Divisional Railway Manager of Hubli Division of South Western Railway, Praveen Kumar Mishra, has said the new railway station here will be functional in the next few months.
Speaking at the 57th Railway Week celebrations of the Hubli Division recently, Mr. Mishra said the new station would have a new platform, subway, booking office, food plaza, air-conditioned waiting room, waiting rooms for men and women, tourist facilitation centre, cloak room, ATMs, lifts and escalators, and a mall.
As part of upgrading of the railway station, two pitlines were extended to accommodate trains with 24 coaches. This would enable new trains to be introduced from Hubli, and in increasing the coaches in the present trains.
4.1 p.c. growth
Mr. Mishra said the division carried 4.02 crore passengers during 2011-12, registering growth of 4.1 per cent. This resulted in passenger earnings of Rs. 206.89 crore, an increase of 6.8 per cent over the corresponding period in the previous financial year.
He said 2,169 special trains were run and 534 additional coaches attached, giving additional earning of Rs. 1.07 lakh.
The division was focussing on cleanliness and had introduced mechanised cleaning, apart from employing motivated personnel. Onboard housekeeping service (OBHS) was introduced on three pairs of trains to improve hygiene and two more trains would be brought under the service soon, he said.
“Despite constraints, recession in the domestic and international market and the ban on iron ore exports, the performance of the Hubli division for 2011-12 has been satisfying and also quite encouraging with substantial improvement in domestic freight loading,” he said.
Honoured
On the occasion, 343 personnel, including four officers, were honoured with individual awards. As many as 14 group awards were also given out. Additional Divisional Railway Manager G.K. Dwivedy, president of SWR Women's Welfare Organisation's Hubli division Sunita Mishra, and Senior Divisional Personnel Officer G.S.R. Rao were present.
