(a) whether the Government has modified/upgraded some of the Railway Stations in the country as Model Stations;
(b) if so, the names of railway stations which have been upgraded as Model Stations so far in the country, State-wise;
(c) whether there are any proposals for upgrading railway stations into Model Stations pending with the Government;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the time by which these proposals are likely to be sanctioned
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.
2298 BY SHRI S.K. KHARVENTHAN SHRI SANAT KUMAR MANDAL SHRI RAJNARAYAN
BUDHOLIYA SHRI HITEN BARMAN AND SHRI Y.G. MAHAJAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK
SABHA ON 17.03.2005 REGARDING UPGRADATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS.
(a) & (b) : Presently, there are 319 stations listed for development as Model Stations.
Out of these, following 61 stations have been developed as Model Stations. State wise
list is not maintained. However, Railway wise list of developed Model Stations is as under:
Railway-wise` list of stations developed as `Model Stations`
Railway Names of stations
Central Mumbai CST, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Kurla), Kalyan, Bhusaval, Nagpur, Pune , Chandrapur & Wardha
Eastern Nil Northern Delhi, New Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin,Ludhiana, Jammu Tawi, Haridwar & Lucknow North Eastern Gorakhpur, Gonda, Lucknow, Chhapra, Manduadih, Izzatnagar,Kathgodam & Basti Northeast Frontier Nil
Southern Chennai Central, Coimbatore, Erode Jn., Salem, Palghat, Trivandrum Central, Madurai & Tiruchchirappalli
South Central Vijayawada, Guntur, Nanded South Eastern Adra, Tamluk Western Okha, Nimbahera, Dharangaon, Bamnia East Central Nil East Coast Bhubabneswar, Sambalpur, Visakhapatnam North Central Nil
North Western Ajmer, Aburoad, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Hisar, Rewari, Sriganganagar, Chittaurgarh,
South East Central Nil South Western Bangalore Cantt. West Central Habibganj, Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur, Katni, Satna, Kota
Works at remaining stations selected for development as Model Stations are in various stages of progress.