Bhopal Divisional Railway Manager Rajeev Choudhary informed that The Bhopal railway station will get another Foot Over Bridge (FOB) by March 31, 2014. He was addressing the meeting of Divisional Railway Users advisory committee here on Wednesday.
Choudhary further said that the FOB will have a ramp on one side and stairs on the other, while lift facility will also be provided with the ramp. The facilities on the drive-in platform number six of the stations will be provided to the passengers by the end of this year. Besides, 80 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras and luggage scanners will be installed in Bhopal and Itarsi railway stations within three months.
Choudhary further said that Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation limited (IRSDCl) will expand and develop Habibganj railway station and the shade and old FOB of platform number one will be expanded and attached.
He informed that Bhopal Railway Division’s total gross income in the financial year 2012-13 was 322.93 crore. The division’s income by passengers’ carrier in the present financial year has been Rs 108.46 crore which is 20 per cent more than financial year 2012-13. Also the division has earned Rs 194.17 crore which is 17.76 per cent more than last financial year.
Advisory committee member Radheshyam Maheshwari suggested opening of more ticket counters at Bhopal railway station during rush hours. C Shankar suggested the DRM to start a train between Ruthyai and Bhopal and to install shade over Raghogarh station, Anil Agrawal asked to start plying of double-decker trains soon, Sandeep Godha suggested extending stoppage of Bhopal-New Delhi Shatabdi express upto Habibganj station, Narendra Kumar Sharma suggested extending MEMU train upto Hoshangabad station and start halting Amarkantak express at Obadullahaganj station.