Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Approves Plan for Developing 76 Passenger Holding Areas at Various Railway Stations Across the Country
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Approves Plan for Developing 76 Passenger Holding Areas at Various Railway Stations Across the Country
Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw has approved a plan for developing 76 passenger holding areas at various railway stations across the country. This decision was taken following the success of the passenger holding area at New Delhi Railway Station.
The new holding areas planned across the country will follow a modular design and will be constructed keeping in view local conditions. The Union Minister has directed that all holding areas should be completed well before the 2026 festival season.
The New Delhi station managed the extremely heavy rush of passengers during Diwali and Chhath with the help of its newly developed holding area, which was completed within four months. The Yatri Suvidha Kendra (Permanent Holding Area) at New Delhi Railway Station is designed to accommodate approximately 7,000 passengers at any given time, significantly enhancing pre-boarding comfort and passenger flow. The facility is strategically divided into three zones — Ticketing, Post-Ticketing, and Pre-Ticketing — to streamline passenger movement. The New Delhi station holding area can accommodate over 7,000 passengers and is equipped with 150 toilets each for men and women, ticket counters, automatic ticket vending machines, and free RO water facilities.
List of 76 Stations:
S.No.
Zonal Railway
Name of Railway Station
No.
1
Central
Mumbai CSMT, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Nagpur, Nashik Road, Pune, Dadar
6
2
Eastern
Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Bhagalpur, Jasidih
5
3
East Central
Patna, Danapur, Muzaffarpur, Gaya, Darbhanga, Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay
6
4
East Coast
Bhubaneshwar, Visakhapatnam, Puri
3
5
Northern
New Delhi, Anand Vihar Terminal, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Jammu Tawi, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, Ludhiana, Lucknow (NR), Varanasi, Ayodhya Dham, Haridwar
12
6
North Central
Kanpur, Virangana Lakshmi Bai Jhansi, Mathura, Agra Cantt.
4
7
North Eastern
Gorakhpur, Banaras, Chhapra, Lucknow Jn. (NER)
4
8
Northeast Frontier
Guwahati, Katihar
2
9
North Western
Jaipur, Gandhi Nagar Jaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Ringus
5
10
Southern
M G R Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Coimbatore Jn., Ernakulam Jn.
4
11
South Central
Secunderabad, Vijayawada, Tirupati, Guntur, Kacheguda, Rajahmundry
6
12
South Eastern
Ranchi, Tata, Shalimar
3
13
South East Central
Raipur
1
14
South Western
SMVT Bengaluru, Yesvantpur, Mysuru, Krishnarajapuram
4
15
Western
Mumbai Central, Bandra Terminus, Udhna, Surat, Ahmedabad, Ujjain, Vadodara, Sehore
8
16
West Central
Bhopal, Jabalpur, Kota
3