A high-level meeting was held recently, led by Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, to discuss crowd control at stations. Several key decisions were taken to enhance passenger management and safety across major stations in the country.

Permanent outside waiting areas will be established at 60 stations that periodically experience heavy crowds. These waiting areas were successfully implemented during the 2024 festival season at Surat Udhna, Patna, and New Delhi, as well as during the Mahakumbh at nine Prayag area stations. Pilot projects for permanent waiting areas have commenced at New Delhi, Anand Vihar, Varanasi, Ayodhya, and Patna stations. This initiative will contain sudden crowd surges, allowing passengers onto platforms only when trains arrive, a detailed report stated in this paper.