**Executive Summary**
This document from the Ministry of Railways, dated December 3, 2025, announces the completion of improvement works at 15 railway stations in Maharashtra under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. The scheme aims to redevelop railway stations across the country in a phased manner, with 132 stations in Maharashtra included in the plan. Finishing works are underway.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Completed Improvement Works:**
* Improvement works completed at 15 stations in Maharashtra: Amgaon, Chanda Fort, Chinchpokli, Devlali, Dhule, Kedgaon, Lasalgaon, Lonand Junction, Matunga, Murtizapur Junction, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction, Parel, Savda, Shahad and Vadala Road.
* Finishing works are underway for various stations.
* **Station-Specific Works:**
* **Wathar:** New portico, improved station building, water booth, entry gate, parking, circulating area, improved entrance lobby, compound wall of parking area, platform shelter (platform no. 1), platform surfacing, waiting room, signages, and station illumination are completed.
* **Nandgaon:** Entrance/exit gate, platform surfacing, platform shelter, improved station building, booking office, Foot Over Bridge, boundary wall, circulating area, parking, signage, and lighting are completed.
* **Nandura:** Platform surfacing, platform shelter, booking office, entrance gate, improved waiting hall, toilet, station building, circulating area, parking, signages, coach indication board, station illumination, and boundary wall are completed.
* **Hadapsar:** New station building, waiting hall, 12m Foot Over Bridge, underground tank, platform shelter, improved platform surfacing, circulating area, station illumination, signages, lifts, escalators, and landscaping are completed.
* **Baramati:** Platform shelter, septic tank, toilet, compound wall, water booth, improved booking office, platform surfacing, waiting room, portico, circulating area, signages, and station illumination are completed.
* **Amrit Bharat Station Scheme Details:**
* The scheme involves master planning and phased implementation for station improvements.
* Master plan includes: improved access/circulation, station integration, building improvement, waiting halls, wider foot over bridges, lifts/escalators, better platform surfaces, kiosks, parking, amenities for Divyangjans, information systems, and executive lounges.
* Focus on sustainable, environment-friendly solutions and city centre creation at stations.
* Development funded under Plan Head-53 "Customer Amenities."
* Maharashtra is covered by Central, South Central, South East Central, and Western Railway zones.
* ₹11,190 crore allocated with ₹9,198 crore expenditure in the last three years and current year (up to October 2025).
* **Station Redevelopment Challenges**
* Station redevelopment is complex, requires statutory clearances, and faces brownfield challenges (utility shifting, operation of trains). These impact completion time.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Passengers and General Public**
* **Impact:** Improved station facilities, accessibility, and passenger information systems.
* **Action Required:** Utilize the upgraded facilities and provide feedback as appropriate.
**Stakeholder: Railway Authorities (Ministry of Railways, Zonal Railways)**
* **Impact:** Responsible for overseeing and implementing the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, including allocation of funds and addressing developmental challenges.
* **Action Required:** Continue to manage project execution, address logistical challenges, and monitor progress.
**Stakeholder: State Government of Maharashtra**
* **Impact:** Partner in the station development process, potentially providing input and support.
* **Action Required:** Continue to coordinate with the Ministry of Railways and provide any necessary support for project completion.
**Stakeholder: Local Businesses/Vendors**
* **Impact:** Opportunity to participate in the 'One Station One Product' scheme.
* **Action Required:** Explore opportunities to set up kiosks and offer local products at the stations.
**Stakeholder: Members of Parliament (Smt. Supriya Sule, Shri Dhairyasheel Mohite Patil, Dr. Amol Kolhe, Prof. Varsha Gaikwad, Shri Sanjay Patil, Shri Bhaskar Bhagare)**
* **Impact:** Key stakeholders in raising questions and providing feedback on Railway development projects and works across the country.
* **Action Required:** Continue to raise any concerns of demands raised by State Governments, Ministries of Central Government, elected representatives, Railways' own requirements, organizations/ rail users, etc.
