Rlys re-invites bids for station modernisation

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Now, the Railways has invited bids from architects and technical consultants for 'redevelopment of the station into world-class station through public-private partnership.' The consultant would have to prepare the master plan for the station and surrounding areas involving station operating area, commercial developments, parking areas, inter-modal interchange, traffic dispersion, amongst others.

Legal Process

The Railways also plans to appoint another consultant to advise it on the legal and financial process to identify the developer.

The Railways has identified 19 stations to convert them into world-class ones. The tentative list includes New Delhi, Chhatrapati Shivaji Station (Mumbai), Howrah, Chennai Central, Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Mathura, Pune, Patna, Secunderabad and Thiruvananthapuram.

Taken from Business Line

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