Railway Minister reviewed the progress of various ongoing railway projects in Gujarat

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New Delhi: Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, during his visit to Gujarat on 1st March, 2025, inspected Ahmedabad, Anand & Dahod railway stations and took stock of the progress of various ongoing railway infrastructural projects at these locations.

Railway Minister Shri Vaishnaw on reaching Ahmedabad station, conducted inspection of the station. He also reviewed the progress of the ongoing station redevelopment work. Thereafter, Shri Vaishnaw interacted with the media representatives. He informed that this year ₹17,155 crore have been allocated for Gujarat state, which is 29 times of average annual outlay of 2009-14.

The investment by Railways in Gujarat is around Rs. 1,27,000 cr including Bullet train. Giving details about Ahmedabad station redevelopment, he mentioned that the work is going on in full swing. The design has been done considering the structural requirements and integrating it aesthetically with local heritage values.

A Concourse Roof Plaza have been planned over the railway tracks equipped with waiting area and passengers’ facilities. The project also envisages elevated road network connecting Kalupur ROB and Sarangpur ROB which will be more than twice the surface area of existing roads and will facilitate seamless transportation by multimodal integration of railways with National High Speed Rail Terminal (Bullet Train), Metro & Bus Rapid Transport (#BRT).

Minister for Railways informed that the sequence of work has been planned in such a manner to ensure least inconvenience to passengers and with minimum train cancellation. Then, Minister of Railways proceeded to Anand and conducted inspection of Ahmedabad – Anand section.

Minister arrived at Anand railway station and conducted inspection of the station. He also visited the One Station One Product (#OSOP) stall at the station. Talking to media representatives at Anand station, Shri Vaishnaw informed that since 2014, more than 1000 Rail Over Bridges & Rail Under Bridges have been constructed in Gujarat.

Also, 3,144 km has been electrified since 2014. The work of #KAVACH is also progressing at a rapid pace. The work of Dedicated Fright Corridor is completed in Gujarat. This has enhanced Port connectivity in the region. He further mentioned that 87 stations in Gujarat are being re-developed under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. Later, MR visited and inspected the Track Construction Base (Rail Welding Work) of Bullet Train project followed by inspection of ongoing Anand High Speed Rail (HSR) station work.

Shri Vaishnav interacted with the workers and applauded them for their contribution to nation building and he also took selfies with them. Minister for Railways Shri Vaishnaw was accompanied by MPs, MLAs, public representatives from the respective constituencies. Senior officials of #WesternRailway, #NHSRCL, etc. were also present on the occasion.