improvements - "four-laning"
As a part of the four-laning of National Highway 24, the highway that connects Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow to New Delhi via Shahjahanpur, Bareilly, Rampur, Moradabad and Ghaziabad, two corporations were awarded separate projects to execute on a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) toll basis for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
"IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd (ITNL)" operates the lane expansion project on National Highway 24 between Moradabad and Bareilly. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 1,267 crore. ITNL plans to expand the 121 km section of Moradabad – Bareilly (NH-24).
Delhi-based Engineering firm 'Era Infra' has been awarded Rs 1,951 crore 4-laning project for the Bareilly -Sitapur. Construction on the project has commenced and is expected to be completed by 2013.
Proposed Bareilly Bypass road
Due to the traffic a 'Bareilly Bypass' has been approved as the first half of a proposed 'Ring Road' around Bareilly. The Union ministry of shipping, road transport and highways has cleared land acquisition for the bypass. The construction of the bypass and six railway overpasses is part of NHDP Phase-III. This section would be built on a BOT (Build, Operate, Transfer) basis.
Railway
Bareilly is well-connected with the rest of the country through railways from the 19th century. An official map of 1909 shows that Bareilly was a prominent railway junction during the 20th century. Six railway tracks intersect in the city. In 1890, the Bengal and North Western Railway took over management of the Tirhoot State Railway (under a lease) in an effort to increase the latter's profitability. The Lucknow-Sitapur-Seramow Provincial State Railway merged with the Bareilly-Pilibheet Provincial State Railway to form the
