Title - Vijayawada : Vijayawada-Kazipet third railway line survey soon: DRM

Improving the efficiency of the Railway system will help improve faster movement of trains on sections where there were large number of trains running, said outgoing Vijayawada Divisional Railway Manager Anurag.

At a press conference here on Tuesday, Mr. Anurag said that the survey on the laying of the third railway line between Kazipet and Vijayawada will be taken up very soon and the portion (20 k.m.) in Vijayawada Division between Kondapalli and Vijayawada station will be taken up first and completed within two years.

The latest facility to be provided at the Vijayawada Railway Station is a drive-in facility with people able to directly coming onto the Platform No.10 from where three trains to Secunderabad are handled. Showing the facility to the newspersons, he said that a lift was being installed on the platform and an escalator would also come up very soon, for which tendering process had been completed.

The plans for the escalator had delayed the installation and the company manufacturing them had a long queue of buyers.

The platform No.10 would be provided with all the amenities to make it same as Platform No.1 in the days to come and the platform Nos.8,9 and 10 can accommodate the longest passenger train of 24 coaches now, he explained.

A new technology is being tried out at the station to fill water in train coaches just by connecting a hose, when the motor gets activated.

Meanwhile, Machilipatnam will have second platform built to accommodate 24 coaches and the existing one has been extended to 24-coach one so that increase in demand could be met following the Sea Port likely to be built in the coming years.

Buses to stop at Parcel Yard

The Railways is in talks with the APSRTC to make all the City buses to stop at the Parcel Office and take a turn towards the Bandar Road or Eluru Road from the other side of the Canal and avoid coming to the clock tower. This will decongest the whole area, he opined.