway was approved by the Haryana government in December 2018 and approval from the railway board is expected shortly. ^[69] Extend it further to Noida International Airport, Jewar.
• Note: Hisar-Rajgarh link exists. Survey for Rajgarh-Taranagar-Sardarshar line and Sardarshar-Bhadra-Sirsa line was completed in 2015-16 ^[65] km ^[65]
• Hisar Airport rail line: Existing Hisar-Jakhal line will be extended to Hisar airport as integrated transport hub, DPR will be ready soon (dec 2018 update. ^[70]

• Chandigarh(Kalka)- Baddi line, 23.33 km route included in 2018 NR pink book. ^[63] Preliminary engineering-cum-traffic surveyed in 2010. ^[71] LOA signed, state released 175 crore, 22 hectares land acquisition in progress (c. Nov 2017). ^[72] IMT and fruit logistics hub at former HMT site in Pinjore.

• Manesar railway sliding project for Maruti Udyog ^[59]
• Other NR (Northern Railway) current survey (c. Nov 2017) and the construction status of important NR projects

• Announced projects (planned and/or being executed, c. Feb 2015)

• Karnal-Yamuna Nagar Railway line, ^[62]
• Panipat-Meerut line, 104 km part of RORC and survey completed and included in 2018 NR pink book. ^[63]
• Kaithal-Karnal Line
• Chandigarh-Adi Badri-Paonta Sahib line, surveyed completed in 2012, to expedite better to route it from a fork on Bilaspur (under-survey Yamunanagar-Chandgarh line) to Khizrabad to Paonta Sahib.
• Jakhal-Ratia-Fatehabad Railway line, ^[62]
• Fatehabad-Mansa-Bhatinda Railway line, ^[62]
• Hisar-Sirsa via Agroha Fatehabad Railway line ^[62] 93 km link sent to planning commission in 2013. ^[61] Survey completed and already included in 2018 pink book. ^[63] INR 40 lakh budget was allocated in 2019-20 union railway budget for the final detailed survey. ^[73] A logistic hub rail sliding next to Hisar Aviation & Cargo Hub.
• Sirsa-Ellanabad line announced in 2013 for military purpose.
• Rewari-Palwal via Bhiwadi Railway line, ^[62] See below as part of NCR Regional Orbital Rail Corridor (RORC) and survey completed Archived 10 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Also see the proposed RORC Palwal-Khurja line.
• Alwar-Narnaul-Mahendragarh-Charkhi Dadri line announced in 2014 by UPA govt, but the survey has no commenced until now. ^[74]
• Sirsa- Ellenabad- Suratgarh line

• Previously surveyed (2010) ^[71]

• Kaithal-Pundri-Karnal line, 92 km surveyed in 2010 ^[71]
• Patiala-Samana-Jakhal-Narwana line, 93 km surveyed in 2010 ^[71]
• Bahadurgarh-Jhajjar line, 40 km surveyed in 2010 ^[71]
• Yamunanagar-Kurukshetra-Patiala line, 174 km surveyed in 2010 ^[71]
• Rajgarh-Taranagar-Sardarshar line survey completed in 2015-16, ^[65] as well as 100 km Sardarshar-Bhadra-Sirsa line. ^[65] Sardarshar-Loonkaransar survey (to connect to mahajan firing range and Bikaner) was completed in 2014. Hisar-Rajgarh and Jaipur-Reengas-Churu lines already exist. ^[65]

Under consideration projects

Under consideration for future inclusion, not yet approved, not yet surveyed:

