Lok Sabha Question No. 656 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Development of Railway Stations of International Standards
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN, RAVNEET SINGH, RITI PATHAK, YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY, SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.656 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015

## DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY STATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

656. SHRI  B.SENGUTTUVAN:

SHRI  RAVNEET SINGH:

SHRIMATI  RITI  PATHAK:

SHRI Y.B. SUBBA REDDY:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the criteria laid down by the Government for selection of a railway station for development to the international standards;
- (b) whether it is true that Railways has recently released guidelines for  re-development  of  400  stations  in  the  country  to  world  class stations;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  of  stations  identified  for  re-development,  zonewise;
- (d)  the  details  of  facilities  and  upgradation  proposed  under  redevelopment; and
- (e)  whether  any  International  help  is  being/being  given  by  any Countries/Institutions/Companies in this regard; and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (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.  656  BY  SHRI  B.SENGUTTUVAN,  SHRI RAVNEET SINGH, SHRIMATI  RITI  PATHAK, SHRI Y.B. SUBBA REDDY AND SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 02.12.2015 REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY STATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

(a) to (c): Ministry of Railways has planned to offer 'A-1' and 'A' category stations (about 400 stations) for redevelopment on 'as is where is' basis. Category  of  stations  is  decided  on  the  basis  of  annual  earnings  from passenger traffic. 'A-1' category stations have annual earnings of more than ` 60 crores and 'A' category stations have annual earnings of ` 8 - 60 crores.  These  stations  are  proposed  to  be  developed  by  inviting  open bids from interested parties with their designs and business ideas duly providing  for  amenities  and  other  requirements  of  the  Railways.  The general guidelines in this regard have been issued to Zonal Railways.

Details of 'A-1' and 'A' category stations, zone-wise are as under:

|   S.No. | Railway Zone       |   No. of 'A-1' category stations |   No. of 'A' category stations |
|---------|--------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|       1 | Central            |                                8 |                             26 |
|       2 | East Central       |                                6 |                             29 |
|       3 | East Coast         |                                3 |                             10 |
|       4 | Eastern            |                                3 |                             12 |
|       5 | North Central      |                                6 |                             14 |
|       6 | North Eastern      |                                3 |                             11 |
|       7 | Northeast Frontier |                                2 |                             20 |
|       8 | North Western      |                                3 |                             22 |
|       9 | Northern           |                               14 |                             49 |
|      10 | South Central      |                                5 |                             31 |
|      11 | South Eastern      |                                3 |                              8 |
|      12 | South East Central |                                2 |                              6 |
|      13 | South Western      |                                2 |                             15 |
|      14 | Southern           |                                7 |                             42 |
|      15 | West Central       |                                2 |                             15 |
|      16 | Western            |                                6 |                             22 |

In  addition,  seven  stations  (Anand  Vihar,  Bijwasan,  Chandigarh, Habibganj,  Shivaji  Nagar,  SAS  Nagar  (Mohali)  and  Surat)  have  been entrusted  to  Indian  Railway  Stations  Development  Corporation  Ltd. Gandhinagar  station  has  been  entrusted  to  Rail  Land  Development Authority.

(d): The facilities proposed in a redeveloped station include congestion free  non-conflicting  entry/exit  to  the  station  premises,  segregation  of arrival/departure of passengers, adequate concourse without overcrowding,  integration  of  both  sides  of  the  city  wherever  feasible, integration with other modes of transport systems e.g. Bus, Metro, etc., user friendly international signage, well illuminated circulating area and sufficient provision for drop off, pick up & parking, etc.

(e):  Bhubaneswar/New  Bhubaneswar  and  Baiyyappanahalli  (Bengaluru) stations are identified for pre-feasibility  studies  by  China  Railway Construction  Engineering  Group  at  their  cost  under  an  MOU  between Indian Railways and National Railway Administration, Government of the Peoples' Republic of China.

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