The Indian Railways has planned to improve the passenger amenities at 24 identified railway stations keeping in view the heritage and tourism value of the destination in partnership with the Union Ministry of Tourism.
The upgradation and modernisation is to be done on a 50:50 cost sharing basis. The priority of works for improvement of amenities has been jointly decided by the Ministries of Railways and Tourism. The stations identified are Puri, Hyderabad, Tirupati, Hospet, Agra Cantt, Rae Bareilly, Varanasi, Delhi Sufdarjung, Kamakhya, Guwahati, Haridwar, Kurukshetra, Gaya, Madurai, Rameshwaram, Tarapith, Tarakeshwar, New Jalpaiguri, Thiruvananthapuram, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Nanded, Jaipur and Ajmer. This information was given by Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in a reply in lok Sabha on Friday.