• Bilaspur-Paonta Sahib line (to connect proposed Chandigan-Yamunanagr line to Paonta Sahib), to connect to Chota Char Dham Railway
• Jhumpa Khurd-Bahal-Loharu line, short distance, this missing link will complete railway across western Haryana from Sirsa to Narnaul
• Jhumpa-Bhiwani line
• Narnaul-Charki Dadri-Meham line, NE-SW diagonal across Haryana
• Bhadra-Adampur-Fatehabad-Budhlada line to connect with already surveyed Sardarshahar-Sirsa line,
• Hisar-Kanwari-Tosham-Kairu-Jui-Mahendragarh line, as western Haryana link
• Charkhi Dadri- Jhumpa Khurd line
• Charkhi Dadri-Loharu line
• Yamunanagar-Indri-Karnal line,
• Fatehabad-Uklana line (to connect with proposed Uklana-Narwana line), for direct link across north Haryana from Sirsa to Chandigarh
• Jind-Barwala-Agroha-Adampur line,
• Karnal-Jind-Hansi-Kanwari-Tosham-Jhumpa line, note that Kaithal-Pundri-Karnal line (also needs further new link to Patra-Sangrur-Barnala-Faridkot) was surveyed in 2010 ^[71]
• Karnal-Deoband line, Mujaffarnagar-Deoband-Roorkee line is under construction which will connect Haryana to Haridwar
• Mujaffarnagar-Shamli-Panipat line, Mujaffarnagar-Deoband-Roorkee line is under construction which will connect Haryana to Haridwar
• Meerut-Sonipat line
• Hisar-Anupgarh line via Balsamand-Bhadra-Nohar-Ryanwali-Anupgarh route
• Bawanikhera-Mahajan line via Gohana-Meham-Bawanikhera-Kanwari-Tosham-Siwani-Sahwa-Pallu-Mahajan-Anupgarh route
• Mandkola-Dhaulpur line via Mandkola-Hathin-Uttawar-Punhana-Barsana-Govardhan-Deeg-Bharatpur-Dhaulpur route from where it connects to existing Delhi-Dhaulpur-Gwalior-Nagpur route. Also provides alternate route to Agra and Mathura. ^[75]

Under construction projects

Pink book projects under construction as per live map in the citation: ^[76]

• Hisar-Hansi-Rohtak line, Rohtak-Meham under construction with all land in possession of IR and will be completed by June 2019, and Hansi-Hisar tender planning was underway in Nov 2017. ^[72]

• Palwal-Firozepure Jhirka-Alwar line, via Palwal-Mandkola-Nuh-Bhadas-Firozepure Jhirka-Ootwar-Alwar, as per pink book. ^[76]

NCR projects

• NCR Regional Orbital Rail Corridor (RORC)

• Panipat-Rohtak line, via Panipat-Gohana-Rohtak, exists.
• Rohtak-Rewari line, via Rohtak-Jhajjar-Rewari, exists.
• Rewari-Khurja line, via Rewari-Bhiwadi-Nuh-Palwal-Khurja, new rail line, survey completed Archived 10 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Nuh-Palwal section is also part of the separate Palwal-Nuh-Ferrozepur Jhirka-Alwar line already under construction as per the pink book.
• Khurja-Meerut line, via Khurja-Bulandshahr-Hapur-Meerut, existing.
• Meerut-Panipat line, new rail line, survey completed. It will cost INR2,200 crore. ^[77] The construction will commence in year 2019.

• NCR Inner Regional Orbital Rail Corridor (IRORC)

• Sonepat-Bahadurgrah-Jhajjar line, new line.
• Jhajjar-Farukh Nagar-Gurgaon line, new line.
• Gurgaon-Faridabad line, new line.
• Faridabad-Dadri line, new line.
• Dadri-Ghaziabad line, existing line, also part of RRTS corridor.
• Ghaziabad-Kundali line via Baghpat, new line.

• NCR Counter Magnet City interconnectivity Projects

• Hisar as CMG links

• Hisar-Patiala rail link: exists (a) Ukalana-Narwana link and Kaithal-CheekaGuhla-Samana link in Haryana or (b) Jakhal/Moonak-Patra-Samana link in Punjab as an alternate route

• Hisar-Karnal-Ambala rail link: Missing links are (a) Uklana-Narwana link and Kaithal-Pundri-Karnal link (b) Hansi-Jind link (under survey) and (c) Jind-Karnal link

• Hisar-Gwaliar rail link: exists except Bhopal-Beora-Ramganj-Jhalawar link which is being implementation and tenders were issued in 2014 ^{[78] [79]}

• Hisar-Jaipur-Kota-Bhopal rail link: exists except Bhopal-Beora-Ramganj-Jhalawar link which is being implementation and tenders were issued in 2014 ^{[78] [79]}

• Karnal and Ambala as CMG links (includes Patiala as CMG links)

• Karnal-Dehradun rail link: Karnal-Yamunanagar missing links is under survey

• Karnal-Bareilly rail link: Under survey Karnal-Yamunanagar links willprovide indirect route, the direct link Karnal-Shamli-Muzaffarnagar-Bijnor-Shahspur is missing, needs approval and will be of strategic importance to Rajasthan-Pithoragarh (Pakistan to China border) army movement, it will also directly connect Mahabharta religious city of Kurukshetra with the Char Dham rail network

