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The South Central Railway (SCR) has made extended arrangements to negociate the festive play unreserved by operating around 1,450 peculiar trains and handling another 500 passing-through specials, successful summation to attaching other coaches to approximately 350 regular trains on fashionable routes. These measures volition proceed until the extremity of November.
Major railway stations
Special trains originating from the portion volition chiefly depart from large stations specified as Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Lingampally, Kacheguda, and Cherlapalli, heading toward high-demand destinations including Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Raxaul, Kollam, Danapur, Mysuru, Bengaluru, Kanpur, Howrah, Bhubaneswar, Madurai, and others.
Footfall of 2 lakh per time expected
Chief Public Relations Officer A. Sridhar said connected Tuesday that the rider holding areas are being acceptable up astatine Secunderabad station, which is expected to spot footfalls of up to two lakh per day, up from the usual 1.3 lakh. Entry into the presumption volition beryllium allowed lone aft the designated bid arrives astatine platforms 1 and 10 to negociate crowding.
At different large stations wherever footfalls could scope up to 40,000, incoming and outgoing passengers volition beryllium segregated using abstracted introduction and exit gates, supported by carnal barricades. This volition beryllium implemented astatine stations including Hyderabad, Guntakal, Vijayawada, Guntur, Nanded and others.
To negociate highest question times, RPF unit and summons checking staff are being deployed to modulate queues and assemblage movement. Divisional monitoring cells have been activated for continuous oversight, supported by CCTV surveillance and maximum manpower deployment astatine circulating areas, platforms, and onboard trains.
Enquiry-cum-facilitation counters are being established to assistance passengers, portion catering stall managers person been instructed to banal capable nutrient to conscionable accrued demand. Passengers are encouraged to download the RailOne App for real-time bid updates, level information, summons booking, nutrient ordering, and ailment registration. These measures volition beryllium successful vogue during the forthcoming Diwali and Chhat festivals too, said the CPRO.
