Lok Sabha Question No. 5990 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-04-01
Subject: Modernisation of Railway Stations in Rural and Backward areas
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Arun Kumar Sagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5990

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2026

## MODERNISATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS IN RURAL AND BACKWARD AREAS

## †5990. SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  quantum  of  fund  allocated  for  the  modernisation  of railway stations in the country particularly in backward and rural areas during the last three years and the current financial year, zone-wise;
- (b)  the details of the quantum of fund is likely to be spent separately for each railway station, station-wise;
- (c) the targets set for modernisation of railway stations where work is in progress; and
- (d) whether the modernisation work is likely to be completed in the current financial  year  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  to  (d)  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.  During  the  last  three  years and current year, ₹ 35,207 crore has been incurred so far.

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

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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.

So far, 1,338 stations have been identified for development under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme which includes 157 stations falling under

Aspirational  Districts.  The  names  of  stations  identified  for  development under  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  which  are  located  in  Aspirational Districts are as following:

|   No. of stations in Aspirational Districts | Name of the stations in Aspirational Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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|                                         157 | Abu Road, Anugraha Narayan Road, Araku, Arariaya Court, Bahraich, Balangir, Balrampur, Balsiring, Banka, Banmankhi, Bano, Baragamda Jn, Baran, Barauni, Bargawan, Barhni, Barkakana, Barsoi Jn, Basukinath, Begusarai, Bhadrachalam Road, Bhanupratappur, Bhawanipatna, Biyavra Rajgarh, Bokaro Steel City, Chaibasa, Chakradharpur, Chandauli Majhwar, Chandrapura, Chhabra Gugor, Chitrakut Dham Karwi, Chopan, Cuddapah, Dahod, Daltonganj, Damanjodi, Damoh, Dangoposi, Dhenkanal, Dholi, Dholpur, Dhubri, Dumka, Fatehpur, Firozpur Cantt, Gangaghat, Ganjbasoda, Garhwa Road, Garhwa Town, Gauripur, Gaya, Ghatsila, Giridih, Godda, Govindpur Road, Guna, Gunupur, Guraru, Haidar Nagar, Haridwar Jn, Harishanker Road, Harpalpur, Hatia, Hazaribagh Road, Hindaun City, Jagdalpur, Jaisalmer, Jamui, Janakpur Road, Japla, Jeypore, Kantabanji, Karhagola Road, Kashipur Jn, Katihar Jn, Kesinga, Khagaria Jn, Khajuraho Jn, Khandwa, Khariar Road, Kichha, Koraput Jn, Korba, Labha, Lakhminia, Latehar, Limkheda, Lohardaga, Mahasamund, Maheshkhunt, Majbat, Manikpur Jn, Manoharpur, Mansi Jn, MCS Chhatarpur, Meramandali, Moga, Motipur, Muhammad Ganj, Muniguda, Muri Jn, Muzaffarpur Jn, Nabinagar Road, Nagar |

Untari,  Namkom, Nandurbar, Nawadah, Orga, Osmanabad, Paharpur, Pakur, Paramakkudi, Parasnath, Parlakhemundi, Parvatipuram, Pathshala, Pindwara, Piska, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn, Rafiganj, Raichur Jn, Rajapalayam, Rajmahal, Ram Dayalu Nagar, Ramanathapuram, Ramdevra, Rameswaram, Ramgarh Cantt, Ranchi Jn, Rayagada, Renukoot,  Roorkee,  Ruthiyai,  Sahibganj,  Sahibpur  Kamal, Salauna, Salmari, Shri Mahaveerji,  Siddharth Nagar, Silli, Simultala,  Singrauli,  Sitamarhi,  Sonbhadra,  Srivilliputtur, Tangla, Tatanagar, Tatisilwai, Titlagarh Jn, Tulsipur, Udalguri, Vidisha, Virudhunagar, Vyasnagar, Wadsa, Washim, Yadgir

Development works at railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme have been taken up at a good pace. Till now, works have been completed at 208 stations. Names of stations completed so far are as following:

Aishbagh Jn, Alnavar, Amb Andaura, Ambikapur, Amgaon, Anandpur Sahib, Anara,  Angamali  For  Kaladi,  Ayodhya  Dham  Junction,  Badami,  Bagalkot, Baheri,  Baijnath  Paprola,  Balaghat,  Balrampur,  Bantawala,  Barabhum, Baramati,  Bareilly  City,  Baripada,  Barmer,  Barpali,  Begumpet,  Beohari, Bhanupratappur, Bhilai, Bhind, Bijnor, Bimalgarh, Bommidi, Bundi, Byculla, Chalakudi, Champa, Chanda Fort, Changanassery, Chennai Park, Chhindwara,  Chidambaram,  Chinchpokli,  Chinna  Salem,  Chirayinkeezh, Chunar Jn., Coonoor, Cumbum,  Cuttack,  Dakor, Dausa, Deeg, Derol, Deshnoke, Devlali, Dhampur, Dharwad, Dhule, Dongargarh, Eluru, Fatehabad,  Fatehpur,  Fatehpur  Shekhawati,  Ferok,  Gadag,  Gangapur  City, Godda,  Godhra  Jn,  Gogameri,  Gokak  Road,  Gola  Gokarnath,  Gomtinagar, Govardhan, Govind Garh, Govindpur Road, Govindpuri, Hafizpeta, Haibargaon, Haldia, Haldibari, Hapa, Harpalpur, Hathras City, Hi-Tech City,

