Railways has decided to provide escalators at all ‘A1’, ‘A’ & ‘C’ category stations (footfall 25000 and above for ‘C’ category stations) and lifts at A1’, ‘A’ & ‘C’ category stations and stations of tourist importance progressively. Accordingly, Railway has planned to provide additional 2589 additional escalators and 1000 lifts at Railway Stations.

So far, 473 escalators at 171 stations and 330 lifts at 137 stations have been provided. Further, work is in progress for about 308 nos. of escalators at 128 stations and 306 nos. of lifts at 97 stations. The Zone-wise details for lifts and escalators installed thereof are as under:

Zonal Railway-wise Position of Lift & Escalators

 

SN	Zonal Railway		No. of Escalator Installed	No. of Stations covered	No. of Lift Installed	No. of Stations covered
1	Central Railway		34	17	30	14
2	Eastern Railway		13	7	6	3
3	East Central Railway		6	3	-	-
4	East Coast Railway		6	2	9	4
5	Northern Railway		61	15	42	15
6	North Central Railway	17		7	3		2
7	Northeast Frontier Railway	4		2	-		-
8	North Western Railway	20		6	9		4
9	North Eastern Railway	20		8	12		4
10	Southern Railway	87		34	59		28
11	South Central Railway	42		15	49		20
12	South East Central Railway	8		3	12		5
13	South Western Railway	13		4	12		3
14	South Eastern Railway	12		6	10		4
15	Western Railway	43		14	46		18
16	West Central Railway	12		4	18		6
17	Metro	75		24	13		7
Total		473		171	330		137

 

This information was given by the Minister of State of Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

 

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