• Karnal-Jaipur rail link exists via Rohtak-Rewari-Alwar

• Karnal-Kota rail link exists via Jaipur except the under-construction rail link from Jhalawar to Bhopal (see Hisar Kota link link)

• Gwaliar as CMG links (concludes Bareilly and Kanpur as CMG)

• All exist. There is existing Gwaliar-Jhansi-Kanpur line, Gwaliar-Agra-Breilly line and Kanpur-Unnao-Bareilly line.

Other future projects of interest

This is live rail map in citation. ^[76]

Himachal Pradesh

• New rail links in Himachal Pradesh
  • Nangal Dam- Talwara line, 83.74 km route included in 2018 pink book. ^[63]
  • Banopli- Bilaspur-Beri line, 63.1 km route included in 2018 pink book. ^[63]
    • Chadigarh(Kalka)-Baddi line, 33.23 km route included in 2018 pink book, ^[63] under construction.
  • Una- Hamirpur line, 50 km route included in 2018 pink book. ^[63]
• New rail links from Himchal Pradesh to J&K
  • Bhanupli–Leh line
• New rail links from Himachal Pradesh to Uttrakhand

Punjab

• New rail links in Punjab near Haryana Border
  • Abohar-Fazilka line, 42.717 km route included in 2018 pink book. ^[63]
  • Chandigarh- Ludhiana line, 112 km route included in 2018 pink book. ^[63]
• New rail links from Punjab to Himachal Pradesh
  • Nangal Dam- Talwara line, 83.74 km route included in 2018 pink book. ^[63]
  • Banopli- Bilaspur-Beri line, 63.1 km route included in 2018 pink book. ^[63]
• New rail links to J&K

• Jallandhar- Pathankot- Jammu-Tawi, 211.26 km route is included in 2018 NR pink book. ^[63]

• New rail links from Punjab to Pakistan

Rajasthan

• Bhatinda-Dabwali-Hanumangarh-Pilibangan-Suratgarh line is operational ^[80] and electrification work commenced in 2018-19 at the cost of INR350 crore. ^[81]
• New rail links in Rajasthan near Haryana Border
  • Sardarshahar
    • Lunkaransar-Sardarshar-Taranagar-Sadulpur (Rajgarh) link
      • Sardarshar-Lunkaransar line (82 km) survey was announced in 2013 to connect existing end points for strategic military requirements. ^[82] In 2015 budget, additional INR9 lakh allocated for survey work by Railway minister. ^[83]
      • Sardarshar-Taranagar-Sadulpur (Rajgarh) line (100 km) survey was announced in 2015 to connect existing end points. ^[83]
    • Sardarshahar-Nohar-Sirsa line via Jingana-GudianaKhera-Arniawali-Bajekan (94 km) survey was announced in 2013 and cost estimates were prepared. ^[84] In 2015 budget, additional INR14 lakh allocated for survey work by Railway minister. ^[83]
    • Sardarshahar-Suratgarh-Gajsinghpur line (115 km) survey was announced in 2015. ^{[85] [83]}
  • Gajsinghpur (Pak border)-Padampur-Goluwala-Pilibanga-Rawatsar-Sahawa-Taranagar-Daderwa-Sadulpur(Rajgarh) line survey was announced in 2013 to connect existing end points for strategic military requirements ^[82] In 2015 budget, additional INR44 lakh allocated for survey work by Railway minister. ^[83]
  • NeemKaThana(on Delhi-Rewari-Jaipur line)-Sikar-Salasar-Sujangarh line (150 km) survey was announced in 2013, ^[86]
  • Alwar-Behror-Narnaul-Charkhi Dadri line survey was announced in 2013 was pending approval for the financial vetting in 2015. ^[87] No budget was allocated in 2015. Should be extended to Nokha-Phalodi (to Bikaner).
  • Dausa- Gangapur line, 92.67 km route is included in 2018 NCR pink book. ^[88] Will provide direct Delhi-Faridabad-Alwar-Dausa-Kota-Gwalior access by bypassing aipur on its west.
  • Ratlam- Banswara- Dungarpur line, 176.47 km route is included in 2018 NCR pink book. ^[88]
  • Gauge conversion (all gauge conversion across India will be completed by March 2022)
    • Jaipur- Reengus- Churu and Sikar- Loharu gauge conversion of 320.04 km route is included in 2018 NCR pink book. ^[88]
    • Suratpura- Hanumangarh- Sri Ganganagar gauge conversion of 240.95 km route is included in 2018 NCR pink book. ^[88]
    • Sadulpur- Bikaner and Ratangarh- Degana gauge conversion of 394.35 km route is included in 2018 NCR pink book. ^[88]
• New rail links from Rajasthan to Madhya Pradesh
  • Jhalawar-Biaora-Bhopal line tender was issued in 2014 for construction. ^[89]
  • Gauge conversion (all gauge conversion across India will be completed by March 2022)
    • Jaipur-Bhopal existing link: Gwaliar- Sheopur- Kota line gauge conversion of 284 km route is included in 2018 NCR pink book. ^[90]
    • Agra-Kota-Ujjain-Khandwa-Akola-Washim existing link: Gangapur, Sawai Madhopur Dhaulpur-Sirmuttra- Gangapur line gauge conversion of 144.6 km route is included in 2018 NCR pink book. ^[90]
• New rail links from Rajasthan to Gujrat and Maharashtra

