Lok Sabha Question No. 241 (STARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Godam Nagesh, Shri Naba Charan Majhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 241

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

## AMRIT BHARAT STATION SCHEME

*241.   SHRI NABA CHARAN MAJHI:

SHRI GODAM NAGESH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  stations  approved  under  the  Amrit  Bharat Station  Scheme  (ABSS)  till  date,  State-wise  particularly  in  the States of Jammu & Kashmir and Jharkhand and in the Shahdol and Sidhi Lok Sabha Constituencies;
- (b)  the  total  expenditure  incurred  so  far  under  ABSS  and  the estimated  budgetary  requirement  for  completion  of  the  projects related to all the approved stations;
- (c) the details of the master plans formulated for the said stations and the major updates/changes incorporated to the said plan during the year 2024-25;
- (d)  the  details  of  the  number  of  the  stations  where  physical  work has  been  started,  completed  and  are  in  pre-construction  stage, status-wise;
- (e)  whether  the  redevelopment  under  ABSS  is  likely  to  increase passenger handling capacity, commercial revenue and local employment and if so, the expected quantitative outcomes thereof;
- (f)  the number of stations selected/covered under the said scheme in Sidhi Lok Sabha Constituency; and (g) the time by which the said work is likely to be completed in the
- said Constituencies along with the status of work?

## ANSWER

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

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (g) OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  241  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 17.12.2025

(a)  to  (g)  Ministry  of  Railways  has  launched  Amrit  Bharat  Station Scheme for redevelopment of stations with a long-term approach.

The scheme involves preparation of master plans and their implementation  in  phases  to  improve  the  stations.  The  master planning includes:

-  Improvement of access to station and circulating areas
-  Integration of station with both sides of city
- 
- Improvement of station building
-  Improvement  of  waiting  halls,  toilets,  sitting  arrangement, water booths
-  Provision of wider foot over bridge/air concourse commensurate with passenger traffic
-  Provision of lift/escalators/ramp
-  Improvement  /Provision  of  platform  surface  and  cover  over platforms
-  Provision  of  kiosks  for  local  products  through  schemes  like
- 'One Station One Product'
-  Parking areas, Multimodal integration
-  Amenities for Divyangjans
-  Better passenger information systems
-  Provision of executive lounges, nominated spaces for business meetings, landscaping, etc.  keeping  in  view the  necessity  at each station.

The  scheme  also  envisages  sustainable  and  environment  friendly solutions,  provision  of  ballastless  tracks  etc.  as  per  necessity, phasing and feasibility and creation of city centre at the station in the long term. Development of stations into city centres envisages enhanced economic activities at and around the stations apart from improved travel experience.

So  far,  1,337  stations  have  been  identified  for  development  under the  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme.  Out  of  these,  04  stations  are located in Jammu  and  Kashmir, 57 stations are located in Jharkhand and 80 stations  are  located  in  Madhya  Pradesh.  These include  Anuppur,  Bijuri,  Shahdol  and  Umaria  stations  situated  in Shahdol  Lok Sabha  Constituency and Bargawan,  Beohari  and Singrauli stations situated in Sidhi Lok Sabha Constituency.

The name of stations identified under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in  Jammu  and  Kashmir,  Jharkhand  and  Madhya  Pradesh  are  as following:

| State             |   No. of Stations | Name of Stations                                                                                                                                       |
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Jammu and Kashmir |                04 | Budgam, Jammu Tawi, Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra                                                                        |
| Jharkhand         |                57 | Balsiring, Bano, Barajamda Jn, Barkakana, Basukinath, Bhaga, Bokaro Steel City, Chaibasa, Chakradharpur, Chandil, Chandrapura, Daltonganj, Dangoaposi, |

| State          | No. of Stations   | Name of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                |                   | Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, Gamharia, Gangaghat, Garhwa Road, Garhwa Town, Ghatsila, Giridih, Godda, Govindpur Road, Haidar Nagar, Hatia, Hazaribagh Road, Jamtara, Japla, Jasidih Jn, Katrasgarh, Koderma Jn, Kumardubi, Latehar, Lohardaga, Madhupur Jn, Manoharpur, Muhammad Ganj, Muri Jn, N.S.C.B. Jn Gomoh, Nagar Untari, Namkom, Orga, Pakur, Parasnath, Piska, Rajkharswan, Rajmahal, Ramgarh Cantt, Ranchi Jn, Sahibganj, Sankarpur, Silli, Sini, Tatanagar, Tatisilwai, Vidyasagar   |
| Madhya Pradesh | 80                | Akodia, Amla, Anuppur, Ashoknagar, Balaghat, Banapura, Bargawan, Beohari, Berchha, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Bijuri, Bina, BiyavraRajgarh, Chhindwara, Dabra, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Gadarwara, Ganjbasoda, Ghoradongri, Guna, Gwalior, Harda, Harpalpur, Indore Jn, Itarsi Jn, Jabalpur, Junnor Deo, Kareli, Katni Jn, KatniMurwara, Katni South, Khachrod, Khajuraho Jn, Khandwa, Khirkiya, Laxmi Bai Nagar, Maihar, Maksi Jn, Mandla Fort, Mandsor, MCS Chhatarpur, Meghnagar, Morena, Multai, |

| State   | No. of Stations   | Name of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                   | Nagda Jn, Nainpur Jn, Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad), Narsinghpur, Nepanagar, Nimuch, Orchha, Pandhurna, Pipariya, Ratlam, Rewa, Ruthiyai, Sanchi, Sant Hirdaram Nagar, Satna, Saugor, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Shamgarh, Sheopur Kalan, Shivpuri, Shridham, Shujalpur, Sihora Road, Singrauli, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Umaria, Vidisha, Vikramgarh Alot |

