Lok Sabha Question No. 1441 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-28
Subject: Modernisation of Trains and Platforms
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1441 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2021

## MODERNISATION OF TRAINS AND PLATFORMS

1441.   SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  modernise  the  existing trains and  platforms across the country specially in Uttar Pradesh, station-wise; and
- (b) if so, the details of trains and platforms that have been revamped so far, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1441 BY SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  28.07.2021  REGARDING MODERNISATION OF TRAINS AND PLATFORMS

- (a)  &  (b):  Indian  Railways  (IR)  do  not  introduce  and  operate  train services on state wise basis as Railway network cut-across State boundaries. However, it is a continual endeavour of IR to upgrade train and station services and to provide improved facilities to the passengers.

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, IR has discontinued all  regular  passengers carrying trains with effect from 23.03.2020.

Presently,  only  special  trains,  with  limited  stoppages,  keeping  in view the concerns and suggestions of State Governments are being operated.

Some of the steps taken by IR for modernizing trains and platforms are listed below:-

- i. IR has introduced State-of-the-art Train-set Vande Bharat services and various premium train services like, Tejas, Utkrisht Double Decker Air-conditioned Yatri (UDAY) etc. which have  upgraded  interiors  /  exteriors  and  improved  passenger amenities,  in  service.  A  list  of  these  trains  is  appended  as Appendix-I.
- ii. IR  has  also  introduced  State-of-the-art  Vistadome  coaches  on Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) platform in various trains over IR. A list of these trains is appended as Appendix -I. These coaches have several modern features and amenities providing panoramic view, through wider body side windows as well as through  transparent  sections  in  the  roof,  thus  enabling  the passengers  to  enjoy  the  scenic  beauty  of  the  places  through which they travel.
- iii. IR has decided to proliferate LHB coaches, which are technologically superior and have better riding, aesthetics and safety features than conventional Integral Coach Factory (ICF) type coaches. Production Units of IR have stopped the manufacturing of ICF type coaches and are manufacturing only LHB coaches from the year 2018-19 onwards.
- iv. IR  has  also  upgraded  rakes  of  various  Mail  /  Express  trains running with ICF coaches under Project Utkrisht. Under Project Swarn,  rakes  of Rajdhani and  Shatabdi  trains  have  been upgraded  across  multiple  dimensions,  which  include  coach interiors,  toilets,  onboard  cleanliness,  staff  behaviour,  linen, etc.
- v. Smart  coaches  with  ultra  modern  features  like  Smart  Public address and passenger information system, Smart  HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning system), Smart security and surveillance system etc. have also been manufactured.
- vi. A  new  variant  of  LHB  AC  three-tier  coach  has  also  been introduced  in  service  with  increased  passenger  capacity  and amenities.
- vii. Introduction of Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) based 3-phase propulsion system with regenerative braking in Electric Multiple Unit (EMU)  trains, Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) trains, Kolkata Metro rakes.
- viii. Conversion  of  End-On-Generation  (EOG)  trains  into  Head-OnGeneration  (HOG)  trains  to  reduce  noise  and  air  pollution  at stations and in trains.
- ix. Provision of energy efficient Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights in coaches for better illumination.
- x. Provision  of  energy  efficient  Brushless  Direct  Current  (BLDC) motor fans in coaches.
- xi. Provision of LED based twin beam headlight in Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) / MEMU coaches.
- xii. Provision of increased number of mobile phone charging points in coaches.
- xiii. Railway  stations  are  upgraded  /  modernized  under  'Adarsh Station  Scheme'  based  on  identified  need  of  providing  better enhanced passenger amenities at stations. Under Adarsh Station Scheme, 1253 stations have been identified for development  on  Indian  Railways,  out  of  which  1206  stations have  been  developed  so  far.  The  remaining  47  stations  are targeted  to  be  developed  under  Adarsh  Station  Scheme  in Financial Year 2021-22.
- xiv. 152 Railway stations in the State of Uttar Pradesh have been identified for development under 'Adarsh' Station Scheme. Out of  these,  131  Railway  stations  have  been  developed  as  per norms. The list of 131 developed railway stations is appended as  Appendix-II.  Remaining  21  Railway  stations  have  been planned for development in Financial Year 2021-22.
- xv. Various passenger amenities such as improvement to façade of the  station  building,  retiring  room,  waiting  room  (with  bathing facilities),  separate  waiting  room  for  ladies,  computer  based public address system, landscaping of circulating area, signages, Pay & Use toilets, water coolers, high level platforms, Foot Over Bridges, ramps at entry to station for Divyangjan and senior citizens, etc. are provided at Railway stations which are identified and developed under the 'Adarsh' station scheme as per the respective category of the station.

