Jammu: To facilitate visitors with hi-tech facilities and updated gadgets, the Jammu Tawi Railway Station is being modernised with worth Rs 450 crores in two segments and expected to be completed by April 2025.
The upliftment of Jammu Tawi Railway Station is to be done in two segments and to be completed probably by April 2025.
“The revamping of Jammu Tawi Railway Station is underway in two phases—one is re-development and second is re-modelling started in November last year,” a senior Railway Official told ‘The Earth News’.
He asserted that the 30 months deadline under Station Redevelopment Plan has been fixed for the project.
Notably, Jammu Tawi Railway Station received its first train in the year 1970.
“The expenditure of both the projects is Rs 450 crore (Rs 225 crores for each) under which augmentation of infrastructure, enhancement of facilities and installation of technology loaded equipment, are the key focus areas,” said the official.
Classifying expansion of infrastructure, he revealed that immediate requirement at Jammu Tawi Railway Station is platforms, which are being increased to seven from existing four besides washing lines that are being uplifted to five as presently there are three.
The officer further elaborated that remodelling the washing lines and enhancement of platforms is in full swing whereas under the re-development process, the entire structure of the railway station is being redesigned.
“The design of the structure, which is based on ‘Temple Architect’ as Jammu is popularly known as ‘City of Temples’, is final and the work is in progress on fast track mode,” he said.
The demand of increasing platforms is much higher because of originating and terminating trains in comparison to through trains having a brief halt, adding he stated, “a large structure of elevated concourse is also in the pipeline with shopping mall, eateries, lounge, underground tunnels and other modern facilities to ease smooth boarding by the passengers.”
Both entry and exit points are being separated and a new entry point is also coming up at Narwal, said the officer.
He said that after the completion of the project, entry at railway station will be through concourse and exit will be through FOBs as it will help in catering the rush of passengers.
Jammu Tawi Railway Station is one of the busiest stations in Jammu and Kashmir that caters lakhs of visitors particularly the pilgrims of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine reaching from all over the country.
Jammu Tawi Railway Station is well connected to major Indian cities by trains. The entire Jalandhar–Jammu section, Jammu Tawi station was approved for electric traction in August 2014.
