Lok Sabha Question No. 363 (STARRED), answered on 2026-03-18
Subject: Development of Talgaria Railway Station as a Satellite Station
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Dulu Mahato

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 363

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026

## DEVELOPMENT OF TALGARIA RAILWAY STATION AS A SATELLITE STATION

*363. SHRI DULU MAHATO:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  any  representation  has  been  received  to  develop  Talgaria station  under  South  Eastern  Railway  as  a  satellite  station  for  the Bokaro-Chas region and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has assessed the techno-economic feasibility of  utilising  the  Talgaria-Tupkadih  line  to  mitigate  engine  reversal  and line  congestion  at  Bokaro  Steel  City  station  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c)  whether  any  traffic  survey  has  been  conducted  for  providing  halts  to major Delhi-Odisha route trains and expanding loop lines at this station and if so, the details of action taken thereon; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  include  this  station  under  the 'Amrit Bharat Station Scheme' to enhance connectivity for the industrial population of the region and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

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

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO. 363 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026 IN LOK SABHA

## (a)  to  (d):  Talgaria  Station  is  situated  on  Bokaro-  Adra  section  of  South Eastern Railway about 30 km from Bokaro.

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There are 06 lines (2 main lines & 4 loop lines) and 04 high level platforms at Talgaria Station. Average daily footfall at Talgaria Station is about 200 passengers. This station is presently being served by 04 train services as under:

|   SN | Train Number & Name                    |
|------|----------------------------------------|
|    1 | 18013 Adra - Bokaro Steel City Express |
|    2 | 18014 Bokaro Steel City - Adra Express |
|    3 | 68079 Bhojudih - Chandrapura MEMU      |
|    4 | 68080 Chandrapura - Bhojudih MEMU      |

At  Talgaria  station,  all  passenger  facilities  like  platform  shelter,  urinal, lavatory,  waiting  hall,  drinking  water  arrangement,  seating  arrangement, Foot  Over  Bridge  etc.  are  available.  The  works  of  high-level  platform, platform  shelter,  booking  office  cum  waiting  hall,  toilet,  water  booth, Divyangjan  ramp  at  platform  no.  1  and  3  m  Foot  Over  Bridge  have  been completed in recent years.

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## Talgaria Station

To  augment  capacity  of  Talgaria  Station,  Doubling  of  Talgaria  -  Bokaro North  Cabin  section  (38  Km)  has  been  recently  completed.    Work  for doubling  of  Bhojudih  -  Talgaria  section  (12.5  Km)  has  been  taken  up  to augment the capacity further.

There are 09 lines & 03 high level platforms existing at Bokaro Steel City Station. Further, Bokaro Steel City Station has been identified for development  under  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme.  At  this  station,  the following works have been taken up:

-  One additional island platform
-  One additional line
-  Extension of one platform
-  Improvement of station building
-  Surfacing of platform no. 1, 2 & 3
-  Escalators
-  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

Bokaro Steel City Station

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To  augment  capacity  of  rail  network  at  Bokaro  station,  following  works have been taken up:

-  Bokaro  Steel  City  -  Bokaro  North  Cabin  (3.75  Km)  3 rd   and  4 th   line work.
-  Bokaro Steel City - Damrughutu 3 rd & 4 th  line and
-  Damrughutu - Barbenda(30Km) doubling

Trains serving Odisha and Delhi from Bokaro city are as under:

Trains serving Bokaro Steel City-Puri sector:-

|   SN | Train Number & Name                   |
|------|---------------------------------------|
|    1 | 12875/76 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express |
|    2 | 18427/28 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express |
|    3 | 12801/02 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express |

## Trains serving to Bokaro Steel City-Bhubaneshwar sector:-

|   SN | Train Number & Name                             |
|------|-------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 22805/06 Anand Vihar (T)-Bhubaneswar Express    |
|    2 | 12875/76 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express           |
|    3 | 22823/24 New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express |
|    4 | 18427/28 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express           |
|    5 | 12801/02 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express           |

## Trains serving Bokaro Steel City-Delhi sector:-

|   SN | Train Number & Name                             |
|------|-------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 12801/02 Puri-Anand Vihar (T) Express           |
|    2 | 12817/18 Hatia-Anand Vihar (T) Express          |
|    3 | 12825/26 Ranchi-Anand Vihar (T) Express         |
|    4 | 12875/76 Puri-Anand Vihar (T) Express           |
|    5 | 18427/28 Puri-Anand Vihar (T) Express           |
|    6 | 20839/40 Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express      |
|    7 | 22805/06 Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar (T) Express    |
|    8 | 22823/24 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express |

