Bhubaneswar Railway Station - new design

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Following is from https://kalingatv.com/state/bhubaneswar-...-vaishnaw/ .



Following is an excerpt from https://kalingatv.com/state/bhubaneswar-...-vaishnaw/ .

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar railway station to be catered with world class facilities, said railway minister of India Ashwini Vaishnaw during his visit to Odisha today.

According to reports, the planning, designing and tender work for the re-modulation of the railway station has been concluded, said Ashwin Vaishnaw. He also added that the ‘Bhumi Pujan’ will be done very soon, assured by the minister. He had also reviewed the arrangements today.

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Following is from https://odishatv.in/news/miscellaneous/b...haw-188178 

The Bhubaneswar railway station will be upgraded on par with world-class airports with all modern and world-class facilities, informed Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

The state’s first redeveloped station will provide an airport-like experience to the passengers with all modern facilities. A whopping Rs 308 crore will be spent in the first phase, reports said. The Railways department has decided to complete the project in 24 months.

... According to the upgradation plan, the station will have elevated road entrance-segregated departure & arrival, segregated arrivals fobs, air concourse with seating spaces, lounges, convenience stalls, natural light penetration above escalators to create visual contact between ground level and stairwell, clear connections from entrance to platform connections, passenger flow streams during rush hours-segregated arrival & departure, real-time passenger information, use of tactile tiles for accessibility and ease of passengers with disabilities.

East Coast Railway Chief PRO Biswajit Sahu said, “We have kept the segregated arrival and departure in different directions. No railway station has that facilities till now. ...”

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Following is an excerpt from https://ommcomnews.com/odisha-news/camp-...tion-works 

Camp Office At Bhubaneswar Station For Overseeing Redevelopment & Modernisation Works

OMMCOM NEWS December 12, 2022in Breaking News, Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Camp office to look after the proposed Redevelopment Work of Bhubaneswar Railway Station has been made operational recently in front of the Station.

Bhubaneswar Railway Station is being redeveloped to be a World-Class infrastructure. This is a public centric vital project. East Coast Railway General Manager Roop Narayan Sunkar is reviewing and monitoring this project work ...

Tendering process have already been completed and works awarded. The Construction period of the project is 24 months from starting of the work. ...

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The foundation stone for the redevelopment was laid and the following youtube video has a lot of details on various upcoming railway developments in Odisha.



Following is a summary spec of the railway station development that is reflected from the posting in https://twitter.com/Spotlight_BBS/status...9900410880 .

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Earlier there was plan for 2 more platforms (see https://odishabytes.com/two-new-platform...y-station/ ) taking the total number of platforms to 8. Not sure if it will be done as part of the current redevelopment. 

1/23/2024 Looks like the platform numbers will remain the same. See the next video.

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