NORTH CENTRAL RAILWAY

ETAWAH PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY , the most populous state of Nation is served by North Central Railway along with Northern, North Eastern M. C. Chauhan and East Central Railways. (IR) plays a very General Manager important role in development of the state and provides North Central Railway connectivity for freight and passengers, including international tourists. IR has a history of more than 160 years in the state and has the highest route kilometers - 9100 route kilometers - within it, which is 14% of entire railway network. IR has made Uttar Pradesh proud by giving it Nation's first semi high speed train Gatimaan Express, which initially ran between and . It has now been extended upto with effect from 01.04.2018 - a move that will boost tourism in bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. Efforts for further development of railway infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh have been intensified in last four years with 376% more investment in comparison to previous years. Results of such a massive investment are becoming visible with enhanced infrastructure and modern passenger amenities. Soon the era of congestion and inconvenience will be a matter of past and a new Railway equipped with state-of-the-art facilities will be able to serve the citizens with greater level of satisfaction. The longest stretch of the under construction Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor i.e. almost 57% of the entire length lies in Uttar Pradesh from Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn. to Ghaziabad.

In this brochure, we have compiled the important contributions and achievements of Indian Railways in the development of the constituency of Uttar Pradesh in the last four years. I hope that it will serve as a ready reckoner for those eager to know about the role of Railways in the development of this constituency.

It may be noted that the budgets allocated to various projects are not apportioned constituency wise but reflect the cost of the project. INPUTS BY RAILWAY IN ETAWAH PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY

ETAWAH PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY

A. ASSEMBLY SEGMENTS: , Sikandra, , , Etawah

B. WORKS COMPLETED IN LAST FOUR YEARS:

1. Infrastructural developments:

GSolid State Interlocking of Etawah Station commissioned on 05.07.2015 at a cost of Rs. 3.5 Cr. GDeep tube well with pump house and RCC overhead tank of 50000 gallon capacity along with pipe line at Etawah station made at a cost of Rs. 0.35 Cr. New Line Commissioned: GEtawah to Agra. GEtawah to . GEtawah to a cost of Rs. 336.35 Cr.

2. Improvements in passenger Amenities: GFoot Over Bridge at at a cost of Rs. 3.40 Cr. GWifi at Etawah & Phaphund Stations at a cost of Rs. 0.35 Cr. GElectrification of Sarai Bhupat Railway station has been done to provide better passenger amenity & passenger safety at a cost of Rs. 0.10 Cr. GLED lights at platform, station building & circulating area.

C. OTHER DEVELOPMENTS: New Trains introduced with stoppage over Etawah Constituency GTrain No 11801/11802 Jhansi-Etawah Link Express-From Jhansi to Etawah GTrain No 19041/19042 Ghazipur City Express-Bi-weekly-From Bandra T to Ghazipur City via Etawah GTrain No 12179/12180 Intercity Express - from to Agra Cantt - New Stoppage at Bharthana GTrain No 59827/59828 Etawah - Bhind Passenger -Daily - from Etawah to Bhind via Udi Mor GTrain No 22431/22432 - Udhampur Express - Bi-weekly - from Allahabad to Udhampur via Etawah GTrain No 71909/71910 DEMU Passenger Service-From Etawah to Agra extended upto Mainpuri via Etawah

D. ONGOING WORKS

G25 KV OHE Electrification of Etawah-Mainpuri section is in progress at a cost of Rs. 27.7 Cr. GPhaphund - RPF barracks misc. other works under progress at a cost of Rs. 1.44 Cr. GImplementation of roof top solar project at Etawah station. New booking counters at Phaphund. New Train display board at Phaphund.

Inauguration of Agra-Etawah New Rail Line

New Bridges on Bhind-Etawah Section

Automatic Ticket Vending Machine at Etawah. Water vending machine at Etawah.