UP

• New rail links in UP near Haryana Border
  • Karnal-Haridwar: Deoband- Roorkee line, 27.45 km route included in 2018 pink book, ^[63] Karnal to Deoband is the missing link.
  • Mathura- Vrindavan line, 11 km route is included in 2018 NCR pink book. ^[90]
• New rail links from UP to Nepal

Uttrakhand

• New rail links in Uttrakhand near Haryana Border
  • Char Dham Railway
• New rail links from Uttrakhand to Nepal
  • Nainital- Pithoragarh-Nepal line

NCR CMG connectivity

• Complimentary NCR CMG (counter Magnet City) Interconnectivity NH (National Highways) projects
  • From Hisar:
    • Hisar-Jaipur: Hisar-Kaimri-Isharwal and Gokulpura-RampuraBeri-Pilani and Chirawa-Chanana-Ponkh-Chala(or Neem Ka Thana) are missing links
    • Hisar-kota: Ponkh-Khatu-Renwal and Jobner-Mahlan-Shankarpura-Choru-Chosla, Chandser (NH16)-Tordi(NH37A) and Todraisingh-Botunda-NH52(Deoli) are missing links
    • Hisar-Patiala: Barwala-Surbara-Narwana, Hatho-Kolekhan-Guhna-Attela-Bhuna-Cheeka-Panjola is the missing link
    • Hisar-Ambala: Barwala-Uchana-Titram Kaithal the missing link
    • Hisar-Karnal: NH9-Dhansu-Chanot-Masudpur-Narnaund is missing link (newly constructed SH/MDR can be converted to NH)
    • Hisar-Dehradun: NH8-Newal-Gangoh(needs new Yamuna bridge)-Ambheta-Saharanpur
    • Hisar-Bareilly: Barfeilly-Chandausi-Pawasa-Dhawarsi-Siyana-Kuchesar-Babugarh-Hapur(new northern bypass), Rasoolpur Dhaulri-Doula(NH334B)-Goripur and SOnepat-Farmanah-LakhanMajra-Bass-BhatolJattan-Pal-ki-Dhani(NH12)-Bhatla(NH17)-Niyana-Shikarpur-NH9 (Radha Soami Satsang Beas Hisar-1) are missing direct link
    • Hisar-Kanpur: Kanpur(NH19)-Rura-Dibiyapur(NH234)-Bakewar, Rewari-Tupkara-Nuh-Ujina-Hodal, Mandola-Kosli-Palhawas-Pataudi-Taoru, Dohki(NH17)-Rajgarh(NH709)-Dinod-Tosham(NH17)-Kanwari-Hisar are missing link
    • Hisar-Gwalior: Kanina(NH24)-Palri(NH17)-Jui(NH709)-Kairu(NH12)-Isharwal(NH12)is missing link
    • HisarAirport-Delhi Airport: Hisar-Kanwari-Tigrana-Bamla-Matenhail-Bhindawas-Silana(NH35)-Kiloi(NH15A)-Badli-IGI Airport GREENFIELD EXPRESSWAY is missing link (under plan?) Take note of greenfield and direct route alignment that also connects unconnected Tehsils and various Bird Sanctuaries in Matenhail, Bindhawas, Khaparwas, Macchrauli, etc.
  • From Karnal (includes Ambala and Patiala):
    • Ambala-Jaipur-kota: Ambala-Rehra-CharkhiDadri greenfield NH route has been announced as NH and industrial corridor, Nizampur(Narnaul)-Patan-Shahpur is the missing link
  • Ambala-Dehradun:
    • Ambala-Bareilly: Shamli-Khatoli-Hastinapur-Joya-Kindarki-Shahbad-Bareilly is missing NH link
    • Ambala-Kanpur: Samalkha-Baraut-Hapur-Meerut-Kahangirabad-Dibai-Bahediya-Aliganj-Chibbramau-Talgram-Kakaaan-Shivli-Kanpur
    • Ambala-Gwalior: Nih-Ujina-Uttawar-Punhana-Kaman is missing link
    • Kaithal-Pundri-Karnal
    • Karnal-Haridwar: Deoband- Roorkee line, 27.45 km route included in 2018 pink book, ^[63] Karnal to Deoband is the missing link.

