In an endeavour to ferry more passengers and goods to cater to the demands of economic growth, the number of trains have seen an increase over the years. More number of trains means more number of operating platforms. And for this, Yards must be remodelled and automated. Yard remodelling works were taken up at City Railway Station in Mysuru from June 7. While the outside world just knew that as many as 30 trains were either cancelled, rescheduled or diverted due to remodelling works, only a few people who have knowledge about the works understood what remodelling was and how much of precision work it entails. In this Weekend Star Supplement, we present a snapshot of the Railway Yard works where our correspondent walks on the iron tracks, meets the ground-level workers and engineers seeking information and sneaks into corridors of power where high-level decisions are taken.
By B.C. Thimmaiah
