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Continued running of Weekly Superfast Trains between Visakhapatnam and Bangalore Cantonment

East Coast Railway has notified Continued running of Weekly Special Trains in Visakhapatnam – Bangalore Cantonment Sector as detailed below:

Train No. 08543/08544 Visakhapatnam – Bangalore Cantonment – Visakhapatnam Weekly Superfast Special Fare Specials:

Train No. 08543 Visakhapatnam – Bangalore Cantonment Weekly Superfast Special Fare Special via Katpadi & Jolarpettai will leave Visakhapatnam at 15.55 hrs o­n 04^th,11^th,18^th and 25^thJune,2023 (Sundays) and reach Bangalore Cantonment at 12.30 hrs, the next day (4 Services)

In return direction Train No. 08544 Bangalore Cantonment – Visakhapatnam Weekly Superfast Special Fare Special via Jolarpettai & Katpadi will leave Bangalore Cantonment at 15.50 hrs o­n 05^th, 12^th, 19^th  and 26^th June, 2023 (Mondays) and reach Visakhapatnam at 13.30 hrs, the next day (4 Services)

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Redevelopment of Kollam JunctionProgressing at Steady Pace

Kollam Junction railway station is o­ne of the busiest railheads in Kerala.  Categorised under “NSG-3” stations, Kollam Junction is the second busiest railway station in Kerala in terms of trains handled per day.Kollam Junction witnesses an average footfall of 1.6 crore per annum which corresponds to nearly 47000 footfalls daily.  In order to handle the ever increasing passenger volumes, Southern Railway has taken up the redevelopment project of Kollam Junction.  The revamped station will sport state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructure o­n par with international standards.

Works executed recently

• Foundation for Gang rest room completed

• Site safety Barricading

• Casting of Test piles for MLCP building completed

• Demolition of existing South Terminal building for making right of way completed for    

   Phase -1 Works

·Around 36 existing facilities including Railway Magistrate court, RMS, Parcel   Office and Crew control Office are shifted to temporary facilities for fast tracking of commencement of South terminal construction

Other works already completed

• All the mandatory clearances have been obtained

• To facilitate necessary construction works, shifting of Materials and facilities from the  

  Southern Terminal building site has been completed

• Site topographical survey, drone survey, soil investigation and Validation of Master

   plan completed

• PMS services were awarded and started functioning from Nov 2022

• Demolition of offices completed for facilitating the construction of Terminals

• Demolition of staff quarters done and alternate accommodation has been provided for

   residents

• Site office, Laboratory facilities, Storage facilities construction completed and

   inaugurated

·Erection of Concrete batching plant completed and commissioned

Work in progress

• Augmentation of raw materials for concreting is being collected and stored

• Ancillary building works in full swing

• Foundation for service building, Sub Station and SSE/Works office in progress

• Construction of Gang rest room nearing completion.

• Foundation works for FOB in progress. 

Roadmap to Kollam Junction Redevelopment

The work of Re-development of Kollam Junction Railway Station” was awarded as an

EPCcontract to M/s RITES – SCWPL(JV), Bangalore for an amount of RS.361.18 Crore o­n 26.08.2022. The Project Management Services for the subject work was awarded to M/s LEA Associates South Asia Pvt Ltd, New Delhi for Rs.7.94 Cr. The completion period of the project is 39 months.The PMS consultant is responsible for monitoring the project.

The redevelopment project of Kollam Junction is planned at Southern side and Northern Side of the existing station building.Southern and Northern Terminal buildings will help in segregation of operation related administrative and commercial activities from the passenger movement and will host amenities o­n par with world class standards.  The newly developed Kollam junction station will have ample number of lifts and escalators, multi-level car parking, pick up and drop off facilities and dedicated arrival and departure concourse. 

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