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APPENDIX-I REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1441 BY SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  28.07.2021  REGARDING MODERNISATION OF TRAINS AND PLATFORMS

List of some of the premium trains introduced in service are listed as under:-

- (A) Vande Bharat Express
- i. Train  No.  22435/36  New  Delhi-Varanasi  Vande  Bharat Express
- Train  No.  22439/40  New  Delhi-Shri  Mata  Vaishno  Devi
- ii. Katra Vande Bharat Express
- (B) Tejas Express
- i. Train  No.  22671/72  Chennai  Egmore-Madurai  Junction Tejas Express
- Train No. 22119/20 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-
- ii. Karmali Tejas Express.
- iii. Train  No.  82501/02  Lucknow-New  Delhi  Tejas  Express (operated by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC)).
- Train  No.  82901/02  Mumbai  Central-Ahmedabad  Tejas
- iv. Express (operated by IRCTC).
- (C) UDAY Express
- i. 22665/22666 Bengaluru City - Coimbatore UDAY Express
- ii. 22701/22702 Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada Jn. Express
- UDAY
- (D) Trains running with LHB Vistadome coaches
- i. Train  No.09247/48  Ahmedabad-  Kevadiya  Jan  Shatabdi (Integrated with Train No. 09249/50 AhmedabadKevadiya Jan Shatabdi).
- ii. Train No. 01151/52 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj TerminusMadgaon Jan Shatabdi (Integrated with Train No. 01007/08  Chhatrapati  Shivaji  Maharaj  Terminus  -Pune Spl)
- iii. Train  No.  06539/40  Yesvantpur-Mangaluru  (Integrated with Train No. 06211/12  Yesvantpur-Karwar  &  06575/76  Yesvantpur-

Mangaluru)

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APPENDIX-II REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1441 BY SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  28.07.2021  REGARDING MODERNISATION OF TRAINS AND PLATFORMS

List And Status Of Stations Identified Under Adarsh Station Scheme In The State Of Uttar Pradesh is as under:-

| S.No. Railway   | Station                    | Status         |
|-----------------|----------------------------|----------------|
| 1 NR            | Acharya Narendra Dev Nagar | Completed      |
| 2 NCR           | Achhnera                   | Completed      |
| 3 NCR           | Aligarh                    | Completed      |
| 4 NR            | Amethi                     | Completed      |
| 5 NR            | Amroha                     | Completed      |
| 6 NR            | Aonla                      | Under progress |
| 7 NCR           | Atarra                     | Completed      |
| 8 NR            | Ayodhya                    | Under progress |
| 9 NER           | Azamgarh                   | Completed      |
| 10 NER          | Babhnan                    | Completed      |
| 11 NR           | Baghpat Road Under         | progress       |
| 12 NER          | Bahraich                   | Completed      |
| 13 NR           | Bala Mau                   | Completed      |
| 14 NER          | Ballia                     | Completed      |
| 15 NER          | Balrampur                  | Completed      |
| 16 NCR          | Bamhrauli                  | Completed      |
| 17 NCR          | Banda                      | Completed      |
| 18 NR           | Bani                       | Completed      |
| 19 NR           | Barabanki                  | Completed      |
| 20 NR           | Baragaon                   | Completed      |
| 21 NR           | Baraut                     | Completed      |
| 22 NER          | Barhaj Bazar               | Completed      |
| 23 NER          | Barhni                     | Completed      |
| 24 NER          | Basti                      | Completed      |
| 25 NER          | Belthara Road              | Completed      |
| 26 NR           | Bhadaiyan                  | Completed      |
| 27 NR           | Bhadohi                    | Completed      |
| 28 NR           | Bhadoi                     | Completed      |
| 29 NR           | Bharat Kund                | Completed      |
| 30 NCR          | Bharwari                   | Completed      |
| 31 NER          | Bhatni Jn.                 | Under progress |
| 32 NCR          | Bhuteshwar                 | Completed      |
| 33 NR           | Bijnor                     | Completed      |

