Hyderabad station will receive a ₹309 crore complete makeover in the next couple of years with plans underway to triple the passenger capacity, parking facilities and other amenities as part of the 50 railway stations of South Central Railway (SCR) being redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS), informed General Manager Arun Kumar Jain on Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be virtually laying the foundation for a total of 508 stations across the country on August 6 in the first phase. Within SCR limits, there are 21 stations in Telangana, 15 in Andhra Pradesh, 13 in Maharashtra, and one in Karnataka - with a combined cost of nearly ₹2,079.29 crore.
“Hyderabad station facade and landscaping will undergo a seachange. There will be passenger display boards, modern security and fire-fighting systems, segregation of arrival and departure passenger movements and multi-model interface,” he told a press conference at the Rail Nilayam.
