Ctg Railway Station
Operational capacity to double
Chittagong Railway Station's operational capacity is expected to nearly double after its remodelling project is completed in October 2013, said the manager of the project's implementing firm yesterday.
Every day over 20 more trains will be able to arrive and depart from the station. At present 44 trains go through the station every day, said Md Ibrahim Khalilulla, project manager of the firm, Max Automobile Products Limited (MAPL), Bangladesh.
Moreover, three new railway tracks will be laid and one will be renovated, taking the total number of operational tracks to 10, he told The Daily Star.
Under the Chittagong Railway Station Yard Remodelling Project, the station will also have a new platform and adjoining shed and a 250-car parking space while its crossings and signalling system will be replaced, said officials engaged with the project.
Bangladesh Railway (BR) is implementing the three-year project while the government and Japan International Co-operation Agency are providing the finance, Tk 226.46 crore.
The renovation will create ample space for accommodating the increased flow of trains during a post-derailment scenario, said the station's Manager AA Shamsul Alam recently.
Every day around 30,000 passengers and 16 intercity trains, 10 mail and express trains and 18 local trains go through the station, said BR sources.
On a visit to the station on December 13, Railways Minister Mujibul Hoque said, “I requested the officials concerned to complete the project as soon as possible.â€
Around 25 percent of the project has been completed till date, said BR General Manager (eastern zone) Md Tafazzal Hossain yesterday, adding that the renovation is one of the five components of Dhaka-Chittagong Railway Development Project.
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