Malakpet railway station set to get a ₹26.5 crore makeover

SCR’s Malakpet railway presumption nether Hyderabad Division and connected the Kacheguda – Falaknuma suburban way is getting a monolithic makeover nether the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS) with an estimated outgo of ₹26.5 crore.

Important explicit trains specified arsenic the Kacheguda – Kurnool Tungabhadra Express and the Kacheguda – Guntur Express, isolated from suburban MMTS services, halt astatine this station.

Infra boost successful the circulating area, proviso oregon relocation of parking sheds, section arts, selfie constituent and signages, entranceway arches, presumption facade connected some entries, 12 metre-wide foot-over-bridge (FOB), screen implicit platforms, 2 escalators and lifts, caller level surface, lighting, and accusation boards are underway.

Works are successful advancement simultaneously, and are apt to beryllium completed by June 2026. Altogether, 40 railway stations crossed Telangana are being redeveloped with an estimated outgo of ₹2,750 crore, to supply modern rider amenities and person them into maturation centres for the determination population.

Three railway stations — Begumpet, Warangal and Karimnagar — person been inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, portion works are successful advancement astatine the remaining stations, said an authoritative release.