This story is from June 25, 2022

Airport-like feel, easier entry and exit for Delhi Cantonment railway station

Built more than a century ago, the quaint Delhi Cantonment Railway Station is about to undergo a major revamp. The station located on the Delhi-Jaipur railway line will not only get a new façade and a facelift, but also an elevated road to make access easier.
Airport-like feel, easier entry and exit for Delhi Cantonment railway station
The station located on the Delhi-Jaipur railway line will not only get a new façade and a facelift, but also an elevated road to make access easier
NEW DELHI: Built more than a century ago, the quaint Delhi Cantonment Railway Station is about to undergo a major revamp. The station located on the Delhi-Jaipur railway line will not only get a new façade and a facelift, but also an elevated road to make access easier.
Almost all the trains going from Delhi to Rajasthan and Gujarat halt at this station, which is well connected by road to various parts of the city.
However, the Janak Setu flyover right in front of the station has made access to the station difficult. Other impediments are the absence of wide approach roads and inadequate parking facilities.
The Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) has invited an RFP (request for proposal) for the station’s upgrading. According to RLDA, which is a statutory authority under the railway ministry, the revamp under the ‘engineering, procurement and construction’ model will cost around Rs 335 crore.
According to the RFP, the key objectives of the project are to provide best-in-class amenities to passengers and enhance their travel experience. Thanks to upgraded facilities and better accessibility, it is expected that passengers destined towards Rajasthan and Gujarat or coming from these states to Delhi would prefer to board or de-board trains from this railway station, which would ease the burden on Delhi Main and New Delhi Railway Stations.
“The objective of the upgrade is to provide a convenient and comfortable travel experience for passengers,” said Ved Parkash Dudeja, vice-chairman, RLDA. “We will focus on creating easy accessibility to the station, adequate parking space on the station premises, separate arrival and departure areas and multimodal integration, wherever possible, with the existing and future infrastructure systems.”
Separate airport-like arrival and departure areas are feasible due to a 40-metre departure concourse in the middle of the station and two separate and smaller arrival blocks at the north and south ends of the railway station.

With the biggest challenge faced by passengers being accessibility, there are plans to construct an elevated road directly connected with the Janak Setu via a tabletop crossing. A traffic circulation plan for segregating arriving and departing traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian, has also been prepared.
Passengers arriving at or exiting the railway station will have smooth access through the proposed elevated road, which will be in the shape of a loop with drop-off points on the east and west sides of the station building. There will be separate lanes for private vehicles, taxis and buses. Green belts on both sides of the elevated road are planned as is the widening of the access roads on the ground level.
While the current surface parking at the station is not adequate for the demand, a six-level car parking is part of the plan to address this problem. The new lot will be able to accommodate 210 cars and 56 two-wheelers at a time. In addition, surface parking for a limited number of vehicles will also be available at the railway station.
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