OREANDA-NEWS. November 23, 2012. Improvement of services to railway passengers is among the foremost objectives of Indian Railways. Indian Railways have laid down comprehensive guidelines for provision of passenger amenities at railway stations based on passenger traffic handled by the stations. Further, upgrade of railway stations is also taken up under the Adarsh stations scheme which has been introduced in the year 2009. So far, 976 stations have been identified for upgrade under the scheme. Upgrade of stations and introduction of improved facilities to passenger is a continuous process.

 This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.