Amrit Bharat Station Scheme

What is the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme?

Amrit Bharat Station Scheme is a station redevelopment programme launched by the Ministry of Railways in December 2022. According to the Ministry, the scheme covers 1,340 railway stations across 27 states and union territories, at an estimated cost of more than Rs 24,470 crore.

The scheme differs from earlier station upgrade programmes in one important way: it is designed as continuous, long-term development rather than a single contract. Each station gets a master plan, and that master plan is executed in phases as funds and feasibility allow, instead of the station being closed and rebuilt in one go.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the first major batch of 508 stations on 6 August 2023. On 22 May 2025, 103 redeveloped stations across 86 districts in 18 states and union territories were inaugurated at a combined cost of over Rs 1,100 crore.

Key objectives

• Prepare and implement master plans for every identified station so upgrades follow a single long-term design rather than piecemeal additions.
• Improve passenger amenities; waiting halls, toilets, seating, drinking water, lighting and signage.
• Improve station access and circulation, including approach roads, parking and segregated entry and exit.
• Integrate the station with the surrounding city, with roof plazas and city centres at the station as the long-term goal.

Main features

• Redevelopment of 1,340 stations, with work completed at 261 as of July 2026.
• Rs 11,972 crore allocated for FY 2026-27, of which Rs 4,633 crore had been utilised by June 2026.
• Station buildings designed to reflect local culture, heritage and architecture.
• Provision for ballastless tracks where feasible, and environment-friendly and sustainable design solutions.
• Stations remain in service throughout, because work is phased.

What facilities do Amrit Bharat stations get?

The Ministry of Railways lists a standard set of upgrades applied to each station according to its needs and master plan:

Facilities vary by station because the master plan is sized to the station's footfall and land availability. A large junction gets an air concourse; a small district station gets a rebuilt building, a wider foot overbridge and improved platforms.

Who benefits from the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme?

Who benefits:

• Rail passengers using any of the 1,340 identified stations, the benefit is delivered as infrastructure, automatically and without registration.
• Local residents and traders around the station, through improved approach roads, circulation and, in the long term, city-centre development.
• Persons with disabilities and elderly passengers, through lifts, escalators, ramps and tactile provisions.
• Construction and engineering firms, which can bid for redevelopment packages through the Indian Railways e-Procurement System (IREPS).

You are not eligible if:

• You are a citizen seeking a personal cash benefit; Amrit Bharat is an infrastructure programme and pays no individual benefit of any kind.
• You want to nominate a station for inclusion; station selection is a Ministry of Railways and zonal railway decision based on footfall and network importance, and there is no public nomination form.
• You are a contractor not registered on IREPS with a valid Class III digital signature certificate; tender submission is not possible without both.
• Your station is not on the identified list; stations outside the 1,340 are covered by other railway works programmes, not this scheme.

How to apply for Amrit Bharat Station Scheme work

Amrit Bharat has no citizen application. There are two legitimate routes to engage with it, and both are procedural:

1. For construction and engineering firms, register on the Indian Railways e-Procurement System at ireps.gov.in with your firm's details and a valid Class III digital signature certificate.
2. Search IREPS for open works tenders issued by the relevant zonal railway or division, filtering by the station name or the works category.
3. Download the tender document, confirm the eligibility, turnover and past experience criteria, and pay the earnest money deposit as specified in that tender.
4. Submit the e-bid on IREPS before the closing date; award is made by the zonal railway following the tender conditions.
5. For passengers: report a missing, broken or promised-but-absent amenity at a redeveloped station through Rail Madad on 139 or at railmadad.indianrailways.gov.in, quoting the station name and, if travelling, your PNR. Keep the complaint reference number for follow-up.

Requests to prioritise a particular station are ordinarily routed through the Member of Parliament for the constituency, as part of the consultation the Ministry runs with public representatives on station development.

How much has been spent on Amrit Bharat stations?

The Ministry of Railways has put the total estimated cost of the identified stations at more than Rs 24,470 crore. For FY 2026-27, an allocation of Rs 11,972 crore was made for station development, of which Rs 4,633 crore had been utilised by June 2026.

The batch of 103 stations inaugurated on 22 May 2025 cost over Rs 1,100 crore in aggregate, an average of just under Rs 11 crore per station, which gives a sense of the typical scale for a small or medium station under the scheme. Uttar Pradesh had the largest share of that batch with 19 stations, followed by Gujarat with 18 and Maharashtra with 15.

How to check whether your station is under Amrit Bharat

1. Check the zonal railway website for your region — Northern, Western, Central, Southern and the other zones publish Amrit Bharat station lists and progress for their divisions.
2. Look for Press Information Bureau releases on the Ministry of Railways, which publish state-wise and zone-wise station lists when batches are sanctioned or inaugurated.
3. Check the notice board at the station itself, stations under redevelopment display the sanctioned scope, the executing agency and the target completion.
4. For a specific query, raise it through Rail Madad on 139, or with the Divisional Railway Manager's office for the division your station falls in.

Why Amrit Bharat work at some stations is slower

• Phased execution by design, the master plan is deliberately split across phases, so a station may show partial completion for a long period.
• Land and encroachment issues on the city side of the station, which delay circulation and parking works.
• Traffic and power blocks: work near running lines needs traffic blocks that must be scheduled around train services.
• Contract re-tendering where the first tender receives no responsive bid.

Because the scheme is continuous rather than deadline-driven, the Ministry does not publish a single completion date for all 1,340 stations. Station-wise status is reported to Parliament periodically and through zonal railway updates.

Help and complaints

• Rail Madad helpline: 139, for amenity complaints at any station.
• railmadad.indianrailways.gov.in, for written complaints with photographs.
• Divisional Railway Manager's office, for station-specific construction and amenity issues.
• ireps.gov.in, for tender queries from contractors.

No payment is required from any passenger under this scheme, and no agent can arrange the inclusion of a station in the Amrit Bharat list.