Lok Sabha Question No. 1607 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-10
Subject: Redevelopment of Calicut Railway Station
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: M. K. Raghavan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1607 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2021

## REDEVELOPMENT OF CALICUT RAILWAY STATION

1607. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status and the steps taken for the redevelopment of Calicut Railway Station which was enlisted in the initial 23 stations along with Chennai in Southern Railways;
- (b)  the  time  frame  fixed  by  the  Government  for  completion  of  each stage of redevelopment;
- (c)  the  details  of  average  age  of  all  passenger  coaches  and  total number of LHB coaches to be provided, Division and Zone-wise;
- (d)  whether  Railways  has  any  plans  to  introduce  MEMU  services  in Calicut-Kannur, Calicut-Thrissur and Calicut-Palghat routes considering the demands and scarcity of trains; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND

CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1607  BY  SHRI  M.K.  RAGHAVAN  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.02.2021 REGARDING REDEVELOPMENT OF CALICUT RAILWAY STATION (a) &  (b) Calicut(Kozhikode) Railway  Station in  Kerala  has  been entrusted to Rail Land Development Authority(RLDA) for redevelopment. RLDA has initiated process for engaging consultant for feasibility study, detailed Master planning, urban designing engineering and preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR). Station redevelopment program is first of its kind and complex in nature  and  requires  detailed  techno-financial  feasibility  studies  and various statutory clearances from Urban/local bodies etc.  Therefore, no time-frame can be indicated at this stage. (c)  The  average  age  of  all  passenger  coaches  over  Indian  Railways  (IR)  is around 10 years. The list of number of LHB coaches over IR (division and zonewise)  has  been  appended  as  Appendix-I.    The  average  age  of  passenger coaches over IR (Zone-wise) is appended at Appendix-II

(d)  &  (e)  Introduction  of  trains,  including  MEMU  trains,  is  an  ongoing process  on  Indian  Railways  subject  to  operational  feasibility,  traffic pattern,  availability  of  resources,  etc.  However,  owing  to  operational and resource constraints, introduction of MEMU train service on KannurKozhikode-Palakkad-Thrisur sector is not feasible, at present. Besides, Indian Railways has discontinued all regular passenger carrying trains w.e.f  23.03.2020  to  contain  the  spread  of  COVID-19  pandemic  and presently  only  special  trains  are  being  operated  keeping  in  view  the concerns and suggestions of State Governments.

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APPENDIX-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.1607  BY  SHRI  M.K.  RAGHAVAN  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN LOK SABHA ON 10.02.2021 REGARDING REDEVELOPMENT OF CALICUT RAILWAY STATION.

| S.No.   | Railway Zones              | Divisions               |   LHB coaches | Total LHB coaches   |
|---------|----------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|---------------------|
| 1       | Central Railway            | Mumbai (CSTM)           |          1062 | 1454                |
|         |                            | Bhusawal                |            43 |                     |
|         |                            | Nagpur                  |           125 |                     |
|         |                            | Solapur                 |           139 |                     |
|         |                            | Pune                    |            85 |                     |
| 2       | Eastern Railway            | Asansol                 |            16 | 1438                |
|         |                            | Howrah                  |           759 |                     |
|         |                            | Malda                   |           186 |                     |
|         |                            | Sealdah.                |           477 |                     |
| 3       | East Central Railway       | Danapur                 |           713 | 1563                |
|         |                            | Dhanbad                 |           106 |                     |
|         |                            | Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya |           100 |                     |
|         |                            | Samastipur              |           546 |                     |
|         |                            | Sonpur                  |            98 |                     |
| 4       | East Coast Railway         | Khurda Road             |           845 | 1085                |
|         |                            | Sambalpur               |             0 |                     |
|         |                            | Waltair                 |           240 |                     |
| 5       | Northern Railway           | Ambala                  |           215 | 2540                |
|         |                            | Delhi                   |          1537 |                     |
|         |                            | Lucknow                 |           182 |                     |
|         |                            | Moradabad               |            26 |                     |
|         |                            | Ferozpur                |           580 |                     |
| 6       | North Central Railway      | Prayagraj               |           314 | 488                 |
|         |                            | Agra                    |            91 |                     |
|         |                            | Jhansi                  |            83 |                     |
| 7       | North Eastern Railway      | Lucknow                 |           575 | 923                 |
|         |                            | Izzatnagar              |            28 |                     |
|         |                            | Varanasi                |           320 |                     |
| 8       | Northeast Frontier Railway | Katihar                 |           205 | 1448                |
|         |                            | Alipurduar              |             0 |                     |
|         |                            | Rangiya                 |             0 |                     |
|         |                            | Lumding                 |           533 |                     |
|         |                            | Tinsukia                |           710 |                     |

