Warangal: The reconstruction of Warangal Railway Station is under the Amrit Bharat Station Plan (ABSS), with an estimated cost of Rs 2541 crore, and is about to be completed and the railway station will open in Warangal.
The site in Kazipet-Vijayawada section is an important transportation link connecting New Delhi, Chennai, Vijayawada and Secunderabad.
It operates four platforms a day and manages about 137 trains a day, including several superfast services, providing an average of 31,887 passengers a day.
The railway chief engineer S. Srinivas spoke with Deccan Chronicle to the reconstruction work included a remodeled station entrance that included Kakatiya Kala Thoranam, a wide 12-meter wide footbridge with 3 lifts and 4 sterns, a platform for improved accessibility and renovations, and an upgraded modern models of LED LED fixtures.
Waiting for the lobby to be built with modern furniture and sanitary toilets, improved parking facilities, installation of digital display panels, coach indicators and passenger-friendly signage for real-time train information and deployment of vending machines and organized queue lines at ticket counters
He added that dedicated areas for parking, escalators and elevators ensure accessibility to all, including older people and passengers with different abilities.
Rajesh Kalyan, a railway official, told the newspaper that the railway ministry has developed a comprehensive master plan to reimagine the station not only in terms of infrastructure, but also in terms of aesthetics, accessibility and passenger comfort. More than 85% of the reconstruction work has been completed, and the final stage of the work has developed rapidly.
