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    Commuting? It’s A Breeze: First Air Conditioned Railway Terminal For India 

    zenger.newsBy zenger.newsMarch 27, 2021No Comments5 Mins Read
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    PUNE, India — Anyone who has visited India or seen movies on India like “Lion” or “Slumdog Millionaire”, would have a fair idea of how the railway stations in the country are — crowded, chaotic, and unbearably hot during the summers.

    But Bengaluru in the southern state of Karnataka — known as the tech capital of India — wanted to change this. And space was cleared to make way for the country’s first centralized air-conditioned railway terminal.

    Those traveling through the station will be welcomed by a grand canopy over the building concourse — much on the lines of international airports. A fully air-conditioned entrance lobby, retiring rooms, food courts, and a state-of-the-art station operating room are some other attractions.

    The main entrance of the Sir M. Visvesvaraya Railway Terminal. (Indian Railways)

    “The project took nearly two years for execution, including the laying of railway tracks, setting up the signaling, and construction of building,” E. Vijaya, chief public relations officer, South Western Railway of India, told Zenger News.

    “It has not started functioning yet,” she said. “It has an upper-class waiting hall for ladies with a digital real-time passenger information system and a reserved VIP lounge.”

    The waiting area for passengers in a platform. (Trishan Gangaraju)

    India’s Railway Minister tweeted a video of the new terminal and said: “A Sight To Behold: India’s 1st centralized AC terminal in Bengaluru, named after Sir M. Visvesvaraya.”

    Sir M. Visvesvaraya is widely regarded for aiding India’s nation-building process immediately after the country achieved independence from the British in 1947. He is a recipient of India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, for his industrial design, engineering, and policy planning work.

    The cost of the entire project is roughly about $43.2 million. (Trishan Gangaraju)

    The new terminal, sanctioned in 2015-16 and built at an estimated cost of INR 314 crores ($43.2 million), was expected to be operational by the end of February 2021 but got delayed due to the Covid-19-induced lockdown.

    The railway terminal, whose facade is similar to the Kempegowda International Airport in the same city, is expected to be the third busiest in the city.

    The station has an upper class waiting hall, digital real time passenger information system, and VIP lounge. (Trishan Gangaraju)

    “Two stations in Bengaluru city, namely Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru Junction and Yeswantpur Junction, handle the load of 164 pairs of express trains and 109 pairs of passenger trains.”

    The new station building spans 4,200 square-meter and can cater to a daily footfall of 50,000. About 50 trains can operate from this station, which has seven platforms.

    The station building is of 4200 square-meter covered area to cater for daily foot fall of 50,000. (Trishan Gangaraju)

    The Indian Railways built the terminal to meet the rising footfall and subsequent demand for better amenities. “There is a consistent demand from people to introduce more express trains connecting Bengaluru,” Vijaya told Zenger News.

    “Once this terminal is operational, more long-distance trains from Bengaluru to other metros such as Mumbai and Chennai, and also trains connecting to all districts within Karnataka, can function,” Vijaya said.

    The station will also have food courts. (Trishan Gangaraju)

    For the past many years, the government is working on changing the face of Indian Railways — which is regarded as the nation’s lifeline — to make them look and feel international.

    A total of 123 stations are being refurbished at present. The Rail Land Development Authority is working on 60 stations, while Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation is working on the rest.

    The terminal has seven platforms apart of eight stabling lines and three pit lines. (Trishan Gangaraju)

    The Rail Land Development Authority, under the Ministry of Railways, looks after the development of vacant railway land for commercial use. The Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation is a special purpose vehicle under the Indian government that designs new stations and redevelops existing ones.

    One of India’s biggest railway stations in the capital city of New Delhi is also being refurbished at an estimated cost of INR 6,500 crore ($890 million). The station will have dome-shaped terminal buildings, with two-arrival and two-departure areas, and 40-floor twin towers, with retail shops, offices, and hotels.

    The station was expected to be operational by the end of February 2021 but got delayed due to the Covid-19-induced lockdown. (Trishan Gangaraju)

    Another stellar railway station is being developed at Gandhinagar in the western state of Gujarat. “The project is first of its kind in India with an exclusive 5-star hotel building over live railway track,” a statement from the Indian Ministry of Railways said. Another station in Gujarat’s Sabarmati is also being renovated.

    The redevelopment of the stations in Nagpur, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Ajni stations in the western state of Maharashtra; Habibganj and Gwalior stations in the central state of Madhya Pradesh; Ayodhya and Gomti Nagar stations in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, among others, are some other stations undergoing redevelopment.

    The new railway station is named Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal. (Trishan Gangaraju)

    And “as per current estimates” from the Indian Ministry of Railways, all this comes at a cost of about INR 50,000 crore ($6.8 billion).

    (Edited by Gaurab Dasgupta and Amrita Das. Map by Urvashi Makwana.)



    The post Commuting? It’s A Breeze: First Air Conditioned Railway Terminal For India  appeared first on Zenger News.

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