Indian Railway: 2 Platforms of Chandigarh Railway Station Closed, Passengers May Face Problems

By Yuva Patrakar Nov 8, 2023, 16:06 IST

Indian Railway : Railway is considered to be the best transport for passengers. Traveling by train is considered very comfortable and cheap. Therefore, more than half of the people of the country prefer to travel by train. Continuous efforts are being made by the Central Government for the expansion and renovation of the train. Recently, work is being done to make Chandigarh Railway Station world class. Due to which many trains will be affected.

Chandigarh railway station will be made world class

Due to the ongoing construction work to make Chandigarh Railway Station world class, platform numbers 4 and 5 will be closed for 34 days. If you are also planning to go somewhere from Chandigarh Railway Station these days. So this news is going to be very beneficial for you. A total of 8 trains will be affected due to the closure of platform numbers 4 and 5. Out of which 5 trains will be stopped on other platforms while the movement of 3 trains has been stopped in Chandigarh. That means this train will not come to Chandigarh.

This will be the route of these trains

Giving information, DRM of Ambala Division Mandeep Singh Bhatia said that the work of renovation of this railway station is going on by the Rail Land Development Authority. Due to which train number 15011 Chandigarh-Lucknow train and train number 15012 will run from Ambala to Lucknow. Whereas train numbers 22355 and 22356 Chandigarh-Patliputra will also leave from Ambala. Apart from this, from Wednesday i.e. from today, Chandigarh-Firozpur train number 14629- 14630 will run only up to Ludhiana.

This amount will be spent for the renovation of Chandigarh Railway Station

For information, let us tell you that Chandigarh Railway Station will be renovated by spending an amount of Rs 462 crore. After the completion of the renovation work of the railway station, facilities like tree lounge, modern lobby, food court, retail shop space, 72 meter wide food plaza will be provided here for the convenience of the passengers. The renovation work of the railway station started about a year ago and was targeted to be completed in 15 months.

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Publish Date: November 8, 2023

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