Works  have  been  completed  at  160  stations.  Good  progress  has been achieved at the stations where works have been taken up and progress of some of these stations is given below:

## Jammu and Kashmir:

-  Budgam  station:  The  works  of  improvement  of  circulating area, parking and approach roads have been completed. The works  of  porch,  platform  surfacing,  platform  shelter,  waiting room,  toilet,  booking  office,  Passenger  Reservation  System office,  executive  lounge,  retiring  rooms,  lifts  and  12  m  Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.
-  Jammu Tawi station: The works of station building at second entry, Government Railway Police building and 12 m Foot Over Bridge  at  Katra  end  have  been  completed.  The  works  of
- platform  no.  4/5  and6/7,  72  m  air  concourse,  development towards second entry and 12 m Foot Over Bridge at Delhi end have been taken up.
-  Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan station: The works of improvement  of  station  building,  porch,  waiting  room,  toilet, circulating area, parking, approach roads, lighting and signage have been completed. The works of entry/exit gates, platform shelter and  platform surfacing at platform no. 4/5, lifts, escalators and 6 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.

## Jharkhand:

-  Muri  Junction  station:  The  works  of  improvement  of  station building,  entrance  porch,  new  waiting  hall,  approach  road, circulating  area,  parking  area,  Divyangjan  facilities,  station lighting and signage have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.
-  Orga  station:  The  works  of  improvement  of  station  building, platform shelter, approach road and station lighting have been completed.  The  works  of  platform  surfacing,  parking  and
- Divyangjan facilities have been taken up.
-  Bano  station:  The  works  of  improvement  of  station  building, circulating area, approach road and Divyangjan facilities have been  completed.  The  works  of  platform  shelter,  platform surfacing and Divyangjan facilities for Foot Over Bridge ramp, toilet and drinking water booth have been taken up.
-  Gangaghat  station:  The  works  of  improvement  of  station building, platform shelter, approach road and circulating area have been completed. The works of Foot Over Bridge ramp and Divyangjan facilities have been taken up.

## Shahdol Lok Sabha Constituency:

-  Anuppur station: The works of improvement of station building, entrance porch, concourse, platform shelter, raising of platform, entry/exit gate, improvement of circulating area, parking,  Divyangjan  facilities,  signages  and  train  indication board  have  been  completed.  The  works  of  improvement  of waiting hall,  ticket  counter  and  12  m  Foot  Over  Bridge  have been taken up.
-  Bijuri  station:  The  works  of  improvement to station building, concourse, porch, improvement of toilet, waiting hall, circulating  area,  parking,  Divyangjan  facilities  and  signages have been taken up.
-  Shahdol station: The works of improvement of station building,  porch,  platform  shelter,  improvement  of  circulating area, parking area and Divyangjan facilities have been completed. The works of improvement of waiting hall, entry/exit gate and 12m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.
- 
- Umaria  station:  The  works  of  improvement  to  the  station building, entrance porch, platform shelter, platform surfacing, improvement  of  waiting  hall,  circulating  area,  Divyangjan

facilities and signages have been completed. The work of 12m Foot Over Bridge has been taken up.

At  Bargawan  station  of  Sidhi  Lok  Sabha  Constituency,  the  works platform  shelter  and  improvement  of  entrance  porch  have  been completed. The works of improvement of station building, waiting halls, toilet, circulating area, parking, Divyangjan facilities, signages, lift, escalator and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.

Further development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and ongoing process and works in this regard are undertaken as per requirement, subject to inter-se priority and availability of funds.  The priority for development  /  redevelopment  /  upgradation  /  modernisation  of stations  is  accorded  to  higher  category  of  station  over  lower category of station while sanctioning and executing the works.

Master  Planning  is  an  iterative  process  requiring  optimization  and the  time  frame  and  other  details  for  such  optimization  cannot  be indicated at this stage.

Further,  development  /  upgradation  /  modernization  of  stations including  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  is  generally  funded  under Plan  Head-53  'Customer  Amenities'.  The  details  of  allocation  and expenditure under Plan Head-53 are maintained Zonal Railway-wise and not work-wise or station-wise or state-wise. The fund allocation of  ₹  12,118  crore  has  been  made  for  the  financial  year  2025-26 under Plan Head-53 and expenditure (up to October, 2025) of ₹7,253 crore has been incurred so far.

Development / Upgradation of railway stations is complex in nature involving safety of passengers  &  trains and  requires various statutory clearances such as fire clearance, heritage, tree cutting, airport  clearance  etc.  The  progress  also  gets  affected  due  to brownfield related challenges such as shifting of utilities (involving water/sewage lines, optical fibre cables, gas pipe lines, power/signal cables, etc.), infringements, operation of trains without  hindering  passenger  movement,  speed  restrictions  due  to works  carried  out  in  close  proximity  of  tracks  and  high  voltage power  lines,  etc.  and  these  factors  affect  the  completion  time. Therefore, no time frame can be indicated at this stage.

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