Development of 400 railways stations

Ministry of Railways plans to offer ‘A-1’ and ‘A’ category stations (about 400 stations) for redevelopment on ‘as is where is’ basis. The re-development will be undertaken by inviting open bids from interested parties with their designs and business ideas duly providing for amenities and other requirements of the Railways. Details of ‘A-1’ and ‘A’ category stations, zone-wise are as under:

Railway Zone	No.of ‘A-1’ category stations	No. of ‘A’ category stations
Central	8	26
East Central	6	29
East Coast	3	10
Eastern	3	12
North Central	6	14
North Eastern	3	11
Northeast Frontier	2	20
North Western	3	22
Northern	14	49
South Central	5	31
South Eastern	3	8
South East Central	2	6
South Western	2	15
Southern	7	42
West Central	2	15
Western	6	22