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After success in New Delhi, Railways to develop passenger holding areas at 76 stations by 2026 festival season

Passenger Holding Areas Railway Stations Full List, Railway Crowd Management: Recently, the Yatri Suvidha Kendra (Permanent Holding Area) at New Delhi railway station has been completed and opened for commercial use. The facility is designed to accommodate around 7,000 passengers at a time.

Initially, the Ministry of Railways aims to construct permanent passenger holding areas at 75 more stations.

3 min readOct 30, 2025 04:37 PM IST First published on: Oct 30, 2025 at 04:04 PM IST

Passenger Holding Areas, Permanent Yatri Suvidha kendras: After the successful implementation of a permanent passenger holding area at New Delhi railway station (NDLS), Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday approved the plan for developing such facilities at various railway stations. Initially, the Ministry of Railways aims to construct permanent passenger holding areas at 75 more stations after NDLS.

75 railway stations to get permanent holding areas before 2026 festive season

The national transporter has targeted to complete the construction of permanent holding areas before 2026 festival season. At New Delhi railway station, the permanent holding area was completed within four months.

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“Railway Minister approved the plan for developing passenger holding areas at various railway stations. This decision was taken looking at the success of passenger holding area at New Delhi station.

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Serial number	Zonal railway	Name of railway stations	Permanent Holding Areas numbers
1	Central Railway	Mumbai CSMT, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Nagpur, Nashik Road, Pune, Dadar	6
2	Eastern Railway	Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Bhagalpur, Jasidih	5
3	East Central Railway	Patna, Danapur, Muzaffarpur, Gaya, Darbhanga, Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay	6
4	East Coast Railway	Bhubaneshwar, Vishakhapatnam, Puri	3
5	Northern Railway	New Delhi, Anand Vihar Terminal, Hazarat Nizamuddin, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Jammu Tawi, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, Ludhiana, Lucknow (NR), Varanasi, Ayodhya Dham, Haridwar	12
6	North Central Railway	Kanpur, Virangana Lakshmi Bai Jhansi, Mathura, Agra Cantt.	4
7	North Eastern Railway	Gorakhpur, Banaras, Chhapra, Lucknow Jn. (NER)	4
8	Northeast Frontier Railway	Guwahati, Katihar	2
9	North Western Railway	Jaipur, Gandhi Nagar Jaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Ringus	5
10	Southern Railway	M G R Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Coimbatore Jn., Ernakulam Jn.	4
11	South Central Railway	Secunderabad, Vijayawada, Tirupati, Guntur, Kacheguda, Rajankundry	6
12	South Eastern Railway	Ranchi, Tata, Shalimar	3
13	South East Central Railway	Raipur	1
14	South Western Railway	SMVT Bengaluru, Yesvantpur, Mysuru, Krishnarajapuram	4
15	Western Railway	Mumbai Central, Bandra Terminus, Udhna, Surat, Ahmedabad, Ujjain, Vadodara, Sehore	8
16	West Central Railway	Bhopal, Jabalpur, Kota	3

After success in New Delhi, Railways to develop passenger holding areas at 76 stations by 2026 festival season

Passenger Holding Areas Railway Stations Full List, Railway Crowd Management: Recently, the Yatri Suvidha Kendra (Permanent Holding Area) at New Delhi railway station has been completed and opened for commercial use. The facility is designed to accommodate around 7,000 passengers at a time.

75 railway stations to get permanent holding areas before 2026 festive season

Railways to develop Permanent Holding Areas at 76 stations – Full list