As a part of Railway’s commitment to upgrade/augment passenger amenities at Railway Stations on continuous basis, development of Multi Functional Complexes (MFCs) at Railway Stations was first announced in Railway Budget 2009-10 to provide rail user facilities like Shopping, Food Stalls & Restaurants, Book Stalls, PCOs/STD/ ISD/FAX Booths, Medicine & Variety Stores, Budget Hotels (subject to viability), parking, etc.

Initially, development of MFCs was assigned to Railway Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) who develop MFCs with their own equity

and to Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) who develop MFCs through private sector participation. Total expenditure incurred by PSUs on construction of MFCs since beginning is approximately `109 Cr. No expenditure is incurred by RLDA for developing MFCs.

Subsequently, some of the MFCs were assigned to Zonal Railways. Works for developing MFCs by Zonal Railways are sanctioned under Plan Head – ‘Passenger Amenities’. Amenity-wise details of funds allocated/expenditure incurred is not maintained. Funds allocated/ expenditure incurred under Plan Head – ‘Passenger Amenities’ during the last three years and the current year is as under:

197 stations have been identified for development of Multi Functional Complexes (MFCs) on Indian Railways. These are Abu Road, Adra, Agartala, Ajmer, Alipurduar Jn., Allahabad, Alleppey, Amethi, Amritsar, Anand, Anandpur Sahib, Anara(Adra), Arsikere, Asansol, Aurangabad, Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Balasore, Ballygunge, Bangarpet, Bankura, Banspani, Bardhman, Bareilly, Barhni, Barrackpore, Bathinda Cantt., Behrampur, Bellary Jn., Belurghat, Belurmath, Bhagalpur, Bharatpur Jn., Bhavnagar, Bhilai, Bhubaneswar, Bhuj, Bikaner, Bilaspur, Birur, Bishnupur, Bolpur, Chandigarh, Chhindwara, Cuttack, Darjeeling, Davangere, Dehradun, Deoghar, Dhakuria, Dhanbad Jn., Dharmavaram (Near Puttaparthi), Diamond Harbour, Dibrugarh, Digha, Dimapur, Durg, Durgapur, Ernakulam Jn., Erode Jn., Gandhidham, Gaya, Ghatshila, Gondia, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guntur, Hajipur, Haldia, Haridwar, Hazur Saheb Nanded, Hissar Jn., Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Islampur, Jabalpur, Jamalpur Jn., Jammu, Jammu Tawi, Jangipur, Jasidih, Jhansi, Jhargram, Jharsuguda Jn., Jhusi, Jodhpur, Junagarh Jn., Kacheguda, Kakdwip (Gangasagar), Kalyani, Kamakhya, Kancharapara, Kanyakumari, Kannur, Karimnagar, Kasargod, Kathgodam, Katihar Jn., Katra, Khajuraho, Kishangarh, Korba, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Krishnanagar City Jn., Kulti, Kurnool Town, Kurukshetra, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Mumbai, Ludhiana,  Madarihat, Madurai, Majerhat, Malda Town, Manmad, Mavelikara, Midnapore, Miraj Jn., Murshidabad, Mysore, Nabadwipdham, Nadiad Jn., Nagarcoil Jn., Naihati, Nasik Road, Neemuch, Nellore, New Alipore, New Farakka, New Mal, Nizamabad, Orai, Palakkad, Panipat, Patiala, Patna Sahib, Purulia, Rae Bareilly Jn., Raigarh, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Raja-ki-mandi, Rajgir, Rajkot, Rameshwaram, Ramnagar, Rampurhat, Ranchi, Ratlam, Raxaul Jn., Rayagada, Rewa, Rohtak, Sagardighi, Salem, Sambalpur, Sanchi, Sasaram, Sawai Madhopur Jn., Shegaon, Shimoga Town, Shirdi, Sikar Jn., Silchar, Siliguri, Siuri, Somnath, Sonepat, Srikakulam Road, Srinagar, Talcher, Tamluk, Tarakshewar, Tarapith, Tatanagar, Thakurnagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchchirappalli Fort, Tiruchchirappalli Jn., Tiruttani, Tiruvalla, Trichur, Tumkur, Udaipur, Udhampur, Ujjain, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vasai Road, Vellore, Vijayawada, Vishakapatnam, Vizianagaram Jn., Wardha, Yeshwantpur and Zahirabad (Medak).

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on 02.03.2016 (Wednesday).

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