Netra

Experimental Halt to Central Railway originating/terminating Trains

Railways have decided to provide experimental halt for a period of 6 months to the following trains originating/terminating o­n Central Railway as under:

16346 Thiruvananthapuram-LTT Netravati Express JCO from 01.4.2023 will arrive Canacona at 03.52 hrs and depart at 03.54 hrs (Non-Monsoon timings) and will arrive 02.50 hrs and depart at 02.52 hrs (Monsoon timings)

16345 LTT - Thiruvananthapuram Netravati Express JCO from 02.4.2023 will arrive Canacona at 23.28 hrs and depart at 23.30 hrs (Non-Monsoon timings) and will arrive 00.14 hrs and depart at 00.16 hrs (Monsoon timings)

16336 Nagercoil-Gandhidham Express JCO from 04.4.2023 will arrive Canacona at 10.10 hrs and depart at 10.12 hrs (Non-Monsoon timings) and will arrive at 10.02 hrs and depart at 10.04 hrs (Monsoon timings)

16335 Gandhidham - Nagercoil Express JCO from 07.4.2023 will arrive Canacona at 09.40 hrs and depart at 09.42 hrs (Non-Monsoon timings) and will arrive at 11.20 hrs and depart at 11.22 hrs (Monsoon timings)

22866 Puri-LTT Express JCO from 28.3.2023 will arrive Brajrajnagar at 14.09 hrs and depart at 14.11 hrs

22865 LTT- Puri Express JCO from 30.3.2023 will arrive Brajrajnagar at 23.10 hrs and depart at 23.12 hrs

12809 CSMT-Howrah Mail via Nagpur JCO from 24.3.2023 will arrive Brajrajnagar at 21.21 hrs and depart at 21.23 hrs

12810 Howrah – CSMT Mail via Nagpur JCO from 24.3.2023 will arrive Brajrajnagar at 03.43 hrs and depart at 03.45 hrs.

18030 Shalimar-LTT Express JCO from 24.3.2023 will arrive Belpahar at 01.09 hrs and depart at 01.11 hrs

18029 LTT - Shalimar Express JCO from 24.3.2023 will arrive Belpahar 01.04 hrs and depart at 01.06 hrs

12879 LTT-Bhubaneshwar Express JCO from 25.3.2023 will arrive Belpahar at 22.55 hrs and depart at 22.57 hrs

12880 Bhubaneshwar - LTT Express JCO from 27.3.2023 will arrive Belpahar at 14.20 hrs and depart at 14.22 hrs

Passengers are requested to kindly note and avail the facility.

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Date: March 24, 2023

PR No.2023/03/52

This press release is issued by the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai.

Update o­n Ernakulam Town Station Redevelopment Works

Ernakulam Town Railway station (also known as Ernakulam North Station) is the o­ne of the busiest railway junction stations in South India.  Southern Railway has taken up the redevelopment of this station so as to offer modern infrastructure and airport-like facilities for the passengers.  Tender was awarded for the redevelopment work in August 2022 and now the preliminary work has begun and progressing at a steady pace.

Recent work done:

·    Work of dismantling of quarters is completed for construction of Multi level Car Parking (MLCP). Residents of the quarters have been provided alternate accommodation

·The test pile for Multilevel car parking have been concreted and will be tested after the curing period

·Foundation work started for the batching plant which is planned at Ernakulam Marshalling yard

·The initial load testing of pile for Residential tower (meant for Railway employees) for 20 units is completed and piling works for the building will be started soon

·Parcel office, RPF office, TTE restrooms, GRP office, Station manager room, SM office, Crew lobby etc have been shifted

Works executed so Far

·Social Forestry department clearance obtained

·Topographic survey, Soil investigation, Utility survey with Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Drone survey of the project site completed

Other work in progress

·The alternate office arrangements for shifting of existing offices/amenities are nearing completion and shifting of offices are in progress

·Work o­n the OpticalFibre Cables (OFC) repeater room is in progress.

·Temporary shifting work of existing indoor transformer and Panels available in substation building nearing completion

·The site office for the Authority engineer is nearing completion.

Ernakulam Town Station Redevelopment

The work of “Re-development of Ernakulam Town Railway Station” was awarded as an EPC contract to M/s RANK Projects and Development Pvt Ltd, for an amount of Rs. 150.28 Cr o­n 29.08.2022. The completion period of the project is 36 months. The Project Management Services for the subject work was awarded to M/s Aarvee Associates Pvt.Ltd, Hyderabad for Rs.5.92 Cr. The station building is proposed to be developed as a “green building”, complying with the standards laid down under Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment(GRIHA).

As part of Station redevelopment, newly constructed West Terminal building will come up in place of the existing buildings which will be demolished in 3 phases.The three-storey West Terminal will accommodate waiting lounges for passengers with facilities like restaurants, retail outlets and toilets with dedicated arrival and departure corridors.  An air-concourse with Skywalk connectivity, a new Foot Over Bridge and Multi-level Car Parking are proposed to be constructed.

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