-
The Indian Railways says as many as 400 stations in the country will undergo a thorough makeover soon. This mammoth undertaking is considered to be a game-changer for Indian Railways – it is an innovative public-private partnership model and is referred to as, the 'Swiss Challenge'. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)
-
Indian Railways envisions changing the face of these stations and have state-of-the-art facilities like helipads, shopping outlets, food courts, medical facilities, integration with public/private modes of transport, the segregation of passengers according to arrival and departure and green stations with optimum use of natural light and ventilation. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)
-
The Union Cabinet under PM Narendra Modi had, earlier this year, cleared the proposal. Under the Indian Railways guidelines, companies applying for the job have to have a net worth of at least Rs 50 crore at the end of the last financial year to be eligible to bid for the project. (Express Photo by Prashant Nadkar)
-
Already, officials have held informal meeting with potential investors to understand expectations of private players, sources said. Representatives of real estate bigwigs, including Shapoorji Pallonji, Hindustan Construction Company, Larsen & Toubro, ATS Infrastructure, GMR, Raheja Developers, Tata Infrastructure and Reliance Infrastructure met Indian Railways officials in Delhi last week for this purpose, they added. (Express Photo by Deepak Joshi Mumbai)
-
The ministry has also declared necessary details of the Indian Railways stations, including land plan of the station that indicates the area of its buildings, yard, circulating area and vacant land area which can be spared for commercial development as well as current encroachment area. Besides other details, the Indian Railways has uploaded on its website an indicative list of amenities to be provided in these stations for their re-development for interested parties. (Express archive photo)
‘Ask for permission, don’t notify’: Employee shares tense chat with CEO over work-from-home rules; Reddit reacts
