Six platforms to remain shut for over four months at Secunderabad Railway Station

The routes of at least 60 trains were being diverted from Secunderabad to Cherlapalli, Kacheguda and Nampally railway stations

Hyderabad: The railway passengers arriving at the Secunderabad Railway Station are likely to face temporary inconvenience as six platforms will be closed for nearly 130 days due to the redevelopment works being carried out at brisk pace in the station.

The routes of at least 60 trains were being diverted from Secunderabad to Cherlapalli, Kacheguda and Nampally railway stations. In particular, more trains will start running from Cherlapalli to decrease the load on Secunderabad railway station.

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As per available information, a huge two-storied sky concourse is going to be built at the station as part of the redevelopment project. This concourse will have all the facilities for passengers, such as restaurants, kiosks, escalators, lifts, foot over bridges, etc. Plans are made to connect all the sky concourses.

A huge 500-tonnes capacity heavy-duty crane is being installed between Platform Nos. 5 and 6. For this, the gap between the platforms will be filled with sandbags and construction work will be carried out with the help of a crane.

To relieve rail passengers from this temporary inconvenience, the South Central Railway (SCR) has made arrangements to run trains from Charlapalli, Kacheguda and Hyderabad railway stations.