Lok Sabha Question No. 739 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Model Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.739 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017

## MODEL STATIONS

†739.  SHRI  MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the names of the railway stations in Narmada and Bharuch districts in  Gujarat  which  have  been  identified  for  upgradation  of  facilities and declared as model stations by the Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  services  provided  and  upgradation  done  in  the model stations in the said districts?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 739 BY SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 20.12.2017 REGARDING MODEL STATIONS

(a) to (c): The 'Model Station' scheme was in vogue between June, 1999 and November, 2008. Districts-wise details of Railway Stations developed  under  various  Schemes  are  not  maintained.  594  stations including 29 stations in Gujarat were identified and have already been developed  under  'Model'  Station  Scheme.    The  names  of  29  stations identified in Gujarat under the Model Station Scheme are as under:-

| Gujarat (29)   | Ahmedabad, Anand Jn., Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Dwarka, Gandhidham Jn., Gandhigram, Navsari, Okha, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Valsad, Vapi, Ankleshwar, Nadiad, New Bhuj, Palanpur, Jamnagar, Billimora, Udhana, Maninagar, Mahesana, Dahod, Hapa, Surendranagar, Junagadh, Porbandar and Veraval.   |
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At  present,  stations  are  undertaken  for  development  under  'Adarsh Station  Scheme'  and  1253  stations,  including  32  stations  in  Gujarat, have  been  identified  for  development  under  this  Scheme.  Out  of  32 Railway stations in Gujarat, 29 Stations have been developed so far and the  remaining  stations  are  planned  to  be  developed  by  2017-18.    The names  of  32  stations  identified  in  Gujarat  under  the  Adarsh  Station Scheme are as under:-

| Gujarat   | Ambli Road, Bechraji, Bhaktinagar, Bhanvad, Bhatariya, Dahod, Gandhidham, Gandhigram, Himmatnagar, Jamnagar,                                                                                                      |
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| (32)      | Kadi, Khambliya, Kim, Kosamba, Lalpurjam, Maninagar, Navsari, New Bhuj, Okha, Palanpur, Sabarmati, Siddhpur, Udhana, Una, Unjha, Vadnagar, Vijapur, Visnagar, Vyara, Gandhinagar Capital. Sabarmati BG and Patan. |

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