| 9   | North Western Railway      | Ajmer               | 386   | 955   |
|-----|----------------------------|---------------------|-------|-------|
|     |                            | Bikaner             | 184   |       |
|     |                            | Jaipur              | 231   |       |
|     |                            | Jodhpur             | 154   |       |
| 10  | Southern Railway           | Chennai             | 611   | 1739  |
|     |                            | Madurai             | 422   |       |
|     |                            | Palakkad            | 0     |       |
|     |                            | Tiruchchirappalli   | 0     |       |
|     |                            | Thiruvananthapura m | 557   |       |
|     |                            | Salem               | 149   |       |
| 11  | South Central Railway      | Guntakal            | 137   | 1048  |
|     |                            | Guntur              | 0     |       |
|     |                            | Hyderabad           | 0     |       |
|     |                            | Nanded              | 123   |       |
|     |                            | Secunderabad        | 710   |       |
|     |                            | Vijayawada          | 78    |       |
| 12  | South Eastern Railway      | Adra                | 0     | 1299  |
|     |                            | Chakradharpur       | 77    |       |
|     |                            | Kharagpur           | 832   |       |
|     |                            | Ranchi              | 390   |       |
| 13  | South East Central Railway | Bilaspur            | 170   | 354   |
|     |                            | Nagpur              | 0     |       |
|     |                            | Raipur              | 184   |       |
| 14  | South Western Railway      | Bangalore           | 1248  | 1343  |
|     |                            | Hubballi            | 1     |       |
|     |                            | Mysuru              | 94    |       |
| 15  | Western Railway            | Mumbai(Central)     | 1140  | 2290  |
|     |                            | Vadodara            | 66    |       |
|     |                            | Ratlam              | 266   |       |
|     |                            | Ahmedabad           | 805   |       |
|     |                            | Rajkot              | 0     |       |
|     |                            | Bhavnagar           | 13    |       |
| 16  | West Central Railway       | Bhopal              | 140   | 556   |
|     |                            | Jabalpur            | 311   |       |
|     |                            | Kota                | 105   |       |
| 17  | Konkan Railway             | Not applicable      | 86    | 86    |
|     |                            |                     |       | 20609 |

APPENDIX-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1607 BY SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.02.2021 REGARDING REDEVELOPMENT OF CALICUT RAILWAY STATION.

| Zonal Railways                     |   Average age of passenger coaches (in years) |
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| NORTHERN                           |                                          9.5  |
| SOUTHERN                           |                                         10.98 |
| EASTERN                            |                                         11    |
| WESTERN                            |                                          7.56 |
| CENTRAL                            |                                         11    |
| NORTH EASTERN                      |                                          9    |
| NORTH EAST FRONTIER                |                                          9    |
| SOUTH EASTERN                      |                                          9.55 |
| NORTH CENTRAL                      |                                          8.3  |
| EAST CENTRAL                       |                                         12.07 |
| EAST COAST                         |                                         10.4  |
| SOUTH CENTRAL                      |                                         10    |
| SOUTH EAST CENTRAL                 |                                          9    |
| SOUTH WESTERN                      |                                          8.56 |
| WEST CENTRAL                       |                                          9.01 |
| NORTH WESTERN                      |                                         14.4  |
| KONKAN RAILWAY CORPORATION LIMITED |                                          8.9  |

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