Wardha–Nanded line
Wardha–Yavatmal–Nanded line, with 327 km long Wardha-Kalamb-Yavatmal-Digras-Pusad-Nanded alignment, is an under-construction railway line in Maharashtra state of India, which will connect Nagpur and other districts in Vidarbha with Nanded and other parts of Marathwada regions. It will reduce Wardha-Yavatmal passenger travel time from about 2 hours by road to approximately 1.5 hours by train. It will also provide evacuation of major produce of Vidharba, such as cotton, soybeans, and coal, to Marathwada. It has been designated as the "special project" status by the Ministry of Railways, Government of India.
History
Revised total project cost of 284 km new line was INR3445.34 crores in 2025, spanning across six tehsils and 90 villages in Wardha, Yavatmal, Washim, Hingoli and Nanded district of Maharashtra, requiring acquisition of 722 hectares land.Route
Alignment
The final alignment of the Wardha-Kalamb-Yavatmal-Digras-Pusad-Nanded route has the following stations:- Phase-I: Wardha-Kalamb-Yavatmal
- * Phase-I.A Wardha to Kalamb, 62 km:
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- ** Sevagram Junction railway station
- ** Seloo
- ** Hinganghat
- ** Kalamb
- * Phase-I.B Kalamb to Yavatmal,
- ** Wani Road
- ** Kelzar
- ** New Yavatmal
- Phase-II: Yavatmal-Digras-Pusad
- * Phase-II.A Yavatmal-Digras
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- ** Digras
- * Phase-II.B Digras-Pusad, 85 km:
- ** Mahagaon
- ** Pusad
- Phase-III: Pusad-Nanded
- ** Umarkhed
- ** Hadgaon
- ** Waranga
- ** Ardhapur
- ** Dabhad
- ** Mudkhed Junction railway station
- ** Maltekdi
- ** junction,
Related connectivity
- Shakuntala Railway, the narrow-gauge rail track between Yavatmal old railway station and Achalpur in Amravati district, is being converted to broad-gauge.
Current status
- Overall:
- * 2025 May: 47% physical work is complete with 91% of the total revised total budget of INR 3,445 exhausted with target completion date still showing January 2026 for the whole Wardha-Nanded route. RVNL achieved the breakthrough in 370 meter long T3 tunnel between Digras and Pusad in June 2025 only after 4 months of tunneling.Phase-I Wardha-Kalamb-Yavatmal, completed and operational.
- * Phase-I.I Wardha to Kalamb, completed and operational.
- * Phase-I.II Kalamb to Yavatmal, completed and operational.Phase-II Yavatmal-Digras-Pusad, under-construction :
- * Phase-II.I Yavatmal-Digras, under-construction : revised target as of June 2025.
- * Phase-II.II Digras-Pusad, under-construction : revised target as of June 2025 if land acquisition is resolved.Phase-III Pusad-Nanded, under-construction : revised target as of June 2025 if protests and land issues are resolved.