Further, Talgaria is also connected to Adra by  18013/14 Adra-Bokaro Steel City Express which is further connected to Delhi and Puri/Bhubaneswar by the following 05 pairs of train services as listed below:

|   SN | Train Number & Name                                |
|------|----------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 22805/ 22806 Anand Vihar (T)-Bhubaneswar Express   |
|    2 | 12875/12876 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express           |
|    3 | 22823/22824 New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express |
|    4 | 18427/18428 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express           |

Besides,  provision  of  stoppages  of  train  services  depends  on  the  traffic justification,  operational  feasibility  including  availability  of  extra  time  on the  section  & availability  of  matching  infrastructure  such  as  Platform length etc.

The  proposals  for  development  of  Station  as  a  satellite  station  are examined with respect to assessment of passenger footfall, traffic trends, and earnings of station, keeping in view future growth, and requirements of further development.

The  feasibility  of  developing  Talgaria  Station  as  a  satellite  terminal  has been taken up.

## Jharkhand:

## Railway Budget:

Budget  allocation  in  the  recent  years  has  increased  significantly.  Budget allocation  for  infrastructure  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Jharkhand is as under:-

| Period   | Outlay                       |
|----------|------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹457 Cr./Yr                  |
| 2025-26  | ₹7306 Cr. (approx. 16 times) |

## Projects Sanctioned:

As  on  01.04.2025,  26  projects  (9  New  Lines  and  17  Doubling),  of  total length of 2363 Km, costing ₹47,729 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand  including  those  which  are  in  planning/approval/construction stage,  out  of  which,  598  km  length  has  been  commissioned  and  an expenditure  of  ₹15,845  crore  has  been  incurred  upto  March,  2025.  The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No. of project s |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissione d till March, 2025(in Km) |   Total Exp. upto March, 2025 (Rs. in Cr.) |
|--------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                  9 |                    749 |                                            156 |                                       4239 |
| Doubling/Multi- tracking |                 17 |                   1614 |                                            442 |                                      11606 |
| Total                    |                 26 |                   2363 |                                            598 |                                      15845 |

## Track Construction:

The  details  of  constructing  new  tracks  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Jharkhand is as under:-

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 287 Km                   | 57.4 Km/year                          |
| 2014-25  | 1316 Km                  | 119.64 Km/year (More than 2 times)    |

Recently Completed Projects:

Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand are as under:

|   SN | Name of Project                                                      |   Cost (Rs. in Cr.) |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|    1 | Mandarhill- Dumka - Rampurhat new line (130 Km)                      |                 908 |
|    2 | Giridih-Koderma new line (111 Km)                                    |                 404 |
|    3 | Koderma - Ranchi new line (202 Km)                                   |                3800 |
|    4 | Ranchi-Lohardaga Gauge Conversion & its extension upto Tori (111 Km) |                 665 |
|    5 | Sahibganj-Pirpainti Doubling (23 km)                                 |                 129 |
|    6 | Tinpahar-Sahebganj Doubling (38 Km)                                  |                 246 |
|    7 | Sini-Adityapur Doubling (23 Km)                                      |                 215 |
|    8 | Goeilkera-Manoharpur Doubling (28 Km)                                |                 425 |
|    9 | Dongaposi-Rajkharswan 3rd line (75 Km)                               |                 629 |
|   10 | Danea-Ranchi Road Doubling (25 Km)                                   |                 324 |
|   11 | Chakardharpur-Goilkera 3rd line (34 Km)                              |                 383 |
|   12 | Garhwa Road-Ramna doubling (32 Km)                                   |                 427 |
|   13 | Manoharpur-Bondamanda 3rd line (30 Km)                               |                 359 |
|   14 | Jarangdih-Danea Patch Doubling (29 km)                               |                 500 |
|   15 | Ranchi Road- Patratu doubling (31 Km)                                |                 348 |
|   16 | Talgaria-Bokaro doubling (38 Km)                                     |                 514 |
|   17 | Ramna-Singrauli doubling (160 Km)                                    |                2436 |

