On 26 November 2013, Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi laid the foundation stone of a railway line and inaugurated two trains in the Salon area of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
Rahul Gandhi laid foundation stone for Unchahar-Salon-Amethi railway line and also inaugurated Lucknow-Pratapgarh and Lucknow-Sultanpur trains in Salon.
The cost of 67 km long Unchahar-Salon-Amethi rail line is estimated Rs 380 crore.
The new Amethi-Salon-Unchahar BG line covering nine stations will be part of the 174 km new BG railway link between Shahganj and Unchahar.
Northern Railway has also planned for a number of rail projects costing Rs 4,800 crore in this region such as a new Unchahar-Amethi-Sultanpur-Kadipur railway line.
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