Lok Sabha Question No. 297 (STARRED), answered on 2023-08-09
Subject: Coach Manufacturing Industries
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 297 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2023

## COACH MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

*297. DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of coach manufacturing industries in the country;
- (b) the details of expenditure incurred to develop coach manufacturing facilities in the country;
- (c) the measures taken by the Railways to develop railway stations in tier 2 and  tier 3 cities  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  Madhya  Pradesh  and Maharashtra;
- (d) the steps taken by the Railways to increase the high-speed tracks in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra along with the details of expenditure incurred thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken to replace ICF coaches with LHB coaches?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF STARRED QUESTION  NO  297  BY  DR.  HEENA  VIJAYKUMAR  GAVIT  AND  DR. KRISHNA  PAL  SINGH  YADAV  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 09.08.2023 REGARDING COACH MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

- (a) Ministry of Railways presently have three (03) coach manufacturing units.
- (b)  The  total  expenditure  incurred  to  develop  coach  manufacturing facilities in Indian Railways is approximately Rs. 6322 Crores.

(c)  Upgradation/  modernization  of  stations  on  Indian  Railways  is  a continuous and on-going process and works in this regard are undertaken as per requirement, subject to inter-se priority and availability of funds. However, priority for upgradation / modernization of  stations  is  accorded  to  higher  category  of  station  over  lower category of station while sanctioning and executing the work.

Recently,  the  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  has  been  launched  for development  of  Railway  stations  on  Indian  Railways.  This  scheme envisages development of stations on a continuous basis with a longterm  approach.  It  involves  preparation  of  Master  Plans  and  their implementation in phases to improve the amenities at the stations like improvement of station access, circulating areas, waiting halls, toilets, lift/escalators  as  necessary,  cleanliness,  free  Wi-Fi,  kiosks  for  local products  through  schemes  like  'One  Station  One  Product',  better passenger information systems, executive lounges, nominated spaces for business meetings, landscaping etc. keeping in view the necessity at each such station.

The  scheme  also  envisages  improvement  of  building,  integrating  the station with both sides of the city, multimodal integration, amenities for Divyangjans, sustainable and environment friendly solutions, provision of  ballast  less  tracks,  'Roof  Plazas'  as  per  necessity,  phasing  and feasibility and creation of city centres at the station in the long term.

So far  1309  Railway  Stations  have  been  identified  under  this  scheme including 156 stations in Uttar Pradesh, 80 stations in Madhya Pradesh and 126 stations in Maharashtra.

(d)  Ministry  of  Railways  has  presently  sanctioned  Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Corridor project in the country which is being implemented with technical and financial assistance from Government of Japan. The expenditure of Rs. 45,621 Crores has been incurred in the project by June, 2023.

Further,  Ministry  of  Railways  has  taken  up  preparation  of  Detailed Project  Report  (DPR)  for  following  seven  (7)  High  Speed  Rail  (HSR) corridors out of which two(02) are passing through the State of Uttar

Pradesh and two(02) through Maharashtra:-

- (i)
- (ii)
- (iii)
- (iv)
- (v)
- Delhi - Varanasi
- Delhi - Ahmedabad
- Mumbai - Nagpur
- Mumbai - Hyderabad
- Chennai - Mysore
- (vi) Delhi - Amritsar
- (vii)
- Varanasi - Howrah

(e) Indian Railways has stopped production of ICF design coaches with effect  from  01.04.2018  and  existing  ICF  coaches  are  being  replaced with  LHB  coaches  in  a  phased  manner  as  per  traffic  requirements. Indian  Railways  has  so  far  manufactured  35,766  LHB  Coaches  up  to 31/07/2023 out of which 33299 LHB coaches have been manufactured during last 09 years.

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