Lok Sabha Question No. 5152 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Installation of Escalators at Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Mahabali Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5152 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

## INSTALLATION OF ESCALATORS AT STATIONS

## †5152. SHRI MAHABALI SINGH:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Ministry  of Railways  has  decided  to  install escalators at all 'A' category stations in the country; (b)      if  so,  the  number  of  'A'  category  stations  where  escalators have been installed along with the details thereof; and (c)
- the  reasons  for  not  installing  escalators  at  Dehri-on-Sone  'A' category station in Bihar?

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## ANSWER (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (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. 5152 BY SHRI MAHABALI SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.07.2019 REGARDING INSTALLATION OF ESCALATORS AT STATIONS

(a) and (b) As per the policy guidelines of Indian Railways, Escalators are to be provided in the order of decreasing priority as follows:

- i) Public  announcements  by  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  or  Minister  of Railways.
2. ii) State Capital.
3. iii) Cities with population of more than 10 Lakh. iv) Other  Stations  starting  from  highest  footfall  to  lowest  footfall, subject to minimum footfall of 25,000 per day. v) Places  of tourist importance,  requests  from  Hon'ble  Public representative/Parliamentary  Committees  (on  approval  of  Hon'ble Minister of Railway). At  present,  184  escalators  have  been  provided  at  87  'A'  category Railway Stations, as per the earlier classification of stations, details of which are appended. (c)  Dehri-On-Sone  railway  station  does  not  qualify  for  provision  of escalators as per the policy guidelines of escalator. 18 escalators at 7

stations of Bihar State has been provided with Escalators.

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APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5152 BY SHRI MAHABALI SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA  ON  24.07.2019  REGARDING  INSTALLATION  OF  ESCALATORS  AT STATIONS

(a)  & (b)  Details of Escalators Provided at 'A' Category Stations over Indian Railways

| SN         | Zonal Railway   | Category   | Revised Category Station   | State       |   No. of Escalators Installed |
|------------|-----------------|------------|----------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
| 1 2 3      | A               | NSG3       | Gulbarga                   | Karnataka   |                             2 |
| 1 2 3      | A               | NSG3       | Bhusawal                   | Maharashtra |                             4 |
| 1 2 3      | A               | NSG3       | Lonavala                   | Maharashtra |                             2 |
| 4          | A               | NSG3       | Manmad                     | Maharashtra |                             2 |
| 5          | A               | NSG3       | Kolhapur                   | Maharashtra |                             1 |
| 6          | A               | NSG1       | Panvel                     | Maharashtra |                             2 |
| 7 East     | A               | NSG3       | Buxer                      | Bihar       |                             2 |
| Central 8  | A               | NSG3       | Samastipur Jn              | Bihar       |                             4 |
| 9 East     | A               | NSG3       | Cuttuck                    | Odisha      |                             2 |
| Coast 10   | A               | NSG3       | Sambhalpur                 | Odisha      |                             2 |
| 11         | A               | NSG2       | Asansol                    | West Bengal |                             2 |
| 12         | A               | NSG4       | Madhupur                   | West Bengal |                             1 |
| 13         | A               | NSG2       | Bardhman                   | West Bengal |                             2 |
| Eastern 14 | A               | NSG3       | Rampurhat                  | West Bengal |                             2 |
| 15         | A               | NSG3       | Malda Town                 | West Bengal |                             2 |
| 16         | A               | NSG2       | Naihati                    | West Bengal |                             1 |
| 17         | A               | NSG2       | Kolkata Terminal           | West Bengal |                             4 |
| 18         | A               | NSG3       | Durgapur                   | West Bengal |                             2 |

| 19                    |         | A     | SG2   | Esplanade            | West Bengal    |   7 |
|-----------------------|---------|-------|-------|----------------------|----------------|-----|
| 20                    | Metro   | A SG2 |       | Dum Dum              | West Bengal    |   5 |
| 21                    | North   | A     | NSG3  | Mirzapur             | Uttar          |   4 |
| 22                    | Central | A     | NSG3  | Agra Fort            | Pradesh        |   2 |
| 23                    | North   | A     | NSG3  | Udaipur City         |                |   2 |
| 24                    | A       |       | NSG3  | Gandhi nagar         | Rajasthan      |   2 |
| 25                    | Western | A     | NSG3  | Bhilwara             |                |   2 |
| 26 Northeast Frontier |         | A     | NSG3  | New Cooch Behar      | West Bengal    |   2 |
| 27 28 29              |         | A     | NSG3  | Shahdara             | Delhi          |   2 |
| 27 28 29              |         | A     | NSG2  | Sarai Rohilla        | Delhi          |   2 |
| 27 28 29              |         | A     | NSG2  | Ghaziabad            | Uttar          |   4 |
| Northern 30           |         | A     | NSG3  | Meerut City          | Pradesh        |   2 |
| 31                    |         | A     | NSG3  | Sultanpur            | Uttar          |   2 |
| 32                    |         | A     | NSG3  | Faizabad             | Pradesh        |   2 |
| 33                    |         | A     | NSG3  | Faridabad            | Haryana        |   2 |
| 34 36 37 38 39        |         | A     | NSG3  | Nellore Gudur Tenali | Andhra         |   3 |
| 35                    |         | A     | NSG4  | Anakapalle           | Andhra         |   2 |
| 34 36 37 38 39        |         | A     | NSG3  |                      | Andhra         |   1 |
| 34 36 37 38 39        |         | A     | NSG3  |                      | Pradesh        |   2 |
| 34 36 37 38 39        |         | A     | NSG3  | Rajahmundry          | Andhra         |   2 |
| 34 36 37 38 39        |         | A     | NSG3  | Ongole               | Andhra         |   1 |
| 40                    |         | A     | NSG3  | Aurangabad           | Maharashtra    |   2 |
| 41                    |         | A     | NSG4  | Kurnool (KRNT)       | Andhra Pradesh |   2 |
| 42                    |         | A     | NSG3  | Warangal             | Telangana      |   2 |
| 43                    |         | A     | NSG3  | Kazipet              |                |   1 |
| 44                    |         | A     | NSG3  | Parbhani             | Maharashtra    |   1 |
| 45                    |         | A     | NSG2  | Nanded               |                |   3 |

