(a) the criteria laid down for selecting the Model Stations;
(b) the details of amenities provided at the Model Stations;
(c) the names of the railway stations in the country particularly Jharkhand which have upgraded as Model Station so far and have been identified as Model Stations;
(d) the expenditure incurred by the Railways thereon; and
(e) the steps taken for timely completion of works at the identified railway stations?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI R. VELU)
(a) to (e): A statement is attached.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4255 BY S/SHRI RAGHURAJ SINGH SHAKYA, HEMLAL MURMU AND SUNIL KUMAR MAHATO, MPs TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 18.05.2006 REGARDING MODEL STATIONS IN JHARKHAND
(a): The crieteria for selection of model stations is as under:
(i) Stations serving State and Zonal Railway Headquarters,
(ii) Stations dealing with large number of passenger traffic falling under the category ‘A’ & ‘B’, and
(iii) Stations of historical/tourist/cultural/ religious/educational importance.
(b): Model Stations are to be provided with ‘Desirable Amenities’ such as retiring room, waiting room with bathing facility, cloak room, enquiry & computer based announcement, national train enquiry system, interactive voice response system, public address system, book stalls/other stalls of essential goods, refreshment room, parking/circulating area, train indicator board, public phones & internet, water coolers, standardized signages, modular catering stalls, pay & use toilets, self printing ticketing machines, unreserved ticketing system, circulating area lights etc. However, provision of various amenities would depend on the category of the station.
(c): 327 stations in the country have so far been identified as model stations out of which 12 stations are located in Jharkhand which are Baidyanathdham, Bokaro Steel City, Chakradharpur, Daltonganj, Dhanbad, Hatia, Jasidih, Koderma, Madhupur, Parasnath, Ranchi and Tatanagar. Out of 12 stations, one station Dhanbad has been fully developed as Model Station. A list of 327 stations is appended.
(d): Upgradation of stations as Model Station are done under Plan Head “Passenger Amenitiesâ€. The expenditure incurred under Plan Head “Passenger Amenities†during 2005-06 is Rs. 245.01 crore (Net) approximately.
(e): The Railways have been directed to develop all the identified Model Stations by March, 2008.
APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4255 BY S/SHRI RAGHURAJ SINGH SHAKYA, HEMLAL MURMU AND SUNIL KUMAR MAHATO, MPs TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 18.05.2006 REGARDING MODEL STATIONS IN JHARKHAND
List of 327 stations identified as Model Stations
Railway Name of station
Central (17) Akola, Bhusaval, Chandrapur, Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus (Kolhapur), Dadar, Gulbarga, Jalgaon, Kalyan, Kurla (Lokmanya Tilak Terminus), Malkapur, Mumbai CST, Nagpur, Nasik Road, Pune, Solapur, Thane, Wardha.
Eastern (41) Andal Jn., Asansol, Baidyanathdham, Bandel, Barasat, Barddhaman, Baruipur Jn., Basirhat, Bhagalpur, Bidhannagar Road, Bolpur, Bongaon, Budge Budge, Canning, Dankuni, Dhakuria, Dum Dum, Durgapur, Garia, Ghutiari Sharif, Howrah, Jamalpur Jn., Jasidih, Krishnagar Road, Kulti, Labpur, Madhupur, Madhyamgram, Malda Town, Murshidabad, Nabadwip Dham, New Farakka, Ranaghat Jn., Raniganj, Sainthia, Sealdah, Sonarpur, Sultanganj, Tarakeswar, Tollyganj, Ultadanga.
East Central (32) Akshayawat Rai Nagar, Ara, Buxar, Barauni Jn., Begusarai, Bettiah, Daltonganj, Danapur, Darbhanga, Dhanbad, Dehri-on-Sone, Gaya, Hajipur Jn., Janakpur Road, Khagaria, Koderma, Mokama, Motihari, Mughalsarai, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, Nayagaon, Narkatiaganj jn, Nawadah, Parasnath, Patna, Sagauli jn, Sasaram, Samastipur, Sheikhpura, Sitamarhi, Sonepur Jn.
