New Passenger Holding Areas to Be Completed Ahead of the
2026 Festival Season: Ashwini Vaishnaw
New Holding Areas to Follow Modular Design and Will Be
Constructed According to Local Conditions
New Holding Areas to Be Developed Following the Success of
Yatri Suvidha Kendra at New Delhi Railway Station.
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
2-Eastern-Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Bhagalpur, Jasidih 5
3-East Central-Patna, Danapur, Muzaffarpur, Gaya, Darbhanga, Pt Deen Dayal
Upadhyay
4-East Coast-Bhubaneshwar, Visakhapatnam, Puri
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
6-North
Central-
Kanpur, Virangana Lakshmi Bai Jhansi, Mathura, Agra Cantt.
7-North
Eastern-
Gorakhpur, Banaras, Chhapra, Lucknow Jn. (NER)
8-Northeast
Frontier-
Guwahati, Katihar
9-North
Western-
Jaipur, Gandhi Nagar Jaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Ringus
10-Southern M G R-Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Coimbatore Jn., Ernakulam
Jn.
11-South
Central-
Secunderabad, Vijayawada, Tirupati, Guntur, Kacheguda, Rajahmundry
12-South
Eastern-
Ranchi, Tata, Shalimar
13-South East
Central-
Raipur
14-South
Western-
SMVT Bengaluru, Yesvantpur, Mysuru, Krishnarajapuram
15-Western Mumbai Central-Bandra Terminus, Udhna, Surat, Ahmedabad, Ujjain,
Vadodara, Sehore
16-West
Central-
Bhopal, Jabalpur, Kota
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