| 34     | NER   | Bilaspur Road        | Completed      |
|--------|-------|----------------------|----------------|
| 35     | NR    | Bilhar Ghat          | Completed      |
| 36     | NER   | Bilhaur              | Completed      |
| 37     | NER   | Burhwal              | Completed      |
| 38     | ECR   | Chandauli Majhwar    | Completed      |
| 39     | NR    | Chandausi Jn         | Completed      |
| 40     | NR    | Chandpur Siau        | Completed      |
| 41     | NR    | Chanethi             | Under progress |
| 42     | NER   | Chit Baragaon        | Completed      |
| 43     | NCR   | Chitrakootdham Karwi | Completed      |
| 44     | NCR   | Chola                | Completed      |
| 45     | NER   | Chouri-Choura        | Completed      |
| 46     | NER   | Colonelganj          | Under progress |
| 47     | NCR   | Dabhaura             | Completed      |
| 48 NCR |       | Dapsaura             | Completed      |
| 49     | NER   | Daraganj             | Completed      |
| 50     | NR    | Daryabad             | Completed      |
| 51     | NER   | Deoria Sadar         | Completed      |
| 52     | ECR   | Dildarnagar          | Completed      |
| 53     | NCR   | Etawa                | Completed      |
| 54     | NR    | Faizabad             | Completed      |
| 55     | NER   | Farrukhabad          | Completed      |
| 56     | NER   | Fatehgarh            | Completed      |
| 57 NCR |       | Fatehpur             | Completed      |
| 58     | NCR   | Fatehpur Sikri       | Completed      |
| 59     | NCR   | Firozabad            | Completed      |
| 60 NER |       | Gaur                 | Under progress |
| 61     | NR    | Gaura                | Completed      |
| 62 NR  | Gauri | Ganj                 | Completed      |
| 63 NR  |       | Ghaziabad            | Completed      |
| 64     | NER   | Ghazipur City        | Completed      |
| 65     | NER   | Gomti Nagar          | Completed      |
| 66     | NER   | Gonda Jn             | Completed      |
| 67     | NER   | Gorakhpur            | Completed      |
| 68     | NR    | Goshaiganj           | Completed      |
| 69     | NCR   | Goverdhan            | Under progress |
| 70     | NR    | Haider Garh          | Completed      |
| 71     | NR    | Hapur                | Completed      |
| 72     | NR    | Hardoi               | Completed      |
| 73     | NCR   | Hathras              | Completed      |
| 74     | NR    | Jais                 | Completed      |
| 75     | NER   | Jakhania             | Completed      |