East Coast (17) Badakhandita, Bhadrak, Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur, Byree, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Golanthra, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Kapilas Road, Khurda Road, Puri, Rahama, Sambalpur, Surla Road, Titlagarh, Visakhapatnam.
Northern (40) Ambala Cantt, Amritsar, Anandpur Sahib, Ayodhya, Baghpat Road, Baraut, Bareilly, Bhatinda, Beas, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Delhi, Delhi Cantt, Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Dhuri Jn., Faizabad, Faridabad, Firozpur, Garhmukteshwar, Ghaziabad, Haridwar, H. Nizamuddin, Jullundur City, Jammu Tawi, Kalka, Kathua, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Merrut City, Moradabad, Nangloi, New Delhi, Panipat Jn., Pathankot, Patiala, Prayag, Rae-Bareli Jn., Saharanpur, Shimla, Varanasi.
North Central (10) Agra Cantt, Agra Fort, Aligarh, AllahabadJn., Etawah, Gwalior, Jhansi, Kanpur Central, Mathura Jn., Tundla.
North Eastern (16) Badshah Nagar, Ballia, Basti, Chhapra Jn., Deoria Sadar, Gonda Jn., Gorakhpur, Izzatnagar Jn., Kathgodam, Katra, Lucknow Manduadih, Mau Jn., Pilibhit, Rawatpur, Siwan Jn.
Northeast (32) Alipurduar Jn., Alubari Road, Araria Court, Coochbehar, Dalkolha, Frontier Dharmanagar, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Ghum, Gosaigaonhat, Guwahati, Harishchandrapur, Jalpaiguri, Jorhat Town, Kamakhya, Katihar, Kishanganj, Kokrajhar, Lumding, Maal Bazar, New Alipurduar, New Bongaigaon, New Coochbehar, New Jalpaiguri, New Mal Jn., New Tinsukia, Purnea jn, Raiganj, Rangia Jn., Silchar, Siliguri Town. Srirampur
North Western (9) Abu Road, Ajmer, Bikaner, Hissar, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Rewari, Sri Ganga Nagar, Udaipur.
Southern (31) Alwaye, Arakkonam Jn, Calicut, Cannanore, Chengannaur, Chengalpattu, Chennai Beach, Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Coimbatore, Ernakulam Jn., Erode Jn., Kanniyakumari, Katpadi, Kayankulam, Kottayam, Madurai, Mambalam, Mangalore, Palghat, Pondicherry, Quilon, Rameswaram, Salem, Tiruchchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruttani, Trichur, Trivandrum Central, Tuticorin, Varkala
South Central (14) Dharmavaram Jn., Guntakal, Guntur, Hyderabad, Kacheguda, Kakinada Town, Nanded, Nellore, Raichur, Rajahmundry, Secunderabad, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Warangal.
South Eastern (21) Adra, Bagnan, Balasore, Bishnupur, Bokaro Steel City, Chakradharpur, Contai Road, Garbeta, Hatia, Jhargram, Jharsuguda, Kharagpur, Kolaghat, Mecheda, Midnapore, Ranchi, Rourkela, Santragachi Jn., Tamluk, Tatanagar, Ulubaria.
S. E. Central (3) Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur.
South Western (8) Bangalore Cantt, Bijapur, Hospet, Hubli, Mysore, Shimoga Town, Toranagallu, Vasco-de-gama.
Western (24) Ahmedabad, Anand Jn., Bamnia, Bandra Terminus, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Chittaurgarh, Dadar, Dharangaon, Dwarka, Gandhidham, Gandhigram, Indore, Mumbai Central, Navsari, Nimbahera, Okha, Rajkot, Ratlam, Surat, Ujjain, Vadodara, Valsad, Vapi.
West Central (11) Bhopal, Damoh, Habibganj, Guna, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur, Katni Jn., Kota, Pipariya, Satna, Sawai Madhopur.
KRCL (1) Madgaon.