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Facelift of Junction station on the cards
RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION is all set to give a new look to the Allahabad Junction station building and provide improved services to train passengers and other visitors at the station.
RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION is all set to give a new look to the Allahabad Junction station building and provide improved services to train passengers and other visitors at the station.
The changes will soon be visible to even a casual visitor as the proposed steps towards betterment include improving the lighting, giving a new colour to the main station building and all together provide a clean environment at the station.
"Not only this, the train passengers will get facilities like proper coach guidance system to help them easily locate their coaches, improved station sign boards, a clearer public address system besides a passenger facilitation centre where passengers can get information about PNR or reservation status about booking and other facilities. There are also plans to put up a touch screen terminal for this purpose, said ADRM Ravindra Gupta.
Gupta informed that the Railways have also decided to have ATMs at the station that would be linked to Automatic Ticket Vending Machine to help passengers easily get tickets for fixed destinations. "The railway administration will also be focussing on circulating area in order to regulate proper movement of vehicles", he added.
Besides, the railways will also lay stress on providing improved basic amenities to the passengers. "There will be proper supply of drinking water as well as proper toilet facilities. There will also be upgradation of waiting rooms," said the ADRM.
Ravindra Gupta informed that steps are being taken to ensure that the passengers get clean platforms and for this we plan to introduce mechanised cleaning soon", he said.
The improvements are part of the railway's decision to observe 2006-07 as Passenger Amenity Year on the instructions of the Railway Ministry.
As per the directives of Railway Ministry, in each Railway division, five stations have been identified for carrying out the specific works. Under the Allahabad division the five main stations picked up under the initiative are Allahabad, Mirzapur, Kanpur, Etawah and Aligarh.