Key Entities Referenced
Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: A scheme by the Ministry of Railways for long-term, phased redevelopment of railway stations across India.
Ministry of Railways: The government ministry responsible for the development of railway stations in India.
Maharashtra: The Indian state where the mentioned railway station development works are taking place.
Ministry of Railways
Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: 15 Stations
Completed in Maharashtra, Work Advancing
Statewide
Amrit Bharat Scheme Brings Major Upgrades to Chinchpokli,
Matunga, Parel, Vadala Road and Shahad Stations
प्रव तथ: 03 DEC 2025 7:14PM by PIB Mumbai
: Mumbai, December 3, 2025
Development works at railway stations in Maharashtra under the Amrit Bharat
Station Scheme are progressing at a rapid pace. Till date, improvement works at 15
stations in the state have been completed—namely Amgaon, Chanda Fort,
Chinchpokli, Devlali, Dhule, Kedgaon, Lasalgaon, Lonand Junction,
Matunga, Murtizapur Junction, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari
Junction, Parel, Savda, Shahad and Vadala Road. The Ministry of Railways,
under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, is undertaking long-term, phased
redevelopment of railway stations across the country, with 132 stations in
Maharashtra included among the 1337 stations identified nationwide.
The works at other stations have also been taken up at good pace and progress of
some of the above stations is as given below:
Wathar station: The works of new portico, improvement of station building, water
booth, new main entry gate, parking area, circulating area, improvement of
entrance lobby, compound wall of parking area, platform shelter at platform no. 1,
platform surfacing, improvement of waiting room, signages and station illumination
have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.
Nandgaon station: The works of entrance and exit gate, platform surfacing,
platform shelter, improvement of station building, booking office, Foot Over Bridge,
boundary wall, circulating area, parking area, signage and lighting have been
completed. The finishing works have been taken up.
Nandura station: The works of platform surfacing, platform shelter, booking office,
entrance gate, improvement of waiting hall, toilet, station building, circulating area,
parking area, signages, coach indication board, station illumination and boundary
wall have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.
Hadapsar station: The works of new station building, waiting hall, 12 m Foot Over
Bridge, underground tank, platform shelter, improvement of platform surfacing,
circulating area, station illumination, signages, lifts, escalators and landscaping have
been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.Baramati station: The works of platform shelter, septic tank, toilet, compound
wall, water booth, improvement of booking office, platform surfacing, waiting room,
portico, circulating area, signages and station illumination have been completed.
The finishing works have been taken up.
The name of stations identified for development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
in the state of Maharashtra are as following:
State No. of Name of Stations
Stations
Maharashtra 132 Ahmednagar, Ajni (Nagpur), Akalkot Road, Akola,
Akurdi, Amalner, Amgaon, Amravati, Andheri,
Badnera, Balharshah, Bandra Terminus, Baramati,
Belapur, Bhandara Road, Bhokar, Bhusawal,
Borivali, Byculla, Chalisgaon, Chanda Fort,
Chandrapur, Charni Road, Chhatrapati
Sambhajinagar, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Terminus, Chinchpokli, Chinchwad, Dadar (CR),
Dadar (WR), Dahisar, Daund, Dehu Road, Devlali,
Dhamangaon, Dharangaon, Dharashiv,
Dharmabad, Dhule, Diva, Dudhani, Gangakher,
Godhani, Gondia, Grant Road, Hadapsar,
Hatkanangale, Hazur Sahib Nanded, Himayatnagar
, Hinganghat, Hingoli Deccan, Igatpuri, Jalgaon,
Jalna, Jeur, Jogeshwari, Kalyan Junction, Kamptee,
Kandivali, Kanjur Marg, Karad, Katol, Kedgaon,
Kinwat, Kopargaon, Kurduwadi Junction, Kurla
Junction, Lasalgaon, Latur, Lokmanya Tilak
Terminus, Lonand Junction, Lonavla, Lower Parel,
Malad, Malkapur, Manmad Junction, Manwath Road
, Marine Lines, Matunga, Miraj Junction, Mudkhed
Junction, Mumbai Central, Mumbra,
MurtizapurJunction, Nagarsol, Nagpur Junction,
Nandgaon, Nandura, Nandurbar, NarkherJunction,
Nashik Road, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari
Junction, Pachora Junction, Palghar, Pandharpur,
Panvel Junction, Parbhani Junction, Parel, Parli
Vaijnath, Partur, Phaltan, Prabhadevi,
PulgaonJunction, Pune Junction, Purna Junction,
Raver, Rotegaon , Sainagar Shirdi, Sandhurst
Road, Sangli, Satara, Savda, Selu , Sewagram,
Shahad, Shegaon, Shivaji Nagar Pune, Shri
Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur,
Solapur, Talegaon, Thakurli, Thane, Titvala,
Tumsar Road, Umri, Uruli, Vadala Road,
Vidyavihar, Vikhroli, Wadsa, Wardha, Washim,
WatharThe scheme involves preparation of master plans and their implementation in
phases to improve the stations. The master planning includes:
Improvement of access to station and circulating areas
Integration of station with both sides of city
Improvement of station building
Improvement of waiting halls, toilets, sitting arrangement, water booths
Provision of wider foot over bridge/air concourse commensurate with passenger
traffic
Provision of lift/escalators/ramp
Improvement /Provision of platform surface and cover over platforms
Provision of kiosks for local products through schemes like ‘One Station One
Product’
Parking areas, Multimodal integration
Amenities for Divyangjans
Better passenger information systems
Provision of executive lounges, nominated spaces for business meetings,
landscaping, etc. keeping in view the necessity at each station.
The scheme also envisages sustainable and environment friendly solutions,
provision of ballastless tracks etc. as per necessity, phasing and feasibility and
creation of city centre at the station in the long term.
Development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of stations on Indian
Railways is a continuous and ongoing process and works in this regard are
undertaken as per requirement, subject to inter-se priority and availability of funds.
The priority for development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of
stations is accorded to higher category of station over lower category of station
while sanctioning and executing the works.
Further, development / upgradation / modernization of stations including Amrit
Bharat Station Scheme is generally funded under Plan Head-53 ‘Customer
Amenities’. The details of allocation and expenditure under Plan Head-53 are
maintained Zonal Railway-wise and not work-wise or station-wise or state-wise. The
state of Maharashtra is covered under the jurisdiction of four railway zones, namely,
Central Railway, South Central Railway, South East Central Railway and Western
Railway. For the last three years and the current year, ₹ 11,190 crore has been
allocated while an expenditure of ₹ 9,198 crore has been incurred during the last
three years and current year (up to October, 2025).
Suggestions/ Representations, both formal and informal for Railway projects/ works
across the country are received on the basis of demands raised by State
Governments, Members of Parliament, Ministries of Central Government, elected
representatives, Railways' own requirements, organizations/ rail users etc., at
various levels including Railway Board, Zonal Railways, Division Office etc. Receipt
of such proposals / requests/ suggestions/ representations is a continuous and
dynamic process and these are examined and action as found feasible and justified
is taken from time to time and centralized compendium for the same is not
maintained.Development / Upgradation of railway stations is complex in nature involving safety
of passengers & trains and requires various statutory clearances such as fire
clearance, heritage, tree cutting, airport clearance etc. The progress also gets
affected due to brownfield related challenges such as shifting of utilities (involving
water/sewage lines, optical fibre cables, gas pipe lines, power/signal cables, etc.),
infringements, operation of trains without hindering passenger movement, speed
restrictions due to works carried out in close proximity of tracks and high voltage
power lines, etc. and these factors affect the completion time. Therefore, no time
frame can be indicated at this stage.
This was stated in a written reply by the Minister for Railways, Information and
Broadcasting and Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnav in
the Lok Sabha today in response to a question asked by MPs Smt. Supriya Sule,
Shri Dhairyasheel Mohite Patil, Dr. Amol Kolhe, Prof. Varsha Gaikwad, Shri Sanjay
Patil and Shri Bhaskar Bhagare.
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