HYDERABAD: The Secunderabad Railway Station would soon get a facelift as it has been selected for Station Redevelopment Project (SRP) of Indian Railways.
In the first phase, the railways has selected Secunderabad and Vijayawada stations under the South Central Railway (SCR) limits, along with 21 other stations. Union Railways minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu will launch the project on February 8.
The redevelopment project envisages revamping the infrastructure at stations and its circulating areas. The SRP is conceptualised to develop World Class Stations which can generate surplus revenue on account of their commercial potential, with the surplus money going for modernisation of railway stations with no additional funding from the railways side.
The redevelopment of station will primarily consist of upgrading the passenger amenities, renovations and include redevelopment of station buildings, platforms, circulating area to serve the needs of the passengers.
Commercial establishments including hotels, multiplexes and shopping malls etc will come up in the land earmarked by the Railways for the use of developer. In return, the developer will hold the rights for commercial exploitation of the land at the station for a period of 45 years, while the ownership of the land remains with the Railways.