Parliament Question: Mega Coaching Terminal Scheme in Railways

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5362 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026 MEGA COACHING TERMINAL SCHEME IN RAILWAYS

5362. SHRI DULU MAHATO:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) the criteria and parameters set by the Government for selection of stations under the Mega Coaching Terminal Scheme in the Railways;

(b) whether it is a fact that Dhanbad station was recommended by East Central Railway for creation of a Mega Coaching Terminal under the said scheme and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) if not, the reasons for not selecting Dhanbad station despite its high passenger and coaching traffic and fulfilling the prescribed criteria? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c): The Coaching Terminals/Coaching Maintenance Depots are planned and executed based on anticipated passenger footfall, traffic trends, operational & maintenance requirements and requirements for further development.

Average daily footfall at Dhanbad Junction Railway Station is about 53,000 passengers. To cater these passengers, Dhanbad Junction Railway Station

is currently having following facilities:  15 Lines  08 Platforms  Waiting Hall  Foot Over Bridge  Lift  Drinking water arrangement, water booth, urinal, lavatory etc. § Page 1 of 9At present, the washing pit-line facilities available at Dhanbad (04-Pit lines), Barkakhana(01-Pit line) and Gomoh(01-Pit line) are sufficient to cater to the present requirement of trains at Dhanbad and its nearby area.

Further, the works of widening of platform no. 8 and extension of Foot Over Bridge from platform no. 6/7 to platform no. 8 have been taken up.

Trains serving Dhanbad Junction Railway Station:

Dhanbad Junction Railway station is presently being served by 146 train

services as under:

