Categorization of Indian Railway stations by commercial importance

Indian Railways classifies its railway stations based on commercial and strategic importance under various categories in order to ascertain, plan and provide minimum essential amenities for passengers using them.[1] While the primary criteria for determining the importance of a station was purely based on the station revenue and earnings, it was changed in December 2017 to better cover stations with high footfalls and strategic importance as well.[2]

  1. ^ "Comprehensive Instruction on Provision of Passenger Amenities" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Minister of Railways directs to re-categorize railway stations taking into account earnings, passenger footfall, strategic importance". PIB. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 18 October 2021.