Parliament Question: Lack of Basic Amenities at Railway Station of Sindhudurg District

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 488 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2026 LACK OF BASIC AMENITIES AT RAILWAY STATION OF SINDHUDURG DISTRICT †488. SHRI NARAYAN TATU RANE: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether any scheme has been proposed for beautification of platforms and construction of sheds, toilets, provision of drinking water, waiting hall and development of other basic amenities at railway stations of Sindhudurg district and if so, the details thereof; (b) whether there is any proposal for starting ticket booking service at Oros and Vaibhavbadi railway stations and if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the Government is providing additional stoppages for important express trains at prominent railway stations of Sindhudurg district and if so, the details thereof; and (d) the details of funds sanctioned for completion of the said works? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW) (a) to (d): Development / re-development / 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. Development / re-development / upgradation / modernization of stations is carried out based on category of stations / condition / traffic handled, etc. Enhancement of passenger amenities at stations is a continuous process. Passenger amenities have been consistently enhanced at different stations situated in Sindhudurg district. Vaibhavwadi Road, Kankavali, Kudal and Sawantwadi Road are main stations in Sindhudurg district. During the last five years and current year, i.e., from 2021-22 to 2026-27 (till 30.06.2026), Page 1 of 6 §following passenger amenity works at a cost of about Rs. 46.68 Crore at these stations have been executed/taken up:- (i) Vaibhavwadi Road: The works of 10 Modular Shelters, 1 High Level Platform, 4 water pedestals, Foot Over Bridge, renovation of toilet, etc. have been completed/commissioned. (ii) Kankavali: The works of AC Lounge facility, extension of Platform No. 1 and 2, disabled-friendly toilet and Bio-toilet, renovation of existing toilets, replacement of water coolers, 150 meters platform shelter, Digital Coach Indication Board, TV based information system, etc. have been completed/commissioned. The works of installation of lift and construction of FOB Roof Shelter, Platform Shelter on Platform No.2 and provision of Digital Coach Indication Boards have been taken up. Upward escalator is already available and the work for provision of downward escalator has also been taken up. (iii) Sindhudurg: The works of 05 Modular Shelters, disabled-friendly toilets, 05 Water Pedestals, Renovation of existing toilets, TV based information system, etc. have been completed/commissioned. (iv) Kudal: The works of Food Court, 26 Modular Shelters, widening of Platform Nos. 1 & 2, Bio-toilet, renovation of existing toilets, stainless steel benches, TV based information system, etc. have been completed/commissioned. The works of installation of lift and construction of FOB Roof Shelter have been taken up. (v) Sawantwadi Road: The works of 8 Modular Shelters, High Level Platform, Foot Over Bridge, Digital Coach Indication Board, 01 Bio-toilet, One Station One Product Stall, disabled-friendly toilet, stainless steel benches, renovation of existing toilets, TV based information system, widening of Platform No.1, construction of new approach road to the building with drive-in facility along the new platform, etc. have been completed/commissioned. The works of construction of booking office, waiting hall and allied facilities on the eastern side as second entry to Sawantwadi Road Station at Platform No.3, provision of lift and Digital Coach Indication Board have been taken up. Passenger amenity works such as Modular Shelters, construction of High Level Platform, Divyang passenger friendly toilets, construction of water pedestals, water filteration plant, etc. have also been carried out at other Page 2 of 6stations of Sindhudurg district, namely, Kharepatan Road, Achirrne, Nandgaon Road, Zarap and Madure. UTS-cum-PRS booking facility is provided at stations from time to time as per requirement and demand from the travelling passengers. At present, UTS-cum-PRS ticket booking facility is available at Sindhudurg Railway Station (OROS). Further, UTS ticketing facility is also available at Vaibhavwadi Road Railway Station. In addition, the passengers can also access ‘RailOne App’ for this purpose. The App can be downloaded from Android Play Store and Apple App Store. This App enables passengers to book reserved as well as unreserved tickets on mobile phone. This App combines all the public facing services of Indian Railways like reserved ticketing, unreserved ticketing, platform ticketing, train