| 76 NR   | Jaunpur                   | Completed      |
|---------|---------------------------|----------------|
| 77 NR   | Jaunpur City              | Completed      |
| 78 NER  | Jhusi                     | Completed      |
| 79 NCR  | Kalpi                     | Completed      |
| 80 NER  | Karimuddinpur             | Completed      |
| 81 NER  | Khalilabad                | Completed      |
| 82 NR   | Khekra                    | Under progress |
| 83 NCR  | Khurja Jn.                | Completed      |
| 84 NCR  | Kiraoli                   | Completed      |
| 85 NR   | Koiripur                  | Completed      |
| 86 NCR  | Kulpahar                  | Completed      |
| 87 NR   | Kunda Harnam Ganj         | Under progress |
| 88 NER  | Lakhimpur                 | Under progress |
| 89 NR   | Lal Ganj                  | Under progress |
| 90 NR   | Lal Gopal Ganj            | Under progress |
| 91 NCR  | Lalitpur                  | Completed      |
| 92 NR   | Lambhua                   | Completed      |
| 93 NER  | Maghar                    | Completed      |
| 94 NER  | Mahmudabad                | Under progress |
| 95 NER  | Manduadih                 | Completed      |
| 96 NCR  | Manikpur                  | Completed      |
| 97 NER  | Maniram                   | Under progress |
| 98 NER  | Mau Jn                    | Completed      |
| 99 NR   | Meerut Cantt              | Completed      |
| 100 NR  | Meerut City               | Completed      |
| 101 NCR | Mirzapur                  | Completed      |
| 102 NR  | Modinagar                 | Completed      |
| 103 NCR | Moth                      | Completed      |
| 104 ECR | Mughalasarai              | Completed      |
| 105 NER | Munderwa                  | Completed      |
| 106 NR  | Musafir Khana             | Under progress |
| 107 NR  | Muzaffarnagar             | Completed      |
| 108 NR  | Nagina                    | Completed      |
| 109 NR  | Naimisharanya             | Completed      |
| 110 NCR | Naini                     | Completed      |
| 111 NER | Naugarh (Siddharth Nagar) | Completed      |
| 112 NER | Nautanwa                  | Completed      |
| 113 NR  | Nazibabad                 | Completed      |
| 114 NCR | Orai                      | Completed      |
| 115 NER | Padrauna                  | Completed      |
| 116 NR  | Partap Garh Jn            | Completed      |
| 117 NR  | Partapur                  | Completed      |

| 118     | NR             | Patranga        | Completed      |
|---------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
| 119     | NR             | Phapha Mau      | Completed      |
| 120 NCR | Phaphund       |                 | Completed      |
| 121     | NR             | Phulpur         | Under progress |
| 122 NER | Pilibhit Jn    |                 | Completed      |
| 123 NER |                | Pipraich        | Under progress |
| 124 NCR |                | Pokhrayan       | Completed      |
| 125 NR  |                | Prayag          | Completed      |
| 126     | NR             | Prayag Ghat     | Completed      |
| 127     | NER            | Ram Chaura Halt | Completed      |
| 128     | NCR Rasulpur   | Gogumau         | Completed      |
| 129 NR  |                | Rudauli         | Completed      |
| 130 NCR | Rurah          |                 | Completed      |
| 131 NER |                | Sadat           | Completed      |
| 132 NR  | Sakoti Tanda   |                 | Completed      |
| 133     | NER            | Salempur Jn     | Completed      |
| 134 NR  |                | Sandila         | Completed      |
| 135 NR  |                | Seohara         | Under progress |
| 136     | NR             | Shahganj        | Under progress |
| 137 NR  |                | Shamli          | Completed      |
| 138     | NCR            | Shikohabad Jn   | Completed      |
| 139     | NER            | Shohratgarh     | Completed      |
| 140 NCR | Sirathu        |                 | Completed      |
| 141     | NER            | Sitapur         | Completed      |
| 142 NR  | Sitapur Cantt. |                 | Completed      |
| 143     | NR             | Sohawal         | Completed      |
| 144     | NR             | Sultanpur       | Completed      |
| 145 NER |                | Suraimanpur     | Completed      |
| 146     | NCR            | Tundla          | Completed      |
| 147     | NR             | Unchahar        | Completed      |
| 148     | NR             | Unnao           | Under progress |
| 149     | NER            | Uskabazar       | Completed      |
| 150     | NER            | Varanasi City   | Completed      |
| 151     | NCR            | Vindhyachal     | Completed      |
| 152 NCR | Vrindaban      | Road            | Completed      |

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