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| 46                | A   |      | NSG3              | Raurkela     | Odisha    | 2   |
|-------------------|-----|------|-------------------|--------------|-----------|-----|
| 47                | A   | A    | NSG3              | Jharsuguda   |           | 2   |
| 48                | A   | A    | NSG3 Bokaro Steel | City         |           | 2   |
| 49                | A   | A    | NSG3              | Hatia        | Jharkhand | 2   |
| 50                | A   | A    | NSG3              | Ranchi       |           | 2   |
| 51 South          | A   | NSG2 | Mysore            | Karnataka    |           | 2   |
| Western 52        | A   | NSG3 | Hubli             |              |           | 2   |
| 53 South          | A   | NSG2 | Durg              | Chhattisgarh |           | 2   |
| East 54           | A   | NSG3 | Rajnandgaon       |              |           | 2   |
| Central 55        | A   | NSG3 | Gondia            | Maharashtra  |           | 2   |
| 56 57 58          | A   | NSG3 | Aluva             | Kerala       |           | 1   |
| 56 57 58          | A   | NSG1 | Tambaram          | Tamil Nadu   |           | 2   |
| 56 57 58          | A   | NSG3 | Chenganur         |              |           | 3   |
| 59                | A   | NSG3 | Kottayam          |              |           | 2   |
| 60                | A   | NSG3 | Ernakulam North   |              |           | 3   |
| 61                | A   | NSG3 | Alappuzha         |              |           | 1   |
| 62                | A   | NSG3 | Kayankulam jn     |              |           | 1   |
| 63                | A   | NSG3 | Palakkad Jn.      |              |           | 1   |
| 64                | A   | NSG3 | Mangalore Central | Karnataka    |           | 2   |
| Southern 65 66 67 | A   | NSG3 | Tirunelveli       | Tamil Nadu   |           | 2   |
| Southern 65 66 67 | A   | NSG3 | Thanjavur jn      | Tamil Nadu   |           | 2   |
| Southern 65 66 67 | A   | NSG2 | Katpadi           | Tamil Nadu   |           | 1   |
| 68                | A   | NSG3 | Erode             | Tamil Nadu   |           | 1   |
| 69                | A   | NSG3 | Salem             | Tamil Nadu   |           | 2   |
| 70                | A   | NSG3 | Nagercoil         | Tamil Nadu   |           | 2   |
| 71                | A   | NSG3 | Kannur            | Kerala       |           | 2   |
| 72                | A   | NSG3 | Thalaserry        | Kerala       |           | 1   |
| 73                | A   | NSG3 | Vadagara          | Kerala       |           | 1   |
| 74                | A   | NSG2 | Thrissur          | Kerala       |           | 2   |
| Southern 65 66 67 |     |      |                   |              |           |     |

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| 75          | Southern    | A           | NSG3        | Tiruchchirappalli   | Tamil Nadu     |   1 |
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------|----------------|-----|
| 76          | West A      | NSG3        |             | Itarsi              | Madhya Pradesh |   2 |
| 77          |             | A           | NSG2        | Kota                | Rajasthan      |   4 |
| 78 79       | Western     | A           | NSG2        | Indore              | Madhya Pradesh |   6 |
| 78 79       |             | A           | NSG3        | New Bhuj            |                |   1 |
| 80          |             | A           | NSG4        | Mahesana            | Gujarat        |   2 |
| 81          |             | A           | NSG3        | Gandhidham          |                |   2 |
| 82          |             | A           | NSG2        | Ujjain              | Madhya Pradesh |   2 |
| 83          |             | A           | NSG3        | Ratlam              | Madhya Pradesh |   2 |
| 84 85 86    | North       | A           | NSG3        | Basti               | Uttar Pradesh  |   2 |
| 84 85 86    | Eastern     | A           | NSG3        | Siwan               | Bihar          |   2 |
| 84 85 86    |             | A           | NSG3        | Gonda               | Uttar          |   2 |
| 87          |             | A           | NSG3        | Mau                 | Pradesh        |   2 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total | Grand Total | Grand Total | Grand Total         |                | 184 |

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