## Ongoing Projects:

Details of some of the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand which have been taken up are as under:

|   SN | Project                                                  | Cost (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|    1 | Dhanbad-Chandrapura via Tundu-Nichitpur new line (26 Km) | 629                 |
|    2 | Namkum-Kandra new line (106 Km)                          | 2,120               |
|    3 | Buramara-Chakulia new line (60 Km)                       | 1,459               |
|    4 | Dhanbad-Sonnagar 3rd line (429 Km)                       | 4,500               |
|    5 | Ranchi Road- Patratu doubling (31 Km)                    | 291                 |
|    6 | Bondamunda-Ranchi doubling (166 Km)                      | 1,660               |
|    7 | Kharagpur-Adityapur 3 rd line (132 Km)                   | 1,116               |
|    8 | Chandil- Anara- Burnpur - 3rd line (125KM)               | 1,647               |
|    9 | Muri-Barkakhana doubling (58 Km)                         | 580                 |
|   10 | Sainthia-Pakur 4 th line (81 Km)                         | 1,569               |
|   11 | Gamharia-Chandil 3 rd and 4 th line (26 Km)              | 1,168               |

Sanction  of  any  railway  project  depend  upon  many  parameters/factors which include the following:

-  Anticipated  traffic  projections  and  Remunerativeness  of  the  proposed route
-  First and last mile connectivity provided by the project
-  Connection of missing links and providing additional route
-  Augmentation of congested/saturated lines
-  Demands raised by State Governments/Central Ministries/Public representatives,
-  Railway's own operational requirements
-  Socio-economic considerations
-  Overall availability of funds

Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:

-  Land acquisition by State Government
-  Forest clearance
-  Shifting of infringing utilities
-  Statutory clearances from various authorities
-  Geological and topographical conditions of area
-  Law and order situation in the area of project site
-  Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc.

All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project/s.

## Amrit Bharat Station Scheme:

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

Representations  /  suggestions  /  proposals,  both  formal  and  informal  for Railway projects / Works across the country are received on the basis of demands raised by State Governments, Members of Parliament, Ministries of Central Government, elected representatives, Railways' own requirements,  organizations  /  rail  users  etc.,  at  various  levels  including Railway  Board,  Zonal  Railways,  Division  office etc.  Receipt  of  such suggestions  /  representations  is  a  continuous  and  dynamic  process  and these are examined and action as found feasible and justified is taken from time to time.

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.

So far, 1,338 stations have been identified for development under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. Out of these, 57 stations are located in Jharkhand. The  name  of  stations  identified  under  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  in Jharkhand are as following:

| State     |   No. of Stations | Name of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Jharkhand |                57 | Balsiring, Bano, Barajamda Jn, Barkakana, Basukinath, Bhaga, Bokaro Steel City, Chaibasa, Chakradharpur, Chandil, Chandrapura, Daltonganj, Dangoaposi, 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 |

Development works at railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in  Jharkhand  have  been  taken  up  at  a  good  pace.  Details  of  stations completed in Jharkhand are as under:

| State     |   No. of stations | Name of stations                                                                              |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Jharkhand |                 9 | Godda, Govindpur Road, Lohardaga, Madhupur Jn, Muri Jn, Piska, Rajmahal, Sahibganj, Sankarpur |

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:

-  Kumardubi  station:  The  structural  work  of  new  station  building, retiring  room,  waiting  hall,  toilet  and  booking  counter  have  been completed. The finishing works of new station building, improvement of circulating area and signage have been taken up.
-  Balsiring  station:  The  works  of  improvement  of  station  building, platform shelter, parking, approach road, Divyangjan toilet and ticket counter  have  been  completed.  The  works  of  platform  surfacing  and Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.
-  Bano station: The works of improvement of station building, circulating area, approach road, station lighting and ramp have been completed. The works of platform shelter, platform surfacing, drinking water booth and Divyangjan toilet have been taken up.
-  Tatisilwai  station:  The  works  of  improvement  of  station  building, entrance porch, platform shelter, waiting hall, circulating area, approach road and signage have been completed. The work of Foot Over Bridge has been taken up.

Stations are selected based on the proposals received from Zonal Railways,  stations  located  in  major  cities  and  places  of  tourist  and pilgrimage importance.

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.

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.  Jharkhand  is  covered  under  the  jurisdiction  of  three  railway zones,  namely,  Eastern  Railway,  East  Central  Railway  and  South  Eastern Railway. For these zones, an allocation of ₹ 1,469 crore has been made for the  financial  year  2025-26,  out  of  which  an  expenditure  (up  to  February, 2026) of ₹ 1,447 crore has been incurred so far.

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