• • From Barilly:
    • Barilly-Jaipur-Kota: Sirmathura-Mandrayal-Chancheri-Khandar-NJ30-to-Khatoli
    • Barilly-Dehradun: Rampur-Dilari-Sahaspur and Nagina-Nazibabad-Roorkee are missing link
    • Barilly-Kanpur: Farukhabad-Pihan-Sauna-Rapra-Pravea-HarodiaBholapur-Kandharpur
    • Barilly-Gwalior: Badaun-Ganj Dundwara-Sakot-Shikohabad-Porsa-Pariksha-Gwalior is missing NH link

• • From Kanpur:
    • Kanpur-Jaipur-Kota: Fatehabad (Agra)-Khairgrah-Uchena is missing link
    • Kanpur—Kota: Hwaliar-Tentara and Lakshmanpura-Sheopur are missing link
    • Kanpur-Gwalior: Kuthond-Madhogarh-Mihona-Mau is missing link

National freight corridors

Diamond Quadrilateral High-speed rail network, ^[1] Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (72 km) ^[2] and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (177 km) ^[3] pass through Haryana.

Special rail

UNESCO Heritage rails

• UNESCO World Heritage Kalka Shimla Railway with vistadome.

Tourist circuit rail

Sri Krishna circuit on Vrindavan-Mathura-Govardhan-Barsana-Kurukshetra route and Hemu heritage circuit on Delhi-Rewari-Madhogarh-Panipat route. ^[91] Other potential circuits are Prithviraj circuit on Faridabad(Surajkund)- Taraori- Asigarh Fort(Hansi)-Hisar-Tosham route, Haryana Buddha circuit on Hisar(ashoka pillar in mosque in Firoz Shah Palace Complex)- Agroha Mound-Fatehabad(Ashoka lat in mosque)-Kurukshetra(Buddha satupa on main sarovar)-Topra-Sugh-Chaneti.

Luxury rail

Luxury rail in Haryana are the Delhi-Rewari Fairy Queen Heritage Train and the proposed Delhi-Rewari-Madhogarh Heritage Rail Circuit. ^[91]

High-speed rail

Semi-High Speed rail: 160-200 km

Delhi-Agra and Delhi-Chandigarh routes will be converted to the average speed of 160–200 km per hour. ^{[92] [93]} The project was conceived in 2014.

Delhi-Chandigarh semi high speed rail corridor with 200 km/h via Ambala Cantt and Panipat will commence construction work in 2019. Cost of this corridor 11,218 crore.

