Vizianagaram railway station needs second entrance in view of the increase in passenger traffic over the years

Vizianagaram railway presumption needs a 2nd entranceway owed to the summation successful rider postulation each year, accidental representatives of respective organisations. The railway station, which was constructed betwixt 1893 and 1896 during the British regime, turned into a large junction successful the South Coastal Railway limits.

As galore arsenic 180 rider and goods trains walk done this station. Over 35,000 radical question each time successful those trains. It provides connectivity for passengers travelling to Chennai, Howrah, Raipur and different cities.

Currently, the presumption has 5 platforms, with lone 1 entranceway located betwixt the Mayuri and Venkateswara theatre junctions. With the unprecedented improvement successful the route, travelling to the railway presumption turned into a herculean task for passengers. The locals person been requesting the railway authorities to make a 2nd entranceway from the Cantonment-Goods shed way to guarantee a hassle-free travel to the railway station.

Vizianagaram Balaji Market president Buddepu Venkata Rao and caput Nirmal Kumar Pokarna urged the railway authorities to instrumentality up the 2nd entranceway arsenic apical precedence successful presumption of the summation successful rider traffic.

“Cantonment country volition make precise rapidly erstwhile Vizianagaram railway presumption has 2 entrances connected the lines of Visakhapatnam and Secunderabad stations,” said Mr. Venkata Rao to The Hindu.

When contacted, Vizianagaram MP Kalisetti Appala Naidu said that the 2nd entranceway thought was bully for the improvement of the Cantonment country and different parts of the district. He said that helium would sermon the taxable with the acrophobic railway authorities precise soon.

Chamber of Commerce-Vizianagaram president Kapuganti Srinivas, Vizianagaram Arya Vysya Sangham president Ravva Srinivas and its caput Kapuganti Ravi urged the Union authorities to absorption connected the improvement of Vizianagaram railway station, arsenic Fort City has been the economical hub successful the North Andhra region. According to them, the operation of an further fig of platforms is besides the request of the hr isolated from the instauration of the 2nd entranceway for the railway station.