The Ministry of Railways (MoR) inaugurated the 53 km long Satna-Devendranagar section built at a cost of Rs 8.73 billion and the 65 km long Rewa-Churhat rail section at a cost of Rs 10.7 billion under the Lalitpur-Satna-Rewa-Singrauli and Mahoba-Khajuraho New Line Project on October 24, 2026.
The Rewa-Churhat rail section was completed with the completion of the final 22.5 km long Rampur Naikin-Churhat section, while the Satna-Devendranagar section was completed with the completion of the final 8 km long Phulwari-Devendranagar section.
The project involves development of a 541 km long new rail line between Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli and Mahoba-Khajuraho in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh with an investment of Rs 89.14 billion. The Mahoba-Khajuraho and Lalitpur-Mawaikhas-Khajuraho sections were completed in December 2008 and 2011-12 respectively while work is in progress for other sections.