Rapid Rail Transport System (RRTS)

The under-construction Delhi-Alwar RRTS and Delhi-Sonepat-Panipat RRTS will pass through Haryana. In 2017 December, National Capital Region Transport Corporation signed agreements with Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Spain's state-owned company) and Société nationale des chemins de fer français (France's state-owned company) to cooperate on the development of rapid rail smart projects, including Delhi-Meerut Smart Line, Delhi-Panipat Smart Line and Delhi-Alwar Smart Line have been prioritized for implementation in the first phase of NCR RRTS where these three lines will operate from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi. Designed with 180 km/h design speed, 160 km/h operational speed, and 100 km/h average speed, of six-car trains carrying 1,154 passengers running every 5 to 10 minutes on either underground or elevated point-to-point tracks where passengers will not have to change trains. 35-40% funding will be equity from Centre and state governments and the remaining 60% will come from multilateral funding agencies. ^{[94] [95] [96]}

• Delhi-Alwar RRTS: Delhi-Alwar line will have 19 stations, 9 underground stations from ISBT Kashmere Gate to Kherki Daula and 10 elevated stations on 124.5 km route. ^[96]
• Delhi-Sonipat RRTS: INR 30,000 crore Delhi-Panipat Smart Line and 180.5 km will cost around Rs 37,539 crore Delhi-Alwar Smart Line are awaiting DPR approval, construction to commence by the end of 2018 and completed before 2025. Cost of this corridor is 30,000 crore. At four major stops in Panipat: Panipat Depot, Panipat North, Panipat South and Samalkha.
• Delhi-Rohtak-Hisar RRTS

High Speed 200-500 km/h rail

Delhi-Mumbai high-speed rail and Delhi–Amritsar high-speed rail of Diamond Quadrilateral High-speed rail network via Sohna- Rewari- Narnaul will pass through Haryana. ^[1] The Ministry of Railways has established the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited as a government company on February 12, 2016, to promote high-speed rail corridors. ^[97] The Indian Ministry of Railways' white-paper "Vision 2020", envisages the implementation of regional high-speed rail projects to provide services at 250–350 km/h, and planning for corridors connecting commercial, tourist, and pilgrimage hubs. Six corridors have been identified for technical studies on setting up of high-speed elevated rail corridors, including the following 2 passing through Haryana: ^[98]

• Delhi– Chandigarh– Amritsar: This 458 km corridor costing 1 lakh crore has been approved by the railway board and construction will commence in year 2020. The route alignment is Delhi-Panipat-Ambala-Chandigarh-Ludhiana-Jalandhar-Amritsar
• Delhi- Agra- Lucknow- Varanasi- Patna

Personal Rail Transport (PRT) Metrino

Dhaula Kuan-Gurugram- Manesar Personal rapid transit, also called Metrino, was initiated in Dec 2017 by the Government of India by inviting fresh expression of interest from the providers. ^[99]

Metro train

Current

• Faridabad and Ballabgarh: Violet Line (Delhi Metro)
• Bahadurgarh: Green Line (Delhi Metro)
• Gurugram: Yellow Line (Delhi Metro) and Rapid Metro Gurgaon

