Title - Dismantling of Staircases on Platforms of Secunderabad Railway Station for Installation of Escalator

Dismantling of Staircases on Platforms of Secunderabad Railway Station for Installation of Escalators

As a measure of providing modern passenger amenities at Secunderabad Railway Station, South Central Railway will install Seven Escalators o­n platforms No. 1 to 9 (At Middle Foot Over Bridge) to serve the Rail users. As the Installation of Escalators necessitates dismantling of the existing staircases of middle Foot Over Bridge connecting Platform No. 1 to 9, the staircase / foot over bridge (located in the middle) as detailed below will not be available for use during the period mentioned. However, out of two staircases of the middle foot over bridge at any platform, o­nly o­ne (Kazipet side) will be dismantled and the other (Hyderabad side) will continue to serve the passengers, except o­n platform no.1.

1)At Platform No. 8 and 9, the dismantling of staircase will commence from 30th September 2012 and the same will not be available for passengers from 30thSeptember, 2012 to 5th January, 2013. The Escalator is likely to be commissioned o­n 3rd January 2013.

2)At Platform No. 6 and 7, the dismantling of staircase will commence from 5th October 2012 and the same will not be available for use by passengers from 10thOctober, 2012 to 15th January, 2013. The Escalator is likely to be commissioned o­n 5th January 2013.

3)At Platform No. 1, the dismantling of staircase will commence from 10th October 2012 and the same will not be available for passengers from 15th October, 2012 to 25thJanuary, 2013. The Escalator is likely to be commissioned o­n 15thJanuary 2013.

4)At Platform No. 4 and 5, the dismantling of staircase will commence from 15th October 2012 and the same will not be available for passengers from 5th October, 2012 to 10th January, 2013.The Escalator is likely to be commissioned o­n 20th January 2013.

5)At Platform No. 2 and 3, the dismantling of staircase will commence from 20th October 2012 and the same will not be available for passengers from 10th October, 2012 to 20th January, 2013. The Escalator is likely to be commissioned o­n 25th January 2013.

  The remaining two other Foot Over Bridges at the Secunderabad Railway station platform i.e., o­ne at east end (Kazipet end) and another at west end (Hyderabad end) will not be disturbed and continue to serve the passengers.

Inconvenience caused to the Passengers is deeply regretted