Himayatnagar, Hodal, Idgah Agra Jn, Izzatnagar, Jaisalmer, Jam Jodhpur, Jam Wanthali, Joychandi Pahar Jn, Junnor Deo, Kakinada Town Jn, Kalyani Ghoshpara, Kamakhyaguri, Kanalus Jn, Karaikkudi Jn, Karamsad, Karimnagar, Katni South, Kedgaon, Kesinga, Khairthal, Khalilabad, Khambhaliya,  Koppal,  Kosamba  Jn,  Kulitturai,  Kuttippuram,  Lasalgaon, Limbdi,  Lohardaga,  Lonand  Jn,  Madhupur  Jn,  Mahe,  Mahuva,  Mailani  Jn, Mambalam,  Manaparai,  Mandal  Garh,  Mandawar  Mahwa  Road,  Mandi Dabwali,  Mangalagiri,  Mannargudi,  Matunga,  MCS  Chhatarpur,  Mithapur, Morappur, Morbi, Muktsar, Munirabad, Muri Jn, Murtizapur Jn, Nainpur Jn, Namakkal, Nandura, Narmadapuram, Narwana Jn, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose  Itwari Junction, Nidadavolu  Jn, Nilambur  Road,  Okha,  Orchha, Palitana,  Panagarh,  Panki  Dham,  Parappanangadi,  Parel,  Parlakhemundi, Pirpainti, Piska, Pokhrayan, Pollachi Jn, Polur, Porbandar, Rajgarh, Rajmahal,  Rajula  Jn,  Ramagundam,  Ramghat  Halt,  Rayanapadu,  Sabaur, Saharanpur Jn., Sahibganj, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar Mohali, Samakhiyali, Samalpatti,  Sanchi,  Sankarpur,  Sarona,  Savda,  Seoni,  Shahad,  Shajapur, Shivanarayanpur,  Sholavandan,  Shoranur  Jn.,  Shridham,  Siddharth  nagar, Sihor  Jn.,  Simultala,  Siuri,  Somesar,  Sri  Bala  Brahmeswara  Jogulamba, Srirangam, Srivilliputtur, St.Thomas Mount, Sullurpeta, Suraimanpur, Swaminarayan  Chappia,  Talcher,  Tamluk,  Tanakpur,  Thalassery,  Thawe, Thiruvarur Jn., Tiruvannamalai, Tripunithura, Tuni, Udagamandalam, Ujhani, Urkura, Utran,  Vadakara,  Vadala Road, Vidisha, Vindhyachal, Vriddhachalam Jn., Wadakancheri, Warangal.

The activities for development at other stations have also been taken up at good pace and progress of some of the above stations is as given below:

-  Arariaya Court station: The structural work of new  station building,  platform  shelter  at  platform  no.  1,  approach  road  and

boundary wall have been completed. The works of lift, circulating area,  12  m  Foot  Over  Bridge  and  finishing  work  of  new  station building have been taken up

-  Bokaro  Steel  City  station:  The  works  of  improvement  of  station building,  platform  surfacing  of  platform  no.  1,  new  waiting  hall, retiring  room,  parking,  approach  road,  entry/exit  gate,  boundary wall, tactile pathway  for Divyangjan at platform no. 1 and improvement  of  Divyangjan  toilet  at  platform  no.  2  have  been completed. The works of platform surfacing at platform no. 2/3 and escalator have been taken up.
-  Dahod  station:  The  works  of  improvement  of  station  building, porch, platform  surfacing of  platform  no.  1,  improvement  of booking  counter,  waiting  hall,  waiting  room,  pay  and  use  toilet, circulating area, entry/exit gate and signages have been completed. The work of 12 m Foot Over Bridge has been taken up.
-  Virudhunagar  station:  The  works  of  circulating  area,  parking, entry/exit  arch,  Divyangjan  facilities,  coach  indication  board  and train indication board have been completed. The works of improvement  of  station  building  and  6  m  Foot  Over  Bridge  have been taken up.
-  Tulsipur  station:  The  works  of  improvement  of  station  building, entrance  porch,  circulating  area,  parking  area,  improvement  to waiting  room,  toilet,  platform  shelter  and  signages  have  been completed.The finishing works have been taken up.

Further 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. Development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of a station is carried out based on category of station/condition/traffic handled etc.

Development / Upgradation of 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.

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