1275 railway stations have been identified under Amrit Bharat Station scheme
Modernisation and Upgradation of railway stations and amenities is a continuous and ongoing process on Indian Railways subject to volume of traffic, availability of funds and inter se priority of works.
Recently, a new scheme for modernization of railway stations, Amrit Bharat Station scheme, has been launched. Under this scheme, a total of 1275 railway stations have been identified in the country including border areas for development under Amrit Bharat Station scheme. A list of State/UT wise stations (1275) is appended.
The works of station modernisation/ upgradation/ redevelopment are generally executed under Plan Head- 53 Customer Amenities. The allocation of fund for development and maintenance of stations are done zonal Railway-wise and not station-wise or state-wise. The funds allocated under PH-53 by the zonal railways for the last year and the current year are as under:-
(Fig . ₹ in crore)
| Zonal Railway | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | ||
| Allocation | Expenditure | Allocation | Expenditure (Till Dec,2022) | |
| Central | 207.56 | 152.94 | 234.38 | 90.57 |
| Eastern | 151.16 | 145.21 | 173.98 | 70.45 |
| East Central | 166.83 | 146.42 | 162.39 | 110.65 |
| East Coast | 89.03 | 66.99 | 109.53 | 61.06 |
| Northern | 217.71 | 221.68 | 235.37 | 282.30 |
| North Central | 134.81 | 118.82 | 147.57 | 82.00 |
| North Eastern | 121.20 | 95.33 | 187.23 | 73.06 |
| Northeast Frontier | 99.34 | 90.03 | 96.11 | 66.58 |
| North Western | 67.51 | 51.39 | 115.79 | 57.44 |
| Southern | 218.22 | 154.23 | 327.78 | 94.63 |
| South Central | 191.56 | 154.56 | 135.15 | 84.03 |
| South Eastern | 140.16 | 111.60 | 176.53 | 71.50 |
| South East Central | 67.15 | 65.18 | 60.90 | 37.06 |
| South Western | 135.34 | 112.13 | 137.94 | 45.47 |
| Western | 261.00 | 255.77 | 311.62 | 116.37 |
| West Central | 66.00 | 49.93 | 77.32 | 25.05 |
| Metro Railway | 9.97 | 3.57 | 10.39 | 3.02 |
| Total | 2344.5 | 1995.75 | 2699.98 |
1371.24 |