SN Train Number and Name 1 11045 Kolhapur - Dhanbad Express 2 11046 Dhanbad - Kolhapur Express 3 11447 Jabalpur - Howrah Express 4 11448 Howrah - Jabalpur Express 5 11631 Bhopal - Dhanbad Express 6 11632 Dhanbad - Bhopal Express 7 12019 Howrah - Ranchi Shatabdi Express 8 12020 Ranchi - Howrah Shatabdi Express 9 12175 Howrah - Gwalior Express 10 12176 Gwalior - Howrah Express 11 12177 Howrah - Mathura Express 12 12178 Mathura - Howrah Express 13 12259 Sealdah - Bikaner Duronto Express 14 12260 Bikaner - Sealdah Duronto Express 15 12301 Howrah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express 16 12302 New Delhi - Howrah Rajdhani Express 17 12307 Howrah - Jodhpur Express 18 12308 Jodhpur - Howrah Express 19 12311 Howrah - Kalka Express 20 12312 Kalka - Howrah Express 21 12313 Sealdah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express 22 12314 New Delhi - Sealdah Rajdhani Express 23 12319 Kolkata - Gwalior Express 24 12320 Gwalior - Kolkata Express Page 2 of 925 12321 Howrah - CSMT(Mumbai) Express 26 12322 CSMT(Mumbai) - Howrah Express 27 12323 Howrah - Barmer Express 28 12324 Barmer - Howrah Express 29 12329 Sealdah - Anand Vihar (T) Express 30 12330 Anand Vihar (T) - Sealdah Express 31 12339 Howrah - Dhanbad Express 32 12340 Dhanbad - Howrah Express 33 12353 Howrah - Lalkua Express 34 12354 Lalkua - Howrah Express 35 12357 Kolkata - Amritsar Express 36 12358 Amritsar- Kolkata Express 37 12371 Howrah - Bikaner Express 38 12372 Bikaner - Howrah Express 39 12379 Sealdah - Amritsar Express 40 12380 Amritsar - Sealdah Express 41 12381 Howrah - New Delhi Express 42 12382 New Delhi - Howrah Express 43 12495 Bikaner - Kolkata Express 44 12496 Kolkata - Bikaner Express 45 12937 Gandhidham - Howrah Express 46 12938 Howrah - Gandhidham Express 47 12941 Bhavnagar (T) - Asansol . Express 48 12942 Asansol -. Bhavnagar (T) Express 49 12987 Sealdah - Ajmer Express 50 12988 Ajmer - Sealdah Express 51 13009 Howrah - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express 52 13010 Yog Nagari Rishikesh - Howrah Express 53 13025 Howrah - Bhopal Express 54 13026 Bhopal - Howrah Express 55 13065 Howrah - Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat 56 13066 Anand Vihar (T) - Howrah Amrit Bharat 57 13151 Kolkata - Jammu Tawi Express 58 13152 Jammu Tawi - Kolkata Express 59 13167 Kolkata - Agra Cantt. Express Page 3 of 960 13168 Agra Cantt. - Kolkata Express 61 13301 Dhanbad - Adityapur Express 62 13302 Adityapur - Dhanbad Express 63 13303 Dhanbad - Ranchi Express 64 13304 Ranchi - Dhanbad Express 65 13305 Dhanbad - Sasaram Express 66 13306 Sasaram - Dhanbad Express 67 13307 Dhanbad - Firozpur Cantt. Express 68 13308 Firozpur Cantt - Dhanbad Express 69 13319 Dumka - Ranchi Express 70 13320 Ranchi - Dumka Express 71 13329 Dhanbad - Patna Express 72 13330 Patna - Dhanbad Express 73 13331 Dhanbad - Patna Express 74 13332 Patna - Dhanbad Express 75 13351 Dhanbad - Alappuzha Express 76 13352 Alappuzha - Dhanbad Express 77 13403 Ranchi - Bhagalpur Express 78 13404 Bhagalpur - Ranchi Express 79 13425 Malda Town - Surat Express 80 13426 Surat - Malda Town Express 81 13503 Bardhaman - Hatia Express 82 13504 Hatia - Bardhaman Express 83 13545 Asansol - Gaya Express 84 13546 Gaya - Asansol Express 85 13553 Asansol - Varanasi Express 86 13554 Varanasi - Asansol Express 87 15027 Sambalpur - Gorakhpur Express 88 15028 Gorakhpur - Sambalpur Express 89 15661 Ranchi - Kamakhya Express 90 15662 Kamakhya - Ranchi Express 91 17005 Hyderabad - Raxaul Express 92 17006 Raxaul - Hyderabad Express 93 17007 Charlapalli - Darbhanga Express 94 17008 Darbhanga - Charlapalli Express Page 4 of 995 17321 Vasco Da Gama - Jasidih Express 96 17322 Jasidih - Vasco Da Gama Express 97 18019 Jhargram - Dhanbad Express 98 18020 Dhanbad - Jhargram Express 99 18105 Rourkela - Jaynagar Express 100 18106 Jaynagar - Rourkela Express 101 18119 Tatanagar - Jaynagar Express 102 18120 Jaynagar - Tatanagar Express 103 18185 Tatanagar - Godda Express 104 18186 Godda - Tatanagar Express 105 18603 Ranchi - Godda Express 106 18604 Godda - Ranchi Express 107 18619 Ranchi - Godda Express 108 18620 Godda - Ranchi Express 109 18621 Patna - Hatia Express 110 18622 Hatia - Patna Express 111 18629 Ranchi - Gorakhpur Express 112 18630 Gorakhpur - Ranchi Express 113 19413 Ahmedabad - Kolkata Express 114 19414 Kolkata - Ahmedabad Express 115 19607 Kolkata - Madar Express 116 19608 Madar - Kolkata Express 117 20975 Howrah - Agra Cantt Express 118 20976 Agra Cantt. - Howrah Express 119 22303 Howrah - Gaya Vande Bharat Express 120 22304 Gaya - Howrah Vande Bharat Express 121 22307 Howrah - Bikaner Express 122 22308 Bikaner - Howrah Express 123 22317 Sealdah - Jammu Tawi Express 124 22318 Jammu Tawi - Sealdah Express 125 22323 Kolkata - Ghazipur City Express 126 22324 Ghazipur City - Kolkata Express 127 22387 Howrah - Dhanbad Express 128 22388 Dhanbad - Howrah Express 129 22911 Indore - Howrah Express Page 5 of 9130 22912 Howrah - Indore Express 131 53323 Sindri Town - Dhanbad Passenger 132 53324 Dhanbad - Sindri Town Passenger 133 53327 Sindri Town - NSCB Gomoh Passenger 134 53328 NSCB Gomoh - Sindri Town Passenger 135 53333 Sindri Town - Dhanbad Passenger 136 53334 Dhanbad - Sindri Town Passenger 137 53339 Chandrapura - Dhanbad Passenger 138 53340 Dhanbad - Chandrapura Passenger 139 63541 Asansol - NSCB Gomoh MEMU 140 63542 NSCB Gomoh - Asansol MEMU 141 63543 Asansol - NSCB Gomoh MEMU 142 63544 NSCB Gomoh - Asansol MEMU 143 63555 Asansol - Barkakana MEMU 144 63556 Barkakana - Asansol MEMU 145 68087 Bishnupur - Dhanbad MEMU 146 68088 Dhanbad - Bankura MEMU

