Lok Sabha Question No. 1682 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
Subject: MEMU Car Shed
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1682 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.09.2020

MEMU CAR SHED

1682.  SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Ministry has under its consideration, a proposal for the setting up of a new MEMU car shed to cater to North Bihar in Sonpur, Saran District;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the current status, budgetary allocation and timeline for the project; and

(c)  the  details  of  existing  and  proposed  MEMU  car  sheds  in  the country, along with the railway divisions they cater to?

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. 1682 BY SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 21.09.2020 REGARDING MEMU CAR SHED

- (a)  &  (b)  No,  Sir.  However,  there  is  a  proposal  for  augmentation  and upgradation  of  Diesel  Electric  Multiple  Unit  (DEMU)  Shed  at  Sonpur  for maintaining Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) rakes.

(c)The  details  of  existing  and  proposed  MEMU  car  sheds  in  the  country, along with the railway divisions they cater to are as follows:

| S. No.   | ZONAL RAILWAY         | EXISTING MEMU SHED   | DIVISIONS CATERED TO                                               | PROPOSED/UNDER CONSTRUCTION MEMU SHEDS                                                                     |
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Southern              | Palghat              | Palghat                                                            | Nil                                                                                                        |
|          | Railway               | Kollam               | Thiruvananthapuram                                                 | Nil                                                                                                        |
| 2.       | South                 | Bhilai               | Raipur                                                             | Nil                                                                                                        |
|          | East Central Railway  | Gondia               | Nagpur                                                             | Nil                                                                                                        |
| 3.       | Eastern               | Asansol              | Asansol                                                            | Nil                                                                                                        |
|          | Railway               | Ranaghat             | Sealdah                                                            | Nil                                                                                                        |
| 4.       | South Western Railway | Banaswadi            | Bengaluru                                                          | Nil                                                                                                        |
| 5.       | South Eastern Railway | Kharagpur            | Kharagpur                                                          | One new integrated rolling stock maintenance shed has been sanctioned in 2019-20 at Anara in Adra Division |
| 6.       | North Central Railway | Nil                  | Nil                                                                | MEMU shed in Kanpur is under construction.                                                                 |
| 7.       | Northern Railway      | Ghaziabad            | Ambala, Delhi, Moradabad, Firozpur, Lucknow                        | MEMU Shed at Malhaur, Lucknow is under construction.                                                       |
|          |                       | Saharanpur           | (NR), Luncknow Jn. (NER), Agra (NCR), Allahabad (NCR), Kota (WCR), | MEMU Shed at Malhaur, Lucknow is under construction.                                                       |
| 8.       | North Western Railway | Nil                  | Nil                                                                | Nil                                                                                                        |
| 9.       | North Eastern Railway | Aunrihar             | Varanasi                                                           | Existing shed for DEMU at Clutterbuck Ganj is proposed for conversion to MEMU Shed (Izzatnagar Division)   |

|   10. | Central Railway            | Nil         | Nil                                                                             | One MEMU Shed at Bhusawal has been sanctioned to cater to Bhusawal and Nagpur Divisions.   |
|-------|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    11 | East Coast Railway         | Khurda Road | Khurda Road                                                                     | Nil                                                                                        |
|    12 | East Central Railway       | Jhajha      | Prayagraj, Samastipur, Sonpur, Danapur, Katihar,                                | MEMU Shed at Gaya is under construction and another is under planning stage at Sonpur.     |
|    13 | West Central Railway       | Nil         | Nil                                                                             | MEMU shed at Bina is under construction.                                                   |
|    14 | South Central Railway      | Rajahmundry | Vijayawada, Guntakal, Guntur, Secunderabad, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Khurda Road | Nil                                                                                        |
|    14 | South Central Railway      | Moula Ali   | Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Guntakal, Vijayawada                                   | Nil                                                                                        |
|    15 | Northeast Frontier Railway | Nil         | Nil                                                                             | Nil                                                                                        |

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