Upgradation of Railway Stations in North East States

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Government of India
Ministry of Railways
20 NOV 2019 5:41PM by PIB Delhi

The details of railway stations upgraded in the North-East States are as under:

1. Upgradation of stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and on-going process. Works for improvement of passenger amenities are undertaken depending upon need, volume of passenger traffic and inter-se priority, subject to availability of funds.

2. Railway stations are upgraded/modernized under ‘Adarsh’ Station Scheme. So far, 30 stations in the North-East States have been identified under ‘Adarsh Station Scheme’ and all stations have been upgraded. List of these 30 stations is as under:-

Sl No.	State	Name of Adarsh Stations	Nos. of station
1	Assam	Rangapara North, Silchar, Badarpur Junction, Srirampur Assam, Gosaigaon Hat, Fakiragram, Salakati, Basugaon, Tipkai, Bijni, Tihu, Goreswar, Udalguri, Tangla, Rowta Bagan, Barpeta Road, Hojai, Rangiya Junction, Jakhalabandha, Jorhat Town, Karimganj Junction, Kokrajhar, New Bongaigaon, Jagiraod, Tatibahar, Bongaigaon, Furkating & Narengi.	28
2	Nagaland	Dimapur.	1
3	Tripura	Pencharthak	1
Total		30

3. In addition, in the year 2018-19 in North-East States 03 stations namely Rangiya, Guwahati and New Tinsukia Railway Stations have been taken up for development under ‘Soft upgrades improvements at stations’. The following facilities have been added/improved at these stations:

Station Name	Facilities Added/Improved
Rangiya	Waiting halls, Parking area, Wi-fi Lounge, Toilets, Platform surface, refreshment room and Station façade with circulating area have been improved.
Guwahati	Modular Water vat (29 nos.), Octagonal benches(19 nos.), Retiring room (12 nos.), Cloak room with individual locking facility provided. Waiting halls, Platform surface, toilets, retiring rooms improved. 02 Lifts and 04 Escalators have been provided.
New Tinsukia	Paid executive lounge, 1st class waiting hall for ladies, commercial outlets (06 nos.), RO water booths (20 nos.) provided. 2nd class and upper class waiting hall capacity, VIP lounge, platform surface and toilets improved.

Foot Over Bridges (FOBs) have been completed at 08 Stations namely Mandardisha, Pencharthal, Haitikhali, Dhalpukhuri, Lanka, Habaipur, Lamsakhang and Patharkhola.

13 New Railway Line projects have been taken up in North Eastern Region which are at different stages of planning/ approval/ execution. Details of these projects including fund allocation are as under:

S. No	Project	Year of sanction		Length (in km)	State(s)		Latest Anticipated Cost (`. in Cr.)		Outlay for 2019-20 (`. in Cr.)
New Line (Sanctioned)
1	New Moynaguri-Jogighopa New Line with Gauge conversion of new Mal-Moynaguri Road and New Changrabanda-Changrabanda	2000-01		289		Assam, West Bengal		3300		100
2	Jiribam-Imphal	2003-04		111		Manipur		13809		850
3	Dimapur (Dhansiri)-Zubza (Kohima)	2006-07		83		Assam, Nagaland		3000		500
4	Teteliya-Byrnihat	2006-07		22		Assam, Meghalaya		1532		125
5	Bhairabi-Sairang	2008-09		51		Mizoram		5021		750
6	Sivok-Rangpo	2008-09		44		Sikkim, West Bengal		4086		200
7	Byrnihat-Shillong	2010-11		108		Meghalaya		6000		0.10
8	Murkongselek-Pasighat	2011-12		26		Assam, Arunachal Pradesh		661		2
9	Agartala (India) – Akhaura (Bangladesh)	2012-13		11		Tripura, Bangladesh		970		100
New Line (To be sanctioned)
1	Dimapur-Tizit*	2013-14	257			Nagaland		4274		0.10
2	Salona-Khumtai*	2017-18	99			Assam		5958		0.10
3	Sibsagar-Jorhat*	2017-18	62			Assam		2696		0.10
4	Tezpur-Silghat*	2017-18	25			Assam		3512		0.10

This information was given by the Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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