Identification of small stations with popular areas and cities is set to become easier now with Indian Railways throwing up prompts for not only the railway station but also popular areas surrounding the station when a passenger books their journey.
For instance, the tourist area of Sarnath is merely 10 km away from Varanasi. So now when one tries to look up Sarnath as a tourist spot, options for Sarnath being linked to Varanasi station will be thrown up while booking railway tickets on website and mobile app. Similarly, Sabarmati, which is popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi’s residence and ashram has been linked to Ahmedabad.
As many as 175 popular cities and areas have been mapped with 725 stations, an Indian Railways spokesperson said. “This new approach would yield better planning of journey and for tourists it will ease station search. Also satellite cities have been connected to railway stations – for example, Noida to New Delhi,” the spokesperson said.
