Ayodhya railway station new building to be ready by Dec

Ayodhya railway station new building to be ready by Dec

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Lucknow:02.10.2021

After months of delay, Indian Railways has announced that as part of the ambitious remodelling and upgradation project of Ayodhya railway station, its new two-storey building will be completed by December.

The station, being developed in two phases, is expected to cater to 1 lakh passengers per day. In the first phase, the two-storey structure on platform 1 will be able to handle 15,000 passengers on an average on regular days and 25,000 on peak days such as Dussehra, Ram Navami, Diwali, and parikrama days. After second-phase completion, the station can handle four times more passengers.

Divisional railway manager Lucknow (NR) Suresh Kumar Sapra said, “The new building to be completed by December will cater to all needs of pilgrims like dormitories, cloakrooms, sick rooms, shops, food court, circulating area, escalators, air conditioning, retiring room, LED billboards, mela shed, parking, new access road to station and others.”

“However, the 2-foot overbridge connecting the new building will be completed by March 2022,” he said.

The first phase was expected to be completed by June but the deadline was shifted to September. With the delay, the cost of construction has also increased from the initial Rs 104 crore to Rs 134 crore.