enquiry, PNR enquiry, ‘Rail Madad’, etc. into a single platform. This, in effect, brings the Passenger reservation system facility to passenger's palm. As the Railway network straddles across District boundaries, trains are operated and stoppages are provided as per network requirements, across such boundaries. However, to facilitate the passengers of various stations located in the Sindhudurg district, the following stoppages have been provided: i. 22655/22656 Ernakulam - Hazrat Nizamuddin Express at Sindhudurg station w.e.f. 05.11.2025. ii. 12977/12978 Ernakulam - Ajmer Marusagar Express at Sindhudurg station w.e.f. 02.11.2025. iii. 22475/22476 Hisar - Coimbatore Express at Kankavali station w.e.f. 05.11.2025. iv. 16335/16336 Gandhidham - Nagercoil Express at Kankavali station w.e.f. 07.11.2025. In addition, stoppage of 12133/12134 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) - Mangaluru Jn. Express, 12431/12432 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express and 12201/12202 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Thiruvananthapuram North Garib Rath Express at Sawantwadi Road station (located in Sindhudurg district) have also been approved. The details of stoppages of trains at stations situated in Sindhudurg district are as under:- Page 3 of 6KHAREPATAN RD: S.N. Train No. Train Name 1 10106/10105 Sawantwadi–Diva Express VAIBHAVWADI ROAD: S.N. Train No. Train Name 1 10106/10105 Sawantwadi–Diva Express 2 10104/10103 Madgaon-CSMT Mandovi Express 3 20111/20112 Madgaon-CSMT Konkan Kanya Express 4 11004/11003 Sawantwadi-Dadar Tutari Express 5 19057/19058 Surat–Mangaluru Jn Express ACHIRNE: S.N. Train No. Train Name 1 10106/10105 Sawantwadi–Diva Express NANDGAON RD: S.N. Train No. Train Name 1 10106/10105 Sawantwadi–Diva Express 2 11004/11003 Sawantwadi-Dadar Tutari Express KANKAVALI: S.N. Train No. Train Name 1 10106/10105 Sawantwadi–Diva Express 2 10104/10103 Madgaon-CSMT Mandovi Express 3 20111/20112 Madgaon-CSMT Konkan Kanya Express 4 11004/11003 Sawantwadi-Dadar Tutari Express 5 12051/12052 CSMT–Madgaon Janshtabdi Express 6 12617/12618 Ernakulam–H.Nizamuddin Mangala Exp. 7 12133/12134 CSMT-Mangaluru Jn Express 8 22229/22230 CSMT-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express Page 4 of 69 11099/11100 LTT-Madgaon Express 10 22150/22149 Pune–Ernakulam Express 11 16338/16337 Ernakulam–Okha Express 12 10116/10115 Madgaon-BandraT Express 13 22629/22630 Dadar–Tirunelveli Express 14 22115/22116 LTT-Karmali AC Express 15 22475/22476 Hisar–Coimbatore AC Express 16 16335/16336 Gandhidham-Nagarcoil Express 17 11203/11204 Nagpur-Madgaon Express 18 19057/19058 Surat–Mangaluru Jn Express SINDHUDURG: S.N. Train No. Train Name 1 10106/10105 Sawantwadi–Diva Express 2 10104/10103 Madgaon-CSMT Mandovi Express 3 20111/20112 Madgaon-CSMT Konkan Kanya Express 4 11004/11003 Sawantwadi-Dadar Tutari Express 5 22113/22114 LTT-TVC North Express 6 10116/10115 Madgaon-BandraT Express 7 22634/22633 H.Nizamuddin–Thiruvananthpuram Exp. 8 19260/19259 Bhavnagar–TVCNorthExpress 9 22656/22655 H.Nizamuddin–ThiruvananthpuramExp. 10 12978/12977 Ajmer–Ernakulam Marusagar Express 11 19057/19058 Surat–Mangaluru Jn Express KUDAL: S.N. Train No. Train Name 1 10106/10105 Sawantwadi–Diva Express 2 10104/10103 Madgaon-CSMT Mandovi Express 3 20111/20112 Madgaon-CSMT Konkan Kanya Express 4 11004/11003 Sawantwadi-Dadar Tutari Express 5 12051/12052 CSMT–Madgaon Janshtabdi Express 6 16345/16346 LTT-Thiruvannathpuram Netravati Exp. 7 12619/12620 LTT-Mangaluru Mastygandha Exp. 8 22119/22120 CSMT-Madgaon Tejas Express 9 22414/22413 H.Nizamuddin–Madgaon Rajdhani Exp. 10 22115/22116 LTT-Karmali AC Express Page 5 of 611 20932/20931 Indore–TVC North Express 12 16312/16311 TVCNorth–SrGanganagar Express 13 22908/22907 Hapa–Madgaon Express 14 16334/16333 Thiruvananthapuram–Veraval Exp 15 19057/19058 Surat–Mangaluru Jn Express 16 11203/11204 Nagpur-Madgaon Express ZARAP: S.N. Train No. Train Name 1 10106/10105 Sawantwadi–Diva Express SAWANTWADI: S.N. Train No. Train Name 1 50108/50107 Madgaon–Sawantwadi Passenger 2 10106/10105 Sawantwadi–Diva Express 3 10104/10103 Madgaon-CSMT Mandovi Express 4 20111/20112 Madgaon-CSMT Konkan Kanya Exp 5 11004/11003 Sawantwadi-DadarTutari Express 6 12051/12052 CSMT–Madgaon Janshtabdi Express 7 11099/11100 LTT-Madgaon Express 8 22150/22149 Pune–Ernakulam Express 9 10116/10115 Madgaon-BandraT Express 10 16635/16636 Gandhidham-Nagarcoil Express 11 12742/12741 Patna–Vasco Express 12 19057/19058 Surat–Mangaluru Jn Express 13 11203/11204 Nagpur-Madgaon Express MADURE: S.N. Train No. Train Name 1 50108/50107 Madgaon–Sawantwadi Passnger Besides, on Indian Railways, provision of stoppage of train services is an on-going process which depends on the traffic justification, operational feasibility, competing demands etc. ***** Page 6 of 6