Amrit Bharat Station Scheme:

Dhanbad station, located in Jharkhand, has been identified for development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. Currently, Dhanbad station is under master planning stage. Master Planning is an iterative process requiring optimization and the time frame and other details for such optimization cannot be indicated at this stage.

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. Development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of a station is carried out based on category of station/condition/traffic handled etc. Ministry of Railways has launched Amrit Bharat Station Scheme for redevelopment of stations with a long- term approach.

The scheme involves preparation of master plans and their implementation in phases to improve the stations. The master planning includes:

Page 6 of 9 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.

So far, 1,338 stations have been identified for development under this scheme, out of which, 57 stations including Dhanbad station, are located in Jharkhand. The names of stations identified for development under Amrit

Bharat Station Scheme in Jharkhand are as following:

State No. of Name of Stations Stations Jharkhand 57 Balsiring, Bano, Barajamda Jn, Barkakana, Basukinath, Bhaga, Bokaro Steel City , Chaibasa, Chakradharpur, Chandil, Chandrapura, Daltonganj, Dangoaposi, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, Gamharia, Gangaghat, Garhwa Road, Garhwa Town, Ghatsila, Giridih, Godda, Govindpur Road, Haidar Nagar, Hatia, Hazaribagh Road, Jamtara, Japla, Jasidih Jn, Katrasgarh, Koderma Jn, Kumardubi, Latehar, Lohardaga, Madhupur Jn, Manoharpur, Page 7 of 9Muhammad Ganj, Muri Jn, N.S.C.B. Jn Gomoh, Nagar Untari, Namkom, Orga, Pakur, Parasnath, Piska, Rajkharswan, Rajmahal, Ramgarh Cantt, Ranchi Jn, Sahibganj, Sankarpur, Silli, Sini, Tatanagar, Tatisilwai, Vidyasagar

Completed stations:

Development works at railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Jharkhand have been taken up at a good pace. Till now, 09 stations in Jharkhand have been completed. The name of stations completed in

Jharkhand are as following:

State No. of Name of stations stations Jharkhand 09 Godda, Govindpur Road, Lohardaga, Madhupur Jn, MuriJn, Piska, Rajmahal, Sahibganj, Sankarpur The activities for development at other stations have also been taken up at

good pace and progress of some of the stations is as given below:  Chakradharpur station: The works of new second entry station building, platform surfacing, approach road, drinking water, compound wall and entry/exit gate have been completed. The works of toilet block, circulating area and parking have been taken up.

 Chaibasa station: The works of platform extension and surfacing have been completed. The works of station building, new platform, circulating area, parking, approach road and entry/exit have been taken up.

 Dangoaposi station: The works of approach road and drinking water booth have been completed. The works of improvement of station building, platform extension and surfacing, approach road and entry/exit gate have been taken up.

Page 8 of 9 Manoharpur station: The works of new station building, platform extension and surfacing, circulating area, parking, approach road and entry/exit gate have been taken up.  Rajkharswan station: The works of new station building, platform shelter, platform surfacing, circulating area, parking, approach road, entry/exit road and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.

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.

Development / upgradation / modernisation of stations including under 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 constituency wise or state-wise. Jharkhand is covered under the jurisdiction of three railway zones, namely, Eastern Railway, East Central Railway, and South Eastern Railway. For these zones, an allocation (Revised Estimate) of ₹ 1,469 crore has been made for the financial year 2025-26, out of which an expenditure of ₹ 1,447 crore (up to February,

2026) has been incurred so far. ***** Page 9 of 9