Title - New Hubli railway station to be inaugurated soon

Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of the Hubli Division of South Western Railway Praveen Kumar Mishra said here on Friday that the new Hubli railway station building would have a floral clock with a diameter of 7 metres at the entrance.Mr. Mishra who has been transferred and will be handing over the charge to the new DRM on Monday, told presspersons here that one drum clock had been provided at the entrance.He said work on the new station had speeded up in the last three months.“The work of converting two sidings into platform no. 1 and 2 including extension of platforms has been completed in all respect, he said.Mr. Mishra said work on the booking office, air-conditioned waiting room and waiting rooms for men and women had been completed. He said the new station would have a tourist facilitation centre, a cloakroom, lifts and escalators, a state-of-the-art food plaza, six retiring rooms, 40 dormitories and other facilities. Mr. Mishra said the new station had sufficient circulating area apart from separate parking area for four-wheelers and three-wheelers.“The North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation has agreed to ply city buses up to the circulating area of the station building and a formal agreement would be signed with the corporation soon,” he said.Mr. Mishra said that to expedite the work on the pedestrian subway at the station, the Hubli division had taken over the work from the construction wing.

Mr. Mishra said that a detailed report on the progress of work on the station had been sent to the Railway Board and added that its formal inauguration is likely to be held soon.