Overview
- Railway Board chief Satish Kumar directed zonal general managers to submit specific, time‑bound city‑wise plans to the Planning Directorate to translate the national target into local projects.
- The programme defines works such as additional platforms, stabling and pit lines, new terminals, mega coaching complexes, signalling upgrades and multitracking, covering both suburban and non‑suburban traffic with nearby stations factored in (e.g., Hadapsar, Khadki and Alandi for Pune).
- In Mumbai, Western Railway projects capacity for about 65 more long‑distance trains and space to run roughly 165 additional suburban services, while Central Railway targets 584 extra suburban services through new lines, yard remodelling and new termini at Jogeshwari and Vasai Road.
- New Delhi Railway Station will be overhauled with two new buildings beside Platforms 1 and 16, expanding built‑up area to about 109,000 sq m and designing for roughly 700,000 passengers daily with integrated city transport links.
- Other zones are detailing works, including NFR capacity additions around Guwahati and ECoR plans for Bhubaneswar, Puri and Visakhapatnam, as Congress MP Shashi Tharoor urged a review to include Thiruvananthapuram in the 48‑city list.