Proposed

• Chandigarh and Panchkula: Chandigarh Metro (proposed)
• Sonipat Metro - extension Red Line (Delhi Metro):
  In June 2017, the Government of Haryana's cabinet approved the investment of INR 968.20 (US$150 million), as its share on the 80:20 equity ratio with the union government, for the 4.86 kilometres (3.02 mi) extension of Delhi Metro from the existing Rithala metro station to Sonipat via Bawana with three elevated stations at Sector 5 of Narela in Delhi, on Delhi border at Kundli Industrial Area and Nathupur Industrial Area in Sonipat, which are planned to be built starting from April 2018 and to be completed by March 2022 as part of the Phase IV. ^[100] There are plans to further extend this line deeper into the Sonipat city (via Rajiv Gandhi Education City) and beyond to Murthal ( Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology) in the future.
• Bahadurgarh Metro - Green Line extension:
  An extension of Green Line from Mundka along the NH 9 will under construction and on schedule to be completed by December 2017 (as of June 2017). ^[101]
• Rohtak Metro - Green Line extension:
  An extension of Green Line from Bahadurgarh, proposed only and not yet approved as of July 2017. ^[102]
• Kharkhoda Metro - Red Line extension:
  From the existing Rithala metro station to the new stations in Rohini and Bawana industrial area, to Kharkhoda in Haryana, and up to Rohtak via Sisana as second line to Rohtak. As of July 2017, proposed only and not yet approved.
• Jhajjar Metro - Blue Line extension:
  from existing Blue line to Najafgarh and Kharkari in Delhi to Badli in Haryana on Jhajjar border (not to be confused with Badli Industrial area of Delhi in Sonipat border) and Jhajjar city in Haryana. As of July 2017, proposed only and not yet approved. ^[103]
• Dwarka - AIIMS Bhadsa - Farukh Nagar - Gurugram Blue Line extension:
  from the existing Blue line at Dwarka to AIIMS Jhajjar at Badsha, Farukh Nagar and Gurugram in Haryana. As of July 2017, proposed only and not yet approved. ^[103]
• Dwarka-Gurugram - Blue Line and Orange Line Airport Express extension:
  As second connection via Kapashera and Bijwasan on Haryana border. ^[104] To complete the metro ring around Gurugram, a proposal was prepared in November 2017 for the two missing routes, ^[105]
  (a) for Blue Line (Delhi Metro) "HUDA City Centre metro station" to Dwarka Sector 21 metro station (via Sector-45, Sector-46, Sector-47, Subhash Chawk, Bahrampur, Hero Honda Cross, Udhyog Vihar-6, Sector-37 Pataudi road, Sector-10 Basai road, Sector-9 Dhankot railway station, Sector-7, HUDA Road, Sector-4/5, Ashok Vihar, Palam Vihar, Palam Vihar Sector-1, Palam Vihar Sector-23, Sector-111, Bijwasan border, Bijwasan railway station and Barthal),
  (b) from HUDA City Centre metro station to Gurgaon railway station (via Sector-45, Sector-46, Sector-47, Subhash Chawk, Rajiv Chawk, HUDA road and Sector-4/5).
• Gurugram - Manesar Yellow Line extension:
  An extension of the existing yellow line at Gurugram to Manesar Industrial township in the west. In May 2017, a joint study by HUDA and Haryana Town and Planning found the proposal to be technically and financially viable and Detailed Project Report is being prepared for the approval. ^[102]
• Balramgrah (Faridabad) - Palwal Violet Line extension:
  From existing Balramgarh (Ballabhgarh) to Palwal district headquarters. As of July 2017, proposed only and not yet approved. ^[102]

Multimodel transit centres (MMTC)

Five multimodel transit centres are being built, each one along the Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE) in the vicinity of railway stations, metro, RRTS and major national highways. These MMTCs will be located at: ^[106]

• Sonipat: Kundli MMTS between Rajiv Gandhi Education City RRTS station and WPE interchange,
• Bahadurgarh MMTS between Bahadurgarh bus stand and metro station,
• Ballabhgarh MMTS between Ballabhgarh Metro Station, bus stand and railway station,
• Panchagaon Chowk MMTS between proposed metro station and Gurugram RRTS station, and
• Kherki Daula MMTS near proposed metro station and Delhi-Alwar RRTS station and bus stand on the junction of Chhapra and Naihati villages.

Multimodel logistics hubs

• IMLH Nangal Choudhary
  In Mahendragarh district, with US$3.3 billion or INR86,000 crore the initial investment the Integrated Multimodel Logistics Hub at Nangal Choudhary is part of Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project (DMIC). ^[107]
• IMT Kundli
  In Sonepat district, is part of Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project (DMIC) on Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) and also located in the influence zone of the Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor (ADKIC) on Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC). ^[107]
• IMT Manesar
  In Faridabad district, with more than US$10 billion already invested by 2017 is part of Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project (DMIC) on Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) and also located in the influence zone of the Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor (ADKIC) on Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC). ^[107]
• IMT Bawal
  In Rewari district, is a large industrial centre has been developed by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC). It is part of Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project (DMIC) on Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) and also located in the influence zone of the Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor (ADKIC) on Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC). ^[107]

Issues

Multiple issues include the lack of progress on announced projects, lack of comprehensive long-term transport needs analysis and planning, lack of funding, lack of connectivity, lack of integration with multimodal transport, lack of effective utilization of existing infrastructure such as integrated logistics and industrial hubs, land acquisition, etc. ^{[108] [109] [110] [111]}

See also

• Indian Railways organisational structure
• Airports in Haryana
• List of highways in Haryana
• Administrative divisions of Haryana

References

External links

Wikiquote has quotations related to Rail transport in Haryana.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Rail transport in Haryana.

• Multi-model transport network map of Haryana, created by Haryana Space Applications Centre, Hisar (HARSAC)
• Railway network of Haryana, created by HARSAC
• Indian Rail (IR), Official website
• Pink book
• North Western Railway zone (NWR), Official website
• Northern Railway zone (NR), Official website Archived 6 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
• North Central Railway zone (NCR), Official website