Lok Sabha Question No. 155 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Passenger Amenities
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Prathap Simha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.155 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## PASSENGER AMENITIES

155. SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  stations  which  has  passenger  friendly  amenities  like lifts, escalators, divyang toilets, digital display boards, cloakrooms etc., division-wise;
- (b)  the  percentage  of  stations  in  comparison  with  the  total  number  of stations, with the above-mentioned amenities, division-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has set any target to cover 100% stations with the above-mentioned  amenities and other  passenger friendly facilities and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  whether  all  the  platforms  of  all  the  major  stations  in  each  division have  operational  lifts  and  two  way  escalators  and  if  so,  the  details thereof  indicating  the  number of  major  stations  of  each division  which are yet to be covered?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. *****

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.155 BY SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA AND SHRI PRATHAP  SIMHA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  07.12.2022 REGARDING PASSENGER AMENITIES.

(a)  to  (d)  306  number  of  stations  are  provided  with  escalators,  387 number  of  stations  with  lifts,  4666  number  of  stations  with  divyang toilets, 949 number of stations with digital display board and 566 number of  stations  with  cloak  room  over  divisions  of  Indian  Railways.  Division wise list of number of stations with above-mentioned passenger amenities is appended.

Improvement to passenger amenities at stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and ongoing process and works in this regard are  undertaken  as  per  requirement  depending  upon  need,  volume  of passenger traffic, and availability of funds. However, priority for improvement to passenger amenities at a station is accorded to higher category of station over lower category of station while sanctioning and executing the works.

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APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.155 BY SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA AND SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  07.12.2022  REGARDING PASSENGER AMENITIES

## Division-wise Details of Passenger Amenities over Indian Railways

|   Sr. No. | Division            | Railway              |   Lift |   Escalator |   Divyang Toilets |   Digital Display Board |   Cloak Room |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------------|--------|-------------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------|
|         1 | Mumbai              | Central Railway      |     28 |          40 |                74 |                       3 |           10 |
|         2 | Bhusaval            | Central Railway      |      6 |           5 |                81 |                       0 |           15 |
|         3 | Nagpur              | Central Railway      |      8 |           2 |                53 |                       2 |           12 |
|         4 | Pune                | Central Railway      |      1 |           3 |                43 |                       1 |            6 |
|         5 | Solapur             | Central Railway      |      4 |           3 |                31 |                       2 |           16 |
|         6 | Dhanbad             | East Central Railway |      2 |           1 |                69 |                      14 |            5 |
|         7 | Danapur             | East Central Railway |      3 |           5 |                10 |                      16 |            4 |
|         8 | DeenDayal Upadhyaya | East Central Railway |      2 |           2 |                17 |                       7 |            4 |
|         9 | Sonpur              | East Central Railway |      4 |           1 |                 5 |                       8 |            7 |
|        10 | Samastipur          | East Central Railway |      3 |           2 |                 2 |                      13 |            5 |
|        11 | Asansol             | Eastern Railway      |      3 |           4 |                53 |                      10 |            8 |
|        12 | Howrah              | Eastern Railway      |      6 |           9 |               140 |                      53 |            7 |
|        13 | Malda Town          | Eastern Railway      |      6 |           2 |                27 |                       8 |            5 |
|        14 | Sealdah             | Eastern Railway      |      4 |           8 |               124 |                      63 |            6 |

|   Sr. No. | Division       | Railway               |   Lift |   Escalator |   Divyang Toilets |   Digital Display Board |   Cloak Room |
|-----------|----------------|-----------------------|--------|-------------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------|
|        15 | Delhi          | Northern Railway      |     10 |          10 |                33 |                      14 |           16 |
|        16 | Ferozpur       | Northern Railway      |      6 |           6 |                12 |                      10 |           14 |
|        17 | Lucknow        | Northern Railway      |      4 |           4 |                30 |                       4 |           10 |
|        18 | Moradabad      | Northern Railway      |      5 |           5 |                14 |                       5 |           16 |
|        19 | Ambala         | Northern Railway      |      5 |           4 |                15 |                       5 |           11 |
|        20 | Vijayawad a    | South Central Railway |     16 |           7 |               132 |                      35 |           19 |
|        21 | Guntur         | South Central Railway |      1 |           1 |                59 |                      10 |            2 |
|        22 | Guntakal       | South Central Railway |      8 |           3 |               140 |                      23 |           19 |
|        23 | Hyderabad      | South Central Railway |      7 |           2 |                66 |                      25 |            4 |
|        24 | Nanded         | South Central Railway |      4 |           3 |                71 |                      14 |            3 |
|        25 | Secundera bad  | South Central Railway |     16 |           5 |               155 |                      25 |           13 |
|        26 | Adra           | South Eastern Railway |      2 |           2 |                56 |                       5 |            6 |
|        27 | Chakradha rpur | South Eastern Railway |      2 |           3 |                65 |                       4 |            5 |
|        28 | Kharagpur      | South Eastern Railway |      2 |           2 |                90 |                      13 |            3 |
|        29 | Ranchi         | South Eastern Railway |      2 |           2 |                42 |                       3 |            3 |

|   Sr. No. | Division            | Railway               |   Lift |   Escalator |   Divyang Toilets |   Digital Display Board |   Cloak Room |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------------|--------|-------------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------|
|        30 | Chennai             | Southern Railway      |     24 |          21 |               138 |                       8 |            8 |
|        31 | Madurai             | Southern Railway      |      3 |           2 |                38 |                      12 |           14 |
|        32 | Palakkad            | Southern Railway      |     11 |           6 |                71 |                       0 |            9 |
|        33 | Salem               | Southern Railway      |      5 |           4 |                66 |                       3 |            8 |
|        34 | Tiruchchir appalli  | Southern Railway      |      1 |           2 |                46 |                       0 |           10 |
|        35 | Thiruvanan thapuram | Southern Railway      |     12 |          12 |                47 |                       0 |           14 |
|        36 | Ahmedaba d          | Western Railway       |      7 |           5 |                78 |                      18 |           12 |
|        37 | Mumbai Central      | Western Railway       |     19 |          28 |                93 |                      48 |            9 |
|        38 | Vadodara            | Western Railway       |      7 |           2 |                76 |                       8 |            7 |
|        39 | Bhavnagar           | Western Railway       |      4 |           0 |                71 |                      10 |            8 |
|        40 | Rajkot              | Western Railway       |      9 |           2 |                51 |                      10 |            6 |
|        41 | Ratlam              | Western Railway       |      5 |           3 |                98 |                      15 |           16 |
|        42 | Khurda Road         | East Coast Railway    |      7 |           4 |               101 |                      16 |            8 |
|        43 | Sambhalpu r         | East Coast Railway    |      2 |           1 |                57 |                      19 |            7 |
|        44 | Visakhapat nam      | East Coast Railway    |      4 |           1 |                89 |                      11 |            2 |
|        45 | Agra Cantt.         | North Central Railway |      4 |           3 |                69 |                       5 |            4 |
|        46 | Prayagraj           | North Central Railway |      6 |           7 |               125 |                      24 |           13 |

|   Sr. No. | Division   | Railway                    |   Lift |   Escalator |   Divyang Toilets |   Digital Display Board |   Cloak Room |
|-----------|------------|----------------------------|--------|-------------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------|
|        47 | Jhansi     | North Central Railway      |      2 |           3 |               103 |                      10 |           12 |
|        48 | Varanasi   | North Eastern Railway      |      6 |           6 |                98 |                      38 |            7 |
|        49 | Izzatnagar | North Eastern Railway      |      0 |           1 |                65 |                      27 |            7 |
|        50 | Lucknow    | North Eastern Railway      |      6 |           4 |                95 |                      27 |            8 |
|        51 | AlipurDuar | Northeast Frontier Railway |      3 |           1 |                71 |                       8 |            3 |
|        52 | Katihar    | Northeast Frontier Railway |      5 |           3 |                69 |                       4 |            4 |
|        53 | Lumding    | Northeast Frontier Railway |      5 |           3 |               110 |                      12 |            6 |
|        54 | Rangiya    | Northeast Frontier Railway |      2 |           1 |                78 |                       9 |            3 |
|        55 | Tinsukia   | Northeast Frontier Railway |      3 |           1 |                46 |                       3 |            3 |
|        56 | Ajmer      | North Western Railway      |      3 |           3 |                83 |                      14 |           12 |
|        57 | Bikaner    | North Western Railway      |      2 |           4 |               128 |                      11 |            9 |
|        58 | Jaipur     | North Western Railway      |      1 |           3 |                88 |                      14 |            6 |
|        59 | Jodhpur    | North Western Railway      |      3 |           1 |                95 |                      15 |            6 |

| Sr. No.   | Division   | Railway                    |   Lift |   Escalator |   Divyang Toilets |   Digital Display Board |   Cloak Room |
|-----------|------------|----------------------------|--------|-------------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------|
| 60        | Bilaspur   | South East Central Railway |      4 |           1 |                81 |                      30 |            2 |
| 61        | Nagpur     | South East Central Railway |      2 |           2 |                91 |                      10 |            9 |
| 62        | Raipur     | South East Central Railway |      3 |           3 |                29 |                       6 |            4 |
| 63        | Mysore     | South Western Railway      |      6 |           2 |                12 |                      11 |            5 |
| 64        | Bangaluru  | South Western Railway      |      8 |           3 |                17 |                      20 |            4 |
| 65        | Hubli      | South Western Railway      |      4 |           4 |                 9 |                      15 |           13 |
| 66        | Bhopal     | West Central Railway       |      7 |           4 |                87 |                      13 |            8 |
| 67        | Jabalpur   | West Central Railway       |      8 |           3 |                98 |                      23 |           15 |
| 68        | Kota       | West Central Railway       |      4 |           1 |                90 |                      27 |           11 |
| Total     | Total      | Total                      |    387 |         306 |              4666 |                     949 |          566 |

Total number of station on Indian Railways = 7337