A major infrastructural progress is underway in Assam and the Northeast with ₹72,468 crore worth of railway projects currently and additionally new railway lines are being conducted to further expand the network, while rail connectivity to Bhutan from Kokrajhar to Gelephu (69 Km) is being planned-according to the official statement issued from the Indian railways.
With an allocated ₹11,486 crore for Assam and the Northeastern states, The Indian Railways has reflected a fivefold increase compared to 2014 and reaffirming its commitment to faster, safer and future-ready rail connectivity across the region, stated an official report on Monday.
The most recent example of one such progress can be the starting of the Vande Bharat sleeper train on the Kamakhya-Howrah route, connecting Assam and West Bengal on 17th January 2026. And with this commencement of Assam’s first Amrit Bharat Express train services, the Varanasi – Siliguri via Patna bullet train corridor has also been proposed, with plans to extend it up to Guwahati in the future, bringing the Northeast onto India’s high-speed rail network.
About 1,900 km of new tracks have been laid, while five NE states are fully electrified and Assam has achieved 98 per cent electrification, with 2,839 km electrified across the region.
