Construction of southern side entrance would ease decongestion. Extra platform and pit lines for handling more trains and their maintenance works.
Efforts to decongest the already burgeoning train traffic at Tirupati railway station seems to have finally fallen into place with plans afoot for constructing a new entrance on the southern side of the facility.
The proposal, which has been moving at a snail's pace for long, has now picked up with State Government initiating the process for acquiring and handing over 1.83 acres of private land to the Railways.
Divisional Railway Manager (Guntakal) Manoj Joshi spoke on the development activities, on the sidelines of the ongoing 'Rail Passengers and Customer Facilitation Fortnight' (being conducted from May 26 to June 9), here and opined that the new entrance with an extra platform would ease the congestion and give an opportunity for handling extra trains.
“In this context, we have have also requested the temple administration of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) for its lands (0.65 acres) falling in the vicinity, for the same purpose. The officials have responded positively and are yet to take a decision. The works would begin on a brisk pace once the lands are sanctioned,” he added.
Mr. Joshi further said that the new entrance would have ample circulating area and space for parking, unlike the current entrance which has been cramped up for space. “The northern side entrance will also ease up on congestion as the proposal to shift RMS and Parcel office to one end of the station are currently in approval stage,” he maintained.
Ascending escalators, pit lines
Inaugurating a slew of passenger-related services at the railway station such as ascending escalators at platforms 4 and 5, battery car service for ferrying travellers across platforms, air cooling systems in waiting halls and others, Mr. Joshi spoke on the importance of maintaining such facilities at the ever bustling Tirupati railway station.
“In coming days, we will be introducing descending escalators also in all the platforms, Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs), augmenting solar power generation capacity (currently 40KW) and train maintenance through additional pit lines,” he asserted. Besides this, a mechanised laundry facility will also be set